diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/expressions/expressions.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/expressions/expressions.go
index 7f27b88a3..5a4ba2f3a 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/expressions/expressions.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/expressions/expressions.go
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ var templateExpressionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)\{\{[^}]+\}\}["'\)\}]*`)
 // The provided keys from finalValues will be used as variable names
 // for substitution inside the expression.
 func Evaluate(data string, base map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
+	return evaluate(data, base)
+}
+
+// EvaluateByte checks if the match contains a dynamic variable, for each
+// found one we will check if it's an expression and can
+// be compiled, it will be evaluated and the results will be returned.
+//
+// The provided keys from finalValues will be used as variable names
+// for substitution inside the expression.
+func EvaluateByte(data []byte, base map[string]interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	finalData, err := evaluate(string(data), base)
+	return []byte(finalData), err
+}
+
+func evaluate(data string, base map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
 	data = replacer.Replace(data, base)
 
 	dynamicValues := make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -37,30 +52,3 @@ func Evaluate(data string, base map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
 	// Replacer dynamic values if any in raw request and parse  it
 	return replacer.Replace(data, dynamicValues), nil
 }
-
-// EvaluateByte checks if the match contains a dynamic variable, for each
-// found one we will check if it's an expression and can
-// be compiled, it will be evaluated and the results will be returned.
-//
-// The provided keys from finalValues will be used as variable names
-// for substitution inside the expression.
-func EvaluateByte(data []byte, base map[string]interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
-	final := replacer.Replace(string(data), base)
-
-	dynamicValues := make(map[string]interface{})
-	for _, match := range templateExpressionRegex.FindAllString(final, -1) {
-		expr := generators.TrimDelimiters(match)
-
-		compiled, err := govaluate.NewEvaluableExpressionWithFunctions(expr, dsl.HelperFunctions())
-		if err != nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		result, err := compiled.Evaluate(base)
-		if err != nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		dynamicValues[expr] = result
-	}
-	// Replacer dynamic values if any in raw request and parse  it
-	return []byte(replacer.Replace(final, dynamicValues)), nil
-}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/generators/generators.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/generators/generators.go
index dcca16f55..07c72d200 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/generators/generators.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/generators/generators.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 package generators
 
+import "github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 // Generator is the generator struct for generating payloads
 type Generator struct {
 	Type     Type
@@ -12,8 +14,8 @@ type Generator struct {
 type Type int
 
 const (
-	// Sniper replaces each variable with values at a time.
-	Sniper Type = iota + 1
+	// Sniper replaces one iteration of the payload with a value.
+	BatteringRam Type = iota + 1
 	// PitchFork replaces variables with positional value from multiple wordlists
 	PitchFork
 	// ClusterBomb replaces variables with all possible combinations of values
@@ -22,9 +24,9 @@ const (
 
 // StringToType is a table for conversion of attack type from string.
 var StringToType = map[string]Type{
-	"sniper":      Sniper,
-	"pitchfork":   PitchFork,
-	"clusterbomb": ClusterBomb,
+	"batteringram": BatteringRam,
+	"pitchfork":    PitchFork,
+	"clusterbomb":  ClusterBomb,
 }
 
 // New creates a new generator structure for payload generation
@@ -41,6 +43,12 @@ func New(payloads map[string]interface{}, payloadType Type, templatePath string)
 	generator.Type = payloadType
 	generator.payloads = compiled
 
+	// Validate the sniper/batteringram payload set
+	if payloadType == BatteringRam {
+		if len(payloads) != 1 {
+			return nil, errors.New("sniper/batteringram must have single payload set")
+		}
+	}
 	return generator, nil
 }
 
@@ -87,7 +95,7 @@ func (i *Iterator) Remaining() int {
 func (i *Iterator) Total() int {
 	count := 0
 	switch i.Type {
-	case Sniper:
+	case BatteringRam:
 		for _, p := range i.payloads {
 			count += len(p.values)
 		}
@@ -110,19 +118,19 @@ func (i *Iterator) Total() int {
 // Value returns the next value for an iterator
 func (i *Iterator) Value() (map[string]interface{}, bool) {
 	switch i.Type {
-	case Sniper:
-		return i.sniperValue()
+	case BatteringRam:
+		return i.batteringRamValue()
 	case PitchFork:
 		return i.pitchforkValue()
 	case ClusterBomb:
 		return i.clusterbombValue()
 	default:
-		return i.sniperValue()
+		return i.batteringRamValue()
 	}
 }
 
-// sniperValue returns a list of all payloads for the iterator
-func (i *Iterator) sniperValue() (map[string]interface{}, bool) {
+// batteringRamValue returns a list of all payloads for the iterator
+func (i *Iterator) batteringRamValue() (map[string]interface{}, bool) {
 	values := make(map[string]interface{}, 1)
 
 	currentIndex := i.msbIterator
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ func (i *Iterator) sniperValue() (map[string]interface{}, bool) {
 		if i.msbIterator == len(i.payloads) {
 			return nil, false
 		}
-		return i.sniperValue()
+		return i.batteringRamValue()
 	}
 	values[payload.name] = payload.value()
 	payload.incrementPosition()
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/generators/generators_test.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/generators/generators_test.go
index a19f53114..de37ca62d 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/generators/generators_test.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/generators/generators_test.go
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestSniperGenerator(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBatteringRamGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 	usernames := []string{"admin", "password"}
-	moreUsernames := []string{"login", "test"}
 
-	generator, err := New(map[string]interface{}{"username": usernames, "aliases": moreUsernames}, Sniper, "")
+	generator, err := New(map[string]interface{}{"username": usernames}, BatteringRam, "")
 	require.Nil(t, err, "could not create generator")
 
 	iterator := generator.NewIterator()
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ func TestSniperGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		count++
 	}
-	require.Equal(t, len(usernames)+len(moreUsernames), count, "could not get correct sniper counts")
+	require.Equal(t, len(usernames), count, "could not get correct batteringram counts")
 }
 
 func TestPitchforkGenerator(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/http.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/http.go
index 5558e7035..201804c96 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/http.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/http.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package http
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -225,9 +226,13 @@ func (r *Request) Compile(options *protocols.ExecuterOptions) error {
 	if len(r.Payloads) > 0 {
 		attackType := r.AttackType
 		if attackType == "" {
-			attackType = "sniper"
+			attackType = "batteringram"
+		}
+		var ok bool
+		r.attackType, ok = generators.StringToType[attackType]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid attack type provided: %s", attackType)
 		}
-		r.attackType = generators.StringToType[attackType]
 
 		// Resolve payload paths if they are files.
 		for name, payload := range r.Payloads {
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/network/network.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/network/network.go
index 3ad431ed0..244041c5d 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/network/network.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/network/network.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package network
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -153,9 +154,13 @@ func (r *Request) Compile(options *protocols.ExecuterOptions) error {
 	if len(r.Payloads) > 0 {
 		attackType := r.AttackType
 		if attackType == "" {
-			attackType = "sniper"
+			attackType = "batteringram"
+		}
+		var ok bool
+		r.attackType, ok = generators.StringToType[attackType]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid attack type provided: %s", attackType)
 		}
-		r.attackType = generators.StringToType[attackType]
 
 		// Resolve payload paths if they are files.
 		for name, payload := range r.Payloads {