diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d87f7d64..384cddd0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-21 22:07:13) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-21 22:19:37) dev
diff --git a/gluon/fileutils.py b/gluon/fileutils.py
index 28ef4a8f..f66c5fb7 100644
--- a/gluon/fileutils.py
+++ b/gluon/fileutils.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def get_session(request, other_application='admin'):
         session_id = request.cookies['session_id_' + other_application].value
         osession = storage.load_storage(os.path.join(
                 up(request.folder), other_application, 'sessions', session_id))
-    except:
+    except Exception, e:
         osession = storage.Storage()
     return osession
 
diff --git a/gluon/storage.py b/gluon/storage.py
index 9ec86b37..bce84c80 100644
--- a/gluon/storage.py
+++ b/gluon/storage.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Provides:
 """
 
 import cPickle
+import portalocker
 
 __all__ = ['List', 'Storage', 'Settings', 'Messages',
            'StorageList', 'load_storage', 'save_storage']