diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index beb83e06..77c9380a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-01 09:04:27) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-01 12:01:12) dev
diff --git a/gluon/html.py b/gluon/html.py
index 2c1c4ca5..4d507163 100644
--- a/gluon/html.py
+++ b/gluon/html.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def URL(
         if url_encode:
             other += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(list_vars)
         else:
-            other += '?%s' % '&'.join([var[0]+'='+var[1] for var in list_vars])
+            other += '?%s' % '&'.join(['%s=%s' % var[:2] for var in list_vars])
     if anchor:
         if url_encode:
             other += '#' + urllib.quote(str(anchor))