diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 68ca3e72..bbdee3ed 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-29 17:56:36) dev
+Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-29 18:35:01) dev
diff --git a/gluon/utils.py b/gluon/utils.py
index 687eeead..94376894 100644
--- a/gluon/utils.py
+++ b/gluon/utils.py
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ def web2py_uuid(ctokens=UNPACKED_CTOKENS):
     It works like uuid.uuid4 except that tries to use os.urandom() if possible
     and it XORs the output with the tokens uniquely associated with this machine.
     """
-    rand_longs = struct.unpack('=QQ', bytes(bytearray(
-                random.randrange(256) for i in xrange(16))))
+    rand_longs = struct.unpack('=QQ', string.join(
+            (chr(random.randrange(256)) for i in xrange(16)),''))
     if HAVE_URANDOM:
         urand_longs = struct.unpack('=QQ', fast_urandom16())
         byte_s = struct.pack('=QQ',