diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a1b4b59e..44b9d158 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-06-11 14:29:03) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-06-12 08:22:25) dev
diff --git a/gluon/newcron.py b/gluon/newcron.py
index 871f37a8..cb2f3c8f 100644
--- a/gluon/newcron.py
+++ b/gluon/newcron.py
@@ -224,7 +224,11 @@ class cronlauncher(threading.Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         import subprocess
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(self.cmd.split(),
+        if isinstance(self.cmd, (list,tuple)):
+            cmd = self.cmd
+        else:
+            cmd = self.cmd.split()
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
                                 stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE,