diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a0243219..eac35f14 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.1.0 (2012-10-10 11:20:58) dev
+Version 2.1.0 (2012-10-10 11:25:21) dev
diff --git a/applications/admin/controllers/gae.py b/applications/admin/controllers/gae.py
index 77b2458b..ee20442b 100644
--- a/applications/admin/controllers/gae.py
+++ b/applications/admin/controllers/gae.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def deploy():
     form = SQLFORM.factory(
         Field('appcfg',default=GAE_APPCFG,label=T('Path to appcfg.py'),
               requires=EXISTS(error_message=T('file not found'))),
-        Field('google_application_id',requires=IS_ALPHANUMERIC(),label=T('Google Application Id')),
+        Field('google_application_id',requires=IS_MATCH('[\w\-]+'),label=T('Google Application Id')),
         Field('applications','list:string',
               requires=IS_IN_SET(apps,multiple=True),
               label=T('web2py apps to deploy')),