diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ed0953b0..bfb207e3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-05 21:26:13) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-05 21:35:52) dev
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cd5bfde8..05bd940b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 from gluon.fileutils import tar, untar, read_file, write_file
 import tarfile
 import sys