diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d0bd9e17..6ce11129 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-07-18 14:16:32) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-07-18 14:20:43) dev
diff --git a/gluon/storage.py b/gluon/storage.py
index a83067a4..d6a277ce 100644
--- a/gluon/storage.py
+++ b/gluon/storage.py
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ class Storage(dict):
             return value[-1]
         return None
 
+    def __getinitargs__(self):
+        return ()
+
+    def __getnewargs__(self):
+        return ()
+
 PICKABLE = (str,int,long,float,bool,list,dict,tuple,set)
 def PickleableStorage(data):
     return Storage(dict((k,v) for (k,v) in data.items() if isinstance(v,PICKABLE)))