diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9fe6a037..961d1c9e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-06-09 00:07:53) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-06-09 11:20:18) dev
diff --git a/gluon/newcron.py b/gluon/newcron.py
index 85392427..871f37a8 100644
--- a/gluon/newcron.py
+++ b/gluon/newcron.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class cronlauncher(threading.Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         import subprocess
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(self.cmd,
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(self.cmd.split(),
                                 stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE,