diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d3bb6729..d6ff3003 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.5.1-stable+timestamp.2013.06.21.06.43.49
+Version 2.5.1-stable+timestamp.2013.06.21.10.15.15
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index c5d1d09a..3b9f9f26 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -8541,9 +8541,8 @@ class Table(object):
             for name,ofield in to_compute:
                 # try compute it
                 try:
-                    new_fields[name] = (ofield,ofield.compute(row))
-                    __,fields[name] = new_fields[name]  #the value is the second element of the tuple
-                    row = Row(fields)  #allow later compute fields to refer to this value
+                    row[name] = new_value = ofield.compute(row)
+                    new_fields[name] = (ofield, new_value)
                 except (KeyError, AttributeError):
                     # error silently unless field is required!
                     if ofield.required: