diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d6a709a5..ea81fdba 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-30 11:15:20) stable
+Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-30 11:26:36) stable
diff --git a/gluon/newcron.py b/gluon/newcron.py
index 8073e71f..1b40023d 100644
--- a/gluon/newcron.py
+++ b/gluon/newcron.py
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ def crondance(applications_parent, ctype='soft', startup=False):
             w2p_path = fileutils.abspath('web2py.py', gluon=True)
             if os.path.exists(w2p_path):
                 commands.append(w2p_path)
+            commands.append('--') 
             if global_settings.applications_parent != global_settings.gluon_parent:
                 commands.extend(('-f', global_settings.applications_parent))
             citems = [(k in task and not v in task[k]) for k,v in checks]