diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 702419be..1091597f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.8 (2012-09-11 10:25:49) stable
+Version 2.0.8 (2012-09-11 10:28:27) stable
diff --git a/gluon/html.py b/gluon/html.py
index 2d6b8131..b267d951 100644
--- a/gluon/html.py
+++ b/gluon/html.py
@@ -2227,6 +2227,7 @@ class MENU(DIV):
     def __init__(self, data, **args):
         self.data = data
         self.attributes = args
+        self.components = []
         if not '_class' in self.attributes:
             self['_class'] = 'web2py-menu web2py-menu-vertical'
         if not 'ul_class' in self.attributes: