diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6cb17dde..410191a1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.2.1 (2012-11-04 19:55:09) stable
+Version 2.2.1 (2012-11-04 20:45:19) stable
diff --git a/gluon/serializers.py b/gluon/serializers.py
index ea9611d3..3cdb91fc 100644
--- a/gluon/serializers.py
+++ b/gluon/serializers.py
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ def rss(feed):
                            description=str(entry.get('description', '')),
                            pubDate=entry.get('created_on', now)
                            ) for entry in feed.get('entries', [])])
-    return rss.to_xml(rss,encoding='utf-8')
+    return rss.to_xml(encoding='utf-8')