diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ca38b893..a31d7138 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.14.04.57.17
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.14.06.05.02
diff --git a/gluon/main.py b/gluon/main.py
index 0ebeade1..470468fe 100644
--- a/gluon/main.py
+++ b/gluon/main.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ import tempfile
 import random
 import string
 import urllib2
+import locale
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, "C") # IMPORTANT, web2py requires locale "C"
+
 try:
     import simplejson as sj #external installed library
 except: