diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 677f7710..91d8cc67 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ before_script:
   - psql -c 'create database test_w2p;' -U postgres
   #Temporal solution to travis issue #155
   - sudo chmod 777 /dev/shm
-  - sudo rm -rf /dev/shm && sudo ln -s /run/shm /dev/shm 
+  - sudo rm -rf /dev/shm && sudo ln -s /run/shm /dev/shm
 script: PYTHONPATH=. unit2 -v gluon.tests
 
 notifications:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9abcf6c0..33b4b414 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.4-stable+timestamp.2013.03.15.15.11.13
+Version 2.4.4-stable+timestamp.2013.03.15.15.28.00
diff --git a/gluon/contrib/fpdf/fpdf.py b/gluon/contrib/fpdf/fpdf.py
index 62503e10..4632cd00 100644
--- a/gluon/contrib/fpdf/fpdf.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/fpdf/fpdf.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ class FPDF(object):
                     fh = open(unifilename, "w")
                     pickle.dump(font_dict, fh)
                     fh.close()
-                except IOError as e:
+                except IOError, e:
                     if not e.errno == errno.EACCES:
                         raise  # Not a permission error.
                 del ttf
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ class FPDF(object):
                     font_dict['range'] = range_
                     pickle.dump(font_dict, fh)
                     fh.close()
-                except IOError as e:
+                except IOError, e:
                     if not e.errno == errno.EACCES:
                         raise  # Not a permission error.
             if (font['cw'][cid] == 0):