diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5d98ccce..3159a75d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-07-26 17:53:32) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-07-27 09:32:24) dev
diff --git a/gluon/widget.py b/gluon/widget.py
index ce204a53..916f3495 100644
--- a/gluon/widget.py
+++ b/gluon/widget.py
@@ -800,8 +800,12 @@ def console():
     global_settings.cmd_options = options
     global_settings.cmd_args = args
 
-    options.ips = [ip for ip in socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.getfqdn())[2]
-                   if ip!='127.0.0.1']
+    try:
+        options.ips = [
+            ip for ip in socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.getfqdn())[2]
+            if ip!='127.0.0.1']
+    except socket.gaierror:
+        options.ips = []
 
     if options.run_system_tests:
         run_system_tests()