diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index acad1af6..a39f4e8f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.2-stable+timestamp.2013.03.08.10.05.09
+Version 2.4.2-stable+timestamp.2013.03.08.10.16.16
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 56e2eb8a..0ee8066e 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -9262,7 +9262,8 @@ class Field(Expression):
             stream = self.uploadfs.open(name, 'rb')
         else:
             # ## if file is on regular filesystem
-            stream = pjoin(file_properties['path'], name)
+            fullname = pjoin(file_properties['path'], name)
+            stream = open(fullname,'rb')
         return (filename, stream)
 
     def retrieve_file_properties(self, name, path=None):