diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index da4a1fe3..08e7b922 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.2.1 (2012-10-22 22:49:31) stable
+Version 2.2.1 (2012-10-22 22:52:36) stable
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index ad6969f0..91f05762 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -6625,6 +6625,14 @@ class DAL(object):
         db._db_uid = db_uid
         return db
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def set_folder(folder):
+        """
+        # ## this allows gluon to set a folder for this thread
+        # ## <<<<<<<<< Should go away as new DAL replaces old sql.py
+        """
+        BaseAdapter.set_folder(folder)
+
     @staticmethod
     def distributed_transaction_begin(*instances):
         if not instances:
@@ -6704,6 +6712,8 @@ class DAL(object):
             credential_decoder = lambda cred: cred
         else:
             credential_decoder = lambda cred: urllib.unquote(cred)
+        if folder:
+            self.set_folder(folder)
         self._uri = uri
         self._pool_size = pool_size
         self._db_codec = db_codec