diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b6ce7d75..6e62271f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.4-stable+timestamp.2013.09.24.13.29.22
+Version 2.6.4-stable+timestamp.2013.09.24.13.36.50
diff --git a/gluon/globals.py b/gluon/globals.py
index d2fd1a9a..78789f56 100644
--- a/gluon/globals.py
+++ b/gluon/globals.py
@@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ class Request(Storage):
             and env.request_method in ('POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'BOTH')):
             query_string = env.pop('QUERY_STRING',None)
             dpost = cgi.FieldStorage(fp=body, environ=env, keep_blank_values=1)
-            if len(dpost):
+            try:
                 post_vars.update(dpost)
+            except: pass
             if query_string is not None:
                 env['QUERY_STRING'] = query_string
             # The same detection used by FieldStorage to detect multipart POSTs