diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d2e6f3f5..ac3fbde7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.26.15.51.25
+Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.27.15.49.57
diff --git a/gluon/highlight.py b/gluon/highlight.py
index 4687ac98..27bc30c7 100644
--- a/gluon/highlight.py
+++ b/gluon/highlight.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def highlight(
                   == '_' and value])
     if fa:
         fa = ' ' + fa
-    return '<table%s><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="width:40px; text-align: right;"><pre style="%s">%s</pre></td><td><pre style="%s">%s</pre></td></tr></table>'\
+    return '<table%s><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="min-width:40px; text-align: right;"><pre style="%s">%s</pre></td><td><pre style="%s">%s</pre></td></tr></table>'\
         % (fa, linenumbers_style, numbers, code_style, code)