diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c8c7db93..0b83584a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-23 14:07:45) stable
+Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-23 14:37:46) stable
diff --git a/applications/welcome/static/js/web2py_bootstrap.js b/applications/welcome/static/js/web2py_bootstrap.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c762296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/welcome/static/js/web2py_bootstrap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// this code improves bootstrap menus and adds dropdown support
+jQuery(function(){
+  jQuery('.nav>li>a').each(function(){
+    if(jQuery(this).parent().find('ul').length)
+      jQuery(this).attr({'class':'dropdown-toggle','data-toggle':'dropdown'}).append('<b class="caret"></b>');
+  });
+  jQuery('.nav li li').each(function(){
+    if(jQuery(this).find('ul').length)
+      jQuery(this).addClass('dropdown-submenu');
+  });
+  if(jQuery(document).width()>=980) {
+   jQuery('ul.nav a.dropdown-toggle').parent().hover(function() {
+      mi = jQuery(this).addClass('open');
+      mi.children('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeIn(400);
+    }, function() {
+      mi = jQuery(this);
+      mi.children('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeOut(function(){mi.removeClass('open')});
+    });
+  }
+  jQuery('ul.nav li.dropdown a').click(function(){window.location=jQuery(this).attr('href');});
+  // make all buttons bootstrap buttons
+  jQuery('button, form input[type="submit"], form input[type="button"]').addClass('btn');
+});
diff --git a/applications/welcome/views/layout.html b/applications/welcome/views/layout.html
index 19225730..576903c9 100644
--- a/applications/welcome/views/layout.html
+++ b/applications/welcome/views/layout.html
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   <script src="{{=URL('static','js/modernizr.custom.js')}}"></script>
 
   <!-- include stylesheets -->
-  {{
+  {{  
   response.files.append(URL('static','css/web2py.css'))
   response.files.append(URL('static','css/bootstrap.min.css'))
   response.files.append(URL('static','css/bootstrap-responsive.min.css'))
@@ -146,32 +146,8 @@
 
   <!-- The javascript =============================================
        (Placed at the end of the document so the pages load faster) -->
-  <script>
-    // this code improves bootstrap menus and adds dropdown support
-    jQuery(function(){
-      jQuery('.nav>li>a').each(function(){
-        if(jQuery(this).parent().find('ul').length)
-          jQuery(this).attr({'class':'dropdown-toggle','data-toggle':'dropdown'}).append('<b class="caret"></b>');
-      });
-      jQuery('.nav li li').each(function(){
-        if(jQuery(this).find('ul').length)
-          jQuery(this).addClass('dropdown-submenu');
-      });
-      if(jQuery(document).width()>=980) {
-       jQuery('ul.nav a.dropdown-toggle').parent().hover(function() {
-          mi = jQuery(this).addClass('open');
-          mi.children('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeIn(400);
-        }, function() {
-          mi = jQuery(this);
-          mi.children('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeOut(function(){mi.removeClass('open')});
-        });
-      }
-      jQuery('ul.nav li.dropdown a').click(function(){window.location=jQuery(this).attr('href');});
-      // make all buttons bootstrap buttons
-      jQuery('button, form input[type="submit"], form input[type="button"]').addClass('btn');
-    });
-  </script>
   <script src="{{=URL('static','js/bootstrap.min.js')}}"></script>
+  <script src="{{=URL('static','js/web2py_bootstrap.js')}}"></script>
   <!--[if lt IE 7 ]>
       <script src="{{=URL('static','js/dd_belatedpng.js')}}"></script>
       <script> DD_belatedPNG.fix('img, .png_bg'); //fix any <img> or .png_bg background-images </script>
diff --git a/gluon/globals.py b/gluon/globals.py
index b153ee90..e5c35c07 100644
--- a/gluon/globals.py
+++ b/gluon/globals.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class Response(Storage):
             for k,v in (self.meta or {}).iteritems())
         self.write(s,escape=False)
 
-    def include_files(self):
+    def include_files(self, extensions=None):
 
         """
         Caching method for writing out files.
@@ -240,12 +240,22 @@ class Response(Storage):
         from gluon import URL
 
         files = []
+        has_js = has_css = False
         for item in self.files:
-            if not item in files:
-                files.append(item)
-        if have_minify and (self.optimize_css or self.optimize_js):
+            if extensions and not item.split('.')[-1] in extensions:
+                continue
+            if item in files:
+                continue
+            if item.endswith('.js'):
+                has_js = True
+            if item.endswith('.css'):
+                has_css = True
+            files.append(item)
+        
+        if have_minify and ((self.optimize_css and has_css) or (self.optimize_js and has_js)):
             # cache for 5 minutes by default
             key = hashlib.md5(repr(files)).hexdigest()
+ 
             cache = self.cache_includes or (current.cache.ram, 60*5)
             def call_minify(files=files):
                 return minify.minify(files,