diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dc6e2383..8477ccdf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.5.1-stable+timestamp.2013.06.24.02.06.34
+Version 2.5.1-stable+timestamp.2013.06.24.14.23.41
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index c4529b44..b837a50e 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -1255,13 +1255,22 @@ class BaseAdapter(ConnectionPool):
         return '(%s LIKE %s)' % (self.expand(first),
                                  self.expand('%'+second, 'string'))
 
-    def CONTAINS(self,first,second,case_sensitive=False):
+    def CONTAINS(self,first,second,case_sensitive=False):        
         if first.type in ('string','text', 'json'):
-            second = Expression(None,self.CONCAT('%',Expression(
-                        None,self.REPLACE(second,('%','%%'))),'%'))
+            if isinstance(second,Expression):
+                second = Expression(None,self.CONCAT('%',Expression(
+                            None,self.REPLACE(second,('%','%%'))),'%'))
+            else:
+                second = '%'+str(second).replace('%','%%')+'%'
         elif first.type.startswith('list:'):
-            second = Expression(None,self.CONCAT('%|',Expression(None,self.REPLACE(
-                        Expression(None,self.REPLACE(second,('%','%%'))),('|','||'))),'|%'))
+            if isinstance(second,Expression):
+                second = Expression(None,self.CONCAT(
+                        '%|',Expression(None,self.REPLACE(
+                                Expression(None,self.REPLACE(
+                                        second,('%','%%'))),('|','||'))),'|%'))
+            else:
+                second = '%|'+str(second).replace('%','%%')\
+                    .replace('|','||')+'|%'
         op = case_sensitive and self.LIKE or self.ILIKE
         return op(first,second)
 
diff --git a/gluon/tools.py b/gluon/tools.py
index 57486531..37069c32 100644
--- a/gluon/tools.py
+++ b/gluon/tools.py
@@ -1791,7 +1791,8 @@ class Auth(object):
                 guess = keys.get('email', 'anonymous').split('@')[0]
                 keys['first_name'] = keys.get('username', guess)
             user_id = table_user.insert(**table_user._filter_fields(keys))
-            user = self.user = table_user[user_id]
+            user = self.user = table_user[user_id]            
+            print user
             if self.settings.create_user_groups:
                 group_id = self.add_group(
                     self.settings.create_user_groups % user)