diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b897aec1..c4b1f7c2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-06 08:57:04) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-06 09:58:13) dev
diff --git a/applications/welcome/static/js/web2py.js b/applications/welcome/static/js/web2py.js
index a8581e5a..eb1e3b09 100644
--- a/applications/welcome/static/js/web2py.js
+++ b/applications/welcome/static/js/web2py.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function web2py_ajax_page(method, action, data, target) {
       if(command)
 	  eval(decodeURIComponent(command));
       if(flash)
-	  jQuery('.flash').html(flash).slideDown();
+	  jQuery('.flash').html(decodeURIComponent(flash)).slideDown();
       }
     });
 }