diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d816b64a..f29bb318 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.21.17.26.46
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.22.04.03.41
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 8e665a07..b0e97d82 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -4316,8 +4316,13 @@ class DatabaseStoredFile:
         if exists(filename):
             return True
         query = "SELECT path FROM web2py_filesystem WHERE path='%s'" % filename
-        if db.executesql(query):
-            return True
+        try:
+            if db.executesql(query):
+                return True
+        except IOError, e:
+            # no web2py_filesystem found?
+            LOGGER.error("Could not retrieve %s. %s" % (filename, e))
+            pass
         return False