diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 161c4e56..67d929c3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.03.29.00.57.10
+Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.03.29.17.06.19
diff --git a/applications/admin/models/0.py b/applications/admin/models/0.py
index 8ba7420e..9f0a1d5a 100644
--- a/applications/admin/models/0.py
+++ b/applications/admin/models/0.py
@@ -45,4 +45,7 @@ if 'adminLanguage' in request.cookies and not (request.cookies['adminLanguage']
     T.force(request.cookies['adminLanguage'].value)
 
 #set static_version
-response.static_version = open('VERSION').read().split(' ',1)[1].split('-')[0]
+from gluon.settings import global_settings
+response.static_version = global_settings.web2py_version.split('-')[0]
+
+