diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e04728f6..bd0eac27 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.3.0 (2012-12-08 18:24:15) rc1
+Version 2.3.0 (2012-12-08 18:30:53) rc1
diff --git a/gluon/tools.py b/gluon/tools.py
index a3018cae..325ff533 100644
--- a/gluon/tools.py
+++ b/gluon/tools.py
@@ -1766,6 +1766,7 @@ class Auth(object):
         from gluon.settings import global_settings
         if global_settings.web2py_runtime_gae:
             user = Row(self.db.auth_user._filter_fields(user, id=True))
+            delattr(user,'password')
         else:
             user = Row(user)
             for key,value in user.items():