diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6b15733f..ea5a55bb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.7 (2012-05-02 15:44:58) dev
+Version 1.99.7 (2012-05-02 15:48:50) dev
diff --git a/gluon/contrib/populate.py b/gluon/contrib/populate.py
index 74bd7ee0..22a18b33 100644
--- a/gluon/contrib/populate.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/populate.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def populate(table, n, default=True, compute=False):
                 continue
             elif field.type == 'id':
                 continue
-            elif default and field.default:
+            elif default and field.default !=None:
                 record[fieldname]=field.default
             elif compute and field.compute:
                 continue