diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 53be5cc3..d3203f66 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.7-stable+timestamp.2013.05.24.12.36.46
+Version 2.4.7-stable+timestamp.2013.05.25.10.38.02
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 89dbb99d..f44ed79d 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ class BaseAdapter(ConnectionPool):
                 if have_serializers:
                     obj = serializers.json(obj)
                 elif simplejson:
-                    obj = simplejson.dumps(items)
+                    obj = simplejson.dumps(obj)
                 else:
                     raise RuntimeError("missing simplejson")
         if not isinstance(obj,bytes):