diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ae14e219..946fe36c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2013.12.16.21.55.21
+Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2013.12.17.16.39.21
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 47be7dbc..3d7b33d2 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class BaseAdapter(ConnectionPool):
     can_select_for_update = True
     dbpath = None
     folder = None
-    connector = lambda dbpath, adapter_args: None # __init__ should override this
+    connector = lambda *args, **kwargs: None # __init__ should override this
 
     TRUE = 'T'
     FALSE = 'F'
@@ -4809,6 +4809,8 @@ class GoogleDatastoreAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
 
     uploads_in_blob = True
     types = {}
+    # reconnect is not required for Datastore dbs
+    reconnect = lambda *args, **kwargs: None
 
     def file_exists(self, filename): pass
     def file_open(self, filename, mode='rb', lock=True): pass