diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c7bb6cfb..951f7e2a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.5-stable+timestamp.2013.04.06.09.42.00
+Version 2.4.5-stable+timestamp.2013.04.06.09.43.40
diff --git a/options_std.py b/options_std.py
index 8e0d3d6e..6a7d822f 100644
--- a/options_std.py
+++ b/options_std.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ password = '<recycle>'  # ## <recycle> means use the previous password
 pid_filename = 'httpserver.pid'
 log_filename = 'httpserver.log'
 profiler_filename = None
-ssl_certificate = None  # 'ssl_certificate.pem'  # ## path to certificate file
-ssl_private_key = None  # 'ssl_private_key.pem'  # ## path to private key file
+ssl_certificate = ''  # 'ssl_certificate.pem'  # ## path to certificate file
+ssl_private_key = ''  # 'ssl_private_key.pem'  # ## path to private key file
 #numthreads = 50 # ## deprecated; remove
 minthreads = None
 maxthreads = None