diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2654ffc3..368932f6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.08.06.06.56.19
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.08.06.08.57.19
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 20ec8c2d..786d887c 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -5346,10 +5346,12 @@ class MongoDBAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
             d = datetime.date(2000, 1, 1)
             # mongodb doesn't has a  time object and so it must datetime,
             # string or integer
-            return datetime.datetime.combine(d, value)
+            return datetime.datetime.combine(d, value)        
         elif fieldtype == "blob":
             from bson import Binary
-            return Binary(value)
+            if not isinstance(value, Binary):
+                return Binary(value)
+            return value
         elif (isinstance(fieldtype, basestring) and
               fieldtype.startswith('list:')):
             if fieldtype.startswith('list:reference'):