diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6298bfa5..ed0953b0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-05 21:21:08) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-05 21:26:13) dev
diff --git a/gluon/storage.py b/gluon/storage.py
index d6a277ce..b4b73c56 100644
--- a/gluon/storage.py
+++ b/gluon/storage.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class List(list):
     """
 
     def __call__(self, i, default=None, cast=None, url_onerror=None):        
-        if 0<=i<len(self):
+        n = len(self)
+        if 0<=i<n or -n<=i<0:
             value = self[i]
         else:
             value = default