diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ee2c404b..533b2fec 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.06.30.10.46.28
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.06.30.11.28.52
diff --git a/gluon/http.py b/gluon/http.py
index fd429f9d..dda977b5 100644
--- a/gluon/http.py
+++ b/gluon/http.py
@@ -51,18 +51,10 @@ defined_status = {
     505: 'HTTP VERSION NOT SUPPORTED',
 }
 
-# If web2py is executed with python2.4 we need
-# to use Exception instead of BaseException
-
-try:
-    BaseException
-except NameError:
-    BaseException = Exception
-
 regex_status = re.compile('^\d{3} \w+$')
 
 
-class HTTP(BaseException):
+class HTTP(Exception):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
diff --git a/gluon/tools.py b/gluon/tools.py
index e2e2bd09..592de93c 100644
--- a/gluon/tools.py
+++ b/gluon/tools.py
@@ -4437,7 +4437,9 @@ class Service(object):
         jsonrpc_2 = data.get('jsonrpc')
         if jsonrpc_2: #hand over to version 2 of the protocol
             return self.serve_jsonrpc2(data)
-        id, method, params = data['id'], data['method'], data.get('params', '')
+        id, method, params = data.get('id'), data.get('method'), data.get('params', [])
+        if id is None:
+            return return_error(0, 100, 'missing id')
         if not method in methods:
             return return_error(id, 100, 'method "%s" does not exist' % method)
         try:
@@ -4450,15 +4452,12 @@ class Service(object):
             return return_response(id, s)
         except Service.JsonRpcException, e:
             return return_error(id, e.code, e.info)
-        except BaseException:
-            etype, eval, etb = sys.exc_info()
-            code = 100
-            message = '%s: %s' % (etype.__name__, eval)
-            data = request.is_local and traceback.format_tb(etb)
-            return return_error(id, code, message, data)
         except:
             etype, eval, etb = sys.exc_info()
-            return return_error(id, 100, 'Exception %s: %s' % (etype, eval))
+            message = '%s: %s' % (etype.__name__, eval)
+            data = request.is_local and traceback.format_tb(etb)
+            logger.warning('jsonrpc exception %s\n%s' % (message, traceback.format_tb(etb)))
+            return return_error(id, 100, message, data)
 
     def serve_jsonrpc2(self, data=None, batch_element=False):
 
@@ -4560,14 +4559,11 @@ class Service(object):
             raise e
         except Service.JsonRpcException, e:
             return return_error(id, e.code, e.info)
-        except BaseException:
-            etype, eval, etb = sys.exc_info()
-            code = -32099
-            data = '%s: %s\n' % (etype.__name__, eval) + str(request.is_local and traceback.format_tb(etb))
-            return return_error(id, code, data=data)
         except:
             etype, eval, etb = sys.exc_info()
-            return return_error(id, -32099, data='Exception %s: %s' % (etype, eval))
+            data = '%s: %s\n' % (etype.__name__, eval) + str(request.is_local and traceback.format_tb(etb))
+            logger.warning('%s: %s\n%s') % (etype.__name__, eval, traceback.format_tb(etb))
+            return return_error(id, -32099, data=data)
 
 
     def serve_xmlrpc(self):
@@ -5214,7 +5210,6 @@ class Wiki(object):
 
     def automenu(self):
         """adds the menu if not present"""
-        request = current.request
         if not self.wiki_menu_items and self.settings.controller and self.settings.function:
             self.wiki_menu_items = self.menu(self.settings.controller,
                                              self.settings.function)
diff --git a/gluon/widget.py b/gluon/widget.py
index cbd0a3f7..7049af95 100644
--- a/gluon/widget.py
+++ b/gluon/widget.py
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ except:
     have_winservice = False
 
 
-try:
-    BaseException
-except NameError:
-    BaseException = Exception
-
 ProgramName = 'web2py Web Framework'
 ProgramAuthor = 'Created by Massimo Di Pierro, Copyright 2007-' + str(
     datetime.datetime.now().year)
@@ -53,8 +48,8 @@ ProgramInfo = '''%s
                  %s
                  %s''' % (ProgramName, ProgramAuthor, ProgramVersion)
 
-if not sys.version[:3] in ['2.4', '2.5', '2.6', '2.7']:
-    msg = 'Warning: web2py requires Python 2.4, 2.5 (recommended), 2.6 or 2.7 but you are running:\n%s'
+if not sys.version[:3] in ['2.5', '2.6', '2.7']:
+    msg = 'Warning: web2py requires Python 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7 but you are running:\n%s'
     msg = msg % sys.version
     sys.stderr.write(msg)