diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 830f4bf6..744164b7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.4 (2012-02-26 15:40:29) stable
+Version 1.99.4 (2012-02-26 15:42:22) stable
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 53b37866..5e2a9819 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -3357,7 +3357,7 @@ class GoogleDatastoreAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
                 if field.notnull:
                     attr = dict(required=True)
                 referenced = field.type[10:].strip()
-                ftype = self.types[field.type[:9]](table._db[referenced])
+                ftype = self.types[field.type[:9]](referenced)
             elif field.type.startswith('list:reference'):
                 if field.notnull:
                     attr = dict(required=True)