diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 80ac79d0..39a80433 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-09 23:34:34) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-10 12:49:06) dev
diff --git a/gluon/utils.py b/gluon/utils.py
index 364a118c..cfb8b271 100644
--- a/gluon/utils.py
+++ b/gluon/utils.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def simple_hash(text, key='', salt = '', digest_alg = 'md5'):
                           int(keylen),get_digest(alg))    
     elif key: # use hmac
         digest_alg = get_digest(digest_alg)
-        h = hmac.new(key+salt,value,digest_alg)
+        h = hmac.new(key+salt,text,digest_alg)
     else: # compatible with third party systems
         h = hashlib.new(digest_alg)
         h.update(text+salt)