diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 27056127..bd93a497 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.2.1 (2012-10-26 15:49:42) stable
+Version 2.2.1 (2012-10-26 15:51:12) stable
diff --git a/gluon/main.py b/gluon/main.py
index 4cc0f84f..aa64fd22 100644
--- a/gluon/main.py
+++ b/gluon/main.py
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ def wsgibase(environ, responder):
                     is_https=env.wsgi_url_scheme in HTTPS_SCHEMES
                     or request.env.http_x_forwarded_proto in HTTPS_SCHEMES
                     or env.https == 'on')
-                request.uuid = request.compute_uuid()  # requires client
+                request.compute_uuid()  # requires client
                 request.url = environ['PATH_INFO']
 
                 # ##################################################