diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ee21118e..7f9c8933 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.08.01.37.54
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.08.08.38.58
diff --git a/gluon/storage.py b/gluon/storage.py
index 3fd4bc1a..10811e60 100644
--- a/gluon/storage.py
+++ b/gluon/storage.py
@@ -175,10 +175,9 @@ class Messages(Settings):
     def __getattr__(self, key):
         value = self[key]
         if isinstance(value, str):
-            return str(self.T(value))
+            return self.T(value)
         return value
 
-
 class FastStorage(dict):
     """
     Eventually this should replace class Storage but causes memory leak