diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 29bbc971..916dfd8f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.01.12.14.03.31
+Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.01.12.14.08.26
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 3b001bb8..0d7ecfef 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -6689,28 +6689,22 @@ class Row(object):
                 del d[k]
         return d
 
-    def as_json(self, mode='object', default=None, **kwargs):
+    def as_json(self, default=None, **kwargs):
         """
         serializes the table to a JSON list of objects
-
         kwargs are passed to .as_dict method
+        only "object" mode supported
+        TODO: return array mode with query column order
         """
-        mode = mode.lower()
-        if not mode in ['object', 'array']:
-            raise SyntaxError('Invalid JSON serialization mode: %s' % mode)
-
         multi = any([isinstance(v, self.__class__) for v in self.values()])
         item = dict()
 
         if multi:
-            for k, v in self.as_dict(**kwargs).iteritems():
+            for v in self.as_dict(**kwargs).values():
                 item.update(v)
         else:
             item = self.as_dict(**kwargs)
 
-        if mode != 'object':
-            item = item.values()
-
         if have_serializers:
             return serializers.json(item,
                                     default=default or