diff --git a/gluon/__init__.py b/gluon/__init__.py
index 9ff79614..c0e306f2 100644
--- a/gluon/__init__.py
+++ b/gluon/__init__.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ __all__ = ['A', 'B', 'BEAUTIFY', 'BODY', 'BR', 'CAT', 'CENTER', 'CLEANUP', 'CODE
 import os
 import sys
 try:
-    sys.path.append(os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "packages", "dal"))
+    sys.path.insert(1,os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "packages", "dal"))
     import pydal
     sys.modules['pydal'] = pydal
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/gluon/contrib/hypermedia.py b/gluon/contrib/hypermedia.py
index e6901f1a..03aec2ff 100644
--- a/gluon/contrib/hypermedia.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/hypermedia.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ def api():
             'DELETE':{'query':None},
             },
         }
-    return Collection(db).process(request,response,policies)
-
+    return Collection(db).process(request, response, policies)
 """
 
 __all__ = ['Collection']
@@ -226,8 +225,7 @@ class Collection(object):
                 id = row.id
                 for name in ('slug','fullname','title','name'):
                     if name in row:
-                        href = URL(args=(tablename,id,IS_SLUG.urlify(row[name] or '')),
-                                   scheme=True)
+                        href = URL(args=(tablename,id),scheme=True)
                         break
                 else:
                     href = URL(args=(tablename,id),scheme=True)
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index b1414515..d73720cf 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from pydal import Field
 from pydal.objects import Row, Rows, Table, Query, Set, Expression
 from pydal import SQLCustomType, geoPoint, geoLine, geoPolygon
 
-
 def _default_validators(db, field):
     """
     Field type validation, using web2py's validators mechanism.
diff --git a/gluon/packages/dal b/gluon/packages/dal
index dba8fa82..dbcb240f 160000
--- a/gluon/packages/dal
+++ b/gluon/packages/dal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dba8fa826b58764f1e4f6190db924294f8436f30
+Subproject commit dbcb240fe5be53ddaf9b5e935caeb8b5718ad90c