diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a56b2937..7c49317e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.01.15.13.19.22
+Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.01.15.13.25.43
diff --git a/gluon/widget.py b/gluon/widget.py
index df279372..86ee37ed 100644
--- a/gluon/widget.py
+++ b/gluon/widget.py
@@ -510,8 +510,7 @@ class web2pyDialog(object):
 
         if not options.taskbar:
             thread.start_new_thread(start_browser,
-                                    (get_url(ip, proto=proto, port=port),),
-                                    dict(startup=True))
+                                    (get_url(ip, proto=proto, port=port), True))
 
         self.password.configure(state='readonly')
         [ip.configure(state='disabled') for ip in self.ips.values()]