diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b9239b7d..5621a1b3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.25.05.03.42
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.07.25.05.11.38
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index eb4cf079..5a0f84d9 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -5464,7 +5464,7 @@ class MongoDBAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
                 else:
                     mongosort_list.append((f, 1))
         if limitby:
-            limitby_skip, limitby_limit = limitby
+            limitby_skip, limitby_limit = limitby[0], int(limitby[1])
         else:
             limitby_skip = limitby_limit = 0