diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 194af333..57afd7ac 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.9.9-stable+timestamp.2014.09.12.11.36.19
+Version 2.9.9-stable+timestamp.2014.09.12.20.28.40
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index f9d0f653..7635ac57 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ class BaseAdapter(ConnectionPool):
 
     __metaclass__ = AdapterMeta
 
-    native_json = False
+    driver_auto_json_loads = False
     driver = None
     driver_name = None
     drivers = ()  # list of drivers from which to pick
@@ -2174,8 +2174,8 @@ class BaseAdapter(ConnectionPool):
     def parse_double(self, value, field_type):
         return float(value)
 
-    def parse_json(self, value, field_type):
-        if not self.native_json:
+    def parse_json(self, value, field_type):        
+        if not self.driver_auto_json_loads:
             if not isinstance(value, basestring):
                 raise RuntimeError('json data not a string')
             if isinstance(value, unicode):
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ class PostgreSQLAdapter(BaseAdapter):
         else: supports_json = None
         if supports_json:
             self.types["json"] = "JSON"
-            self.native_json = True
+            self.driver_auto_json_loads = True
         else: LOGGER.debug("Your database version does not support the JSON data type (using TEXT instead)")
 
     def LIKE(self, first, second):
@@ -5702,7 +5702,6 @@ def cleanup(text):
 
 
 class MongoDBAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
-    native_json = True
     drivers = ('pymongo', )
 
     uploads_in_blob = False
@@ -5725,7 +5724,7 @@ class MongoDBAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
              'reference': long,
              'list:string': list,
              'list:integer': list,
-            'list:reference': list,
+             'list:reference': list,
              }
 
     error_messages = {"javascript_needed": "This must yet be replaced" +
@@ -7360,7 +7359,7 @@ def sqlhtml_validators(field):
     if field_type in (('string', 'text', 'password')):
         requires.append(validators.IS_LENGTH(field_length))
     elif field_type == 'json':
-        requires.append(validators.IS_EMPTY_OR(validators.IS_JSON(native_json=field.db._adapter.native_json)))
+        requires.append(validators.IS_EMPTY_OR(validators.IS_JSON()))
     elif field_type == 'double' or field_type == 'float':
         requires.append(validators.IS_FLOAT_IN_RANGE(-1e100, 1e100))
     elif field_type == 'integer':
diff --git a/gluon/validators.py b/gluon/validators.py
index ba98ae64..92f9a1ca 100644
--- a/gluon/validators.py
+++ b/gluon/validators.py
@@ -372,14 +372,18 @@ class IS_JSON(Validator):
             if self.native_json:
                 simplejson.loads(value) # raises error in case of malformed json
                 return (value, None) #  the serialized value is not passed
-            return (simplejson.loads(value), None)
+            else:
+                return (simplejson.loads(value), None)
         except JSONErrors:
             return (value, translate(self.error_message))
 
     def formatter(self,value):
         if value is None:
             return None
-        return simplejson.dumps(value)
+        if self.native_json:
+            return value
+        else:
+            return simplejson.dumps(value)
 
 
 class IS_IN_SET(Validator):