diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7ce9068a..fdc8fc8c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.7.4-stable+timestamp.2013.11.16.11.51.18
+Version 2.7.4-stable+timestamp.2013.11.17.09.20.20
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index c7a0cca6..69f72e11 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -5552,11 +5552,7 @@ class MongoDBAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
         if not isinstance(arg, (int, long)):
             raise TypeError("object_id argument must be of type " +
                             "ObjectId or an objectid representable integer")
-        if arg == 0:
-            hexvalue = "".zfill(24)
-        else:
-            hexvalue = hex(arg
-                ).split("x")[-1].replace("L", "").zfill(24)
+        hexvalue = hex(arg)[2:].rstrip('L').zfill(24)
         return self.ObjectId(hexvalue)
 
     def parse_reference(self, value, field_type):