diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a22f82f8..5a361e35 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.5.1-stable+timestamp.2013.06.16.03.25.54
+Version 2.5.1-stable+timestamp.2013.06.16.06.51.32
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index a8d95c96..695b2d71 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -5223,18 +5223,14 @@ class MongoDBAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
             m = {"database" : m[1]}
         if m.get('database')==None:
             raise SyntaxError("Database is required!")
+
         def connector(uri=self.uri,m=m):
-            try:
-                # Connection() is deprecated
-                if hasattr(self.driver, "MongoClient"):
-                    Connection = self.driver.MongoClient
-                else:
-                    Connection = self.driver.Connection
-                return Connection(uri)[m.get('database')]
-            except self.driver.errors.ConnectionFailure:
-                inst = sys.exc_info()[1]
-                raise SyntaxError("The connection to " +
-                                  uri + " could not be made")
+            # Connection() is deprecated
+            if hasattr(self.driver, "MongoClient"):
+                Connection = self.driver.MongoClient
+            else:
+                Connection = self.driver.Connection
+            return Connection(uri)[m.get('database')]
 
         self.reconnect(connector,cursor=False)