diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9415fb58..8da629ee 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.3 (2011-12-03 00:35:14) dev
+Version 1.99.3 (2011-12-03 01:04:16) dev
diff --git a/gluon/compileapp.py b/gluon/compileapp.py
index 8f05e175..8210e81e 100644
--- a/gluon/compileapp.py
+++ b/gluon/compileapp.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ try:
 except:
     logger.warning('unable to import py_compile')
 
-is_pypy = True if platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy' else False
+is_pypy = hasattr(platform,'python_implementation') and \
+    platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy'
 settings.global_settings.is_pypy = is_pypy
 is_gae = settings.global_settings.web2py_runtime_gae
 is_jython = settings.global_settings.is_jython = 'java' in sys.platform.lower() or hasattr(sys, 'JYTHON_JAR') or str(sys.copyright).find('Jython') > 0