diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c98d9502..4badc583 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.9 (2012-10-04 20:17:03) dev
+Version 2.0.9 (2012-10-04 20:36:17) dev
diff --git a/gluon/template.py b/gluon/template.py
index 3d6442c0..179b8396 100644
--- a/gluon/template.py
+++ b/gluon/template.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class TemplateParser(object):
         # Allow Views to include other views dynamically
         context = self.context
         if current and not "response" in context:
-            context["response"] = current.response
+            context["response"] = getattr(current,'response',None)
 
         # Get the filename; filename looks like ``"template.html"``.
         # We need to eval to remove the quotes and get the string type.