diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 107e99ee..812e9313 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.03.31.00.18.01
+Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.03.31.00.23.41
diff --git a/applications/welcome/models/db.py b/applications/welcome/models/db.py
index 75aac0f0..813ce551 100644
--- a/applications/welcome/models/db.py
+++ b/applications/welcome/models/db.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if not request.env.web2py_runtime_gae:
     db = DAL('sqlite://storage.sqlite',pool_size=1,check_reserved=['all'])
 else:
     ## connect to Google BigTable (optional 'google:datastore://namespace')
-    db = DAL('google:datastore')
+    db = DAL('google:datastore+ndb')
     ## store sessions and tickets there
     session.connect(request, response, db=db)
     ## or store session in Memcache, Redis, etc.