diff --git a/modules/plugin_dbui/helper.py b/modules/plugin_dbui/helper.py
index c9c1631556f5a61d9d587fe7f78378ac8c41b033..2ee622b776988ea5bbb6236c4b6b9b4c9bfcdd7b 100644
--- a/modules/plugin_dbui/helper.py
+++ b/modules/plugin_dbui/helper.py
@@ -441,10 +441,16 @@ def get_versions():
 
     # web2py
     web2py = ''
-    m = re.match('\d+\.\d+\.\d+', current.request.env.web2py_version)
-    if m:
-        web2py = m.group()
+    val = current.request.env.web2py_version
+    if isinstance(val, str):
+        m = re.match('\d+\.\d+\.\d+', val)
+        if m:
+            web2py = m.group()
 
+    elif isinstance(val, (tuple, list)):
+        li = [str(el) for el in val if isinstance(el, int)]
+        web2py = '.'.join(li)
+        
     # version of the application
     myapp = current.T("unknown")
     
diff --git a/static/plugin_dbui/CHANGELOG b/static/plugin_dbui/CHANGELOG
index 27618a4e11e28501dcd594e0c9287e89e8f48895..35687833a4d748e71a5086a61023f8cf6f9b5308 100644
--- a/static/plugin_dbui/CHANGELOG
+++ b/static/plugin_dbui/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 --------------------------------- CHANGE LOG ----------------------------------
 
 HEAD
-
+  - More robst version of the helper function get_version.
+  
 0.4.11.1 (Mar 2013)
   - Deploy the javascript statement "use strict" (JSLINT)
   - Upgrade to run with alias table.