diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb b/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb
index bd5c0bc..68e55bd 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb
@@ -127,18 +127,11 @@ module CouchRest
           if raw || (opts.has_key?(:include_docs) && opts[:include_docs] == false)
             fetch_view(db, name, opts, &block)
           else
-            begin
-              if block.nil?
-                collection_proxy_for(design_doc, name, opts.merge({:include_docs => true}))
-              else
-                view = fetch_view db, name, opts.merge({:include_docs => true}), &block
-                view['rows'].collect{|r|create_from_database(r['doc'])} if view['rows']
-              end
-            rescue
-              # fallback for old versions of couchdb that don't 
-              # have include_docs support
-              view = fetch_view(db, name, opts, &block)
-              view['rows'].collect{|r|create_from_database(db.get(r['id']))} if view['rows']
+            if block.nil?
+              collection_proxy_for(design_doc, name, opts.merge({:database => db, :include_docs => true}))
+            else
+              view = fetch_view db, name, opts.merge({:include_docs => true}), &block
+              view['rows'].collect{|r|create_from_database(r['doc'])} if view['rows']
             end
           end
         end