Index: lib/aws/s3/bucket.rb
===================================================================
--- lib/aws/s3/bucket.rb	(revision 176)
+++ lib/aws/s3/bucket.rb	(working copy)
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
       def initialize(attributes = {}) #:nodoc:
         super
         @object_cache = []
+        @objects_loaded = false
         build_contents!
       end
       
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@
           options = {}
         end
         
-        reload!(options) if reload || object_cache.empty?
+        reload!(options) if reload || !@objects_loaded
         object_cache
       end
       
@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@
           attributes.delete('contents').each do |content|
             add new_object(content)
           end
+          @objects_loaded = true
         end
         
         def has_contents?
@@ -314,6 +316,7 @@
           self.class.objects(name, options).each do |object| 
             add object
           end
+          @objects_loaded = true
         end         
     end
   end