q = self.sa.query(RhodeCodeUi).filter(RhodeCodeUi.ui_key == '/').one()

        return q.ui_value

    def repo_scan(self, repos_path=None):

        """Listing of repositories in given path. This path should not be a

        repository itself. Return a dictionary of repository objects

        :param repos_path: path to directory containing repositories

        """

        if repos_path is None:

            repos_path = self.repos_path

        baseui = make_ui('db')

        repos_list = {}

        for name, path in get_filesystem_repos(repos_path, recursive=True):

            # name need to be decomposed and put back together using the /

            # since this is internal storage separator for rhodecode

            name = Repository.url_sep().join(name.split(os.sep))

            try:

                if name in repos_list:

                    raise RepositoryError('Duplicate repository name %s '