diff --git a/pylons_app/lib/app_globals.py b/pylons_app/lib/app_globals.py
--- a/pylons_app/lib/app_globals.py
+++ b/pylons_app/lib/app_globals.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 #uncomment the following if you want to serve a single repo
 #from mercurial.hgweb.hgweb_mod import hgweb
 from mercurial.hgweb.hgwebdir_mod import hgwebdir
+from mercurial import templater
 from mercurial.hgweb.request import wsgiapplication
+from mercurial import ui, config
+import os
 class Globals(object):
 
     """Globals acts as a container for objects available throughout the
@@ -21,7 +24,40 @@ class Globals(object):
         #self.hgapp = self.make_web_app()
         self.hgapp = wsgiapplication(self.make_web_app)
 
+
     def make_web_app(self):
         repos = "hgwebdir.config"
-        hgwebapp = hgwebdir(repos)
+        baseui = ui.ui()
+        cfg = config.config()
+        cfg.read(repos)
+        paths = cfg.items('paths')
+        self.check_repo_dir(paths)
+        self.set_statics(cfg)
+
+        for k, v in cfg.items('web'):
+            baseui.setconfig('web', k, v)
+        #magic trick to make our custom template dir working
+        templater.path.append(cfg.get('web', 'templates', None))
+        hgwebapp = hgwebdir(paths, baseui = baseui)
         return hgwebapp
+
+
+    def set_statics(self, cfg):
+        '''
+        set's the statics for use in mako templates
+        @param cfg:
+        '''
+        self.statics = cfg.get('web', 'staticurl', '/static')
+        if not self.statics.endswith('/'):
+            self.statics += '/'
+
+
+    def check_repo_dir(self, paths):
+        repos_path = paths[0][1].split('/')
+        if repos_path[-1] in ['*', '**']:
+            repos_path = repos_path[:-1]
+        if repos_path[0] != '/':
+            repos_path[0] = '/'
+        if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(*repos_path)):
+            raise Exception('Not a valid repository in %s' % paths[0][1])
+