diff --git a/rhodecode/config/environment.py b/rhodecode/config/environment.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/environment.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/environment.py
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ import logging
 from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
 from pylons.configuration import PylonsConfig
 from pylons.error import handle_mako_error
-from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
 
 import rhodecode.lib.app_globals as app_globals
 import rhodecode.lib.helpers
 
 from rhodecode.config.routing import make_map
 from rhodecode.lib import celerypylons
-from rhodecode.lib.auth import set_available_permissions, set_base_path
+from rhodecode.lib import engine_from_config
+from rhodecode.lib.timerproxy import TimerProxy
+from rhodecode.lib.auth import set_available_permissions
 from rhodecode.lib.utils import repo2db_mapper, make_ui, set_rhodecode_config
 from rhodecode.model import init_model
 from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel
-from rhodecode.lib.timerproxy import TimerProxy
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -61,25 +61,18 @@ def load_environment(global_conf, app_co
         from rhodecode.lib.utils import create_test_env, create_test_index
         from rhodecode.tests import  TESTS_TMP_PATH
         create_test_env(TESTS_TMP_PATH, config)
-        create_test_index(TESTS_TMP_PATH, True)
+        create_test_index(TESTS_TMP_PATH, config, True)
 
     #MULTIPLE DB configs
     # Setup the SQLAlchemy database engine
-    if config['debug'] and not test:
-        #use query time debugging.
-        sa_engine_db1 = engine_from_config(config, 'sqlalchemy.db1.',
-                                           proxy=TimerProxy())
-    else:
-        sa_engine_db1 = engine_from_config(config, 'sqlalchemy.db1.')
+    sa_engine_db1 = engine_from_config(config, 'sqlalchemy.db1.')
 
     init_model(sa_engine_db1)
-    #init baseui
-    config['pylons.app_globals'].baseui = make_ui('db')
 
-    g = config['pylons.app_globals']
-    repo2db_mapper(ScmModel().repo_scan(g.paths[0][1], g.baseui))
+    repos_path = make_ui('db').configitems('paths')[0][1]
+    repo2db_mapper(ScmModel().repo_scan(repos_path))
     set_available_permissions(config)
-    set_base_path(config)
+    config['base_path'] = repos_path
     set_rhodecode_config(config)
     # CONFIGURATION OPTIONS HERE (note: all config options will override
     # any Pylons config options)