diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgImportHandler.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgImportHandler.java
index 6960ab43e5..b7a80620c2 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgImportHandler.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgImportHandler.java
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ public class HgImportHandler extends AbstactImportHandler
         repository.setContact(web.getParameter("contact"));
         handler.setWebParameter(web);
       }
+      
+      // issue-97
+      handler.registerMissingHook(c, repositoryName);
 
       INIConfigurationWriter writer = new INIConfigurationWriter();
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java
index 096c39e9b9..165cef0366 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -483,8 +483,13 @@ public class HgRepositoryHandler
   protected ExtendedCommand buildCreateCommand(Repository repository,
           File directory)
   {
-    return new ExtendedCommand(config.getHgBinary(), "init",
-                               directory.getPath());
+    ExtendedCommand cmd = new ExtendedCommand(config.getHgBinary(), "init",
+                            directory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+    // issue-97
+    cmd.setWorkDirectory(baseDirectory);
+
+    return cmd;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/HgCGIServlet.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/HgCGIServlet.java
index d1d8c43a75..d46ea883be 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/HgCGIServlet.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/HgCGIServlet.java
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ public class HgCGIServlet extends HttpServlet
   /** Field description */
   public static final String ENV_URL = "SCM_URL";
 
+  /** Field description */
+  public static final String SCM_CREDENTIALS = "SCM_CREDENTIALS";
+
   /** Field description */
   private static final long serialVersionUID = -3492811300905099810L;
 
@@ -200,6 +203,12 @@ public class HgCGIServlet extends HttpServlet
         env.set(key, session.getAttribute(key).toString());
       }
     }
+
+    // issue-97
+    if (!env.containsKey(SCM_CREDENTIALS))
+    {
+      env.set(SCM_CREDENTIALS, Util.EMPTY_STRING);
+    }
   }
 
   /**