diff --git a/git-remote-hg b/git-remote-hg
index d0868af..ff6aea5 100755
--- a/git-remote-hg
+++ b/git-remote-hg
@@ -427,7 +427,10 @@ def updatebookmarks(repo, peer):
 def get_repo(url, alias):
     global peer
 
-    myui = ui.ui.load()
+    if hasattr(ui.ui, 'load'):
+        myui = ui.ui.load()
+    else:
+        myui = ui.ui()
     myui.setconfig('ui', 'interactive', 'off')
     myui.fout = sys.stderr