diff --git a/git-remote-hg b/git-remote-hg
index bf37ac6..d0868af 100755
--- a/git-remote-hg
+++ b/git-remote-hg
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ def updatebookmarks(repo, peer):
 def get_repo(url, alias):
     global peer
 
-    myui = ui.ui()
+    myui = ui.ui.load()
     myui.setconfig('ui', 'interactive', 'off')
     myui.fout = sys.stderr