--- a/src/hg-ssh	Mon Apr 18 13:26:05 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/hg-ssh	Thu Jul 28 19:59:00 2011 +0100
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 
 from mercurial import dispatch
 
+try:
+    from dispatch import request
+except ImportError:
+    request = list
+
 import sys, os, os.path
 import base64
 from mercurialserver import config, ruleset
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@
     repo = getrepo("read", cmd[6:-14])
     if not os.path.isdir(repo + "/.hg"):
         fail("no such repository %s" % repo)
-    dispatch.dispatch(['-R', repo, 'serve', '--stdio'])
+    dispatch.dispatch(request(['-R', repo, 'serve', '--stdio']))
 elif cmd.startswith('hg init '):
     repo = getrepo("init", cmd[8:])
     if os.path.exists(repo):
@@ -91,6 +96,6 @@
     d = os.path.dirname(repo)
     if d != "" and not os.path.isdir(d):
         os.makedirs(d)
-    dispatch.dispatch(['init', repo])
+    dispatch.dispatch(request(['init', repo]))
 else:
     fail("illegal command %r" % cmd)