diff -r e9ce904b62a9 -r 80f78674c56e src/mercurialserver/ruleset.py
--- a/src/mercurialserver/ruleset.py	Mon Nov 03 11:12:35 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/mercurialserver/ruleset.py	Mon Nov 03 11:12:45 2014 +0100
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 class Ruleset(object):
     '''Class representing the rules in a rule file'''
 
-    levels = ["init", "write", "read", "deny"]
+    levels = ["init", "publish", "write", "read", "deny"]
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.rules = []