diff --git a/pylons_app/controllers/error.py b/pylons_app/controllers/error.py
--- a/pylons_app/controllers/error.py
+++ b/pylons_app/controllers/error.py
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ from pylons.i18n.translation import _
 from pylons_app.lib.base import BaseController, render
 from pylons.middleware import  media_path
 from pylons_app.lib.utils import check_repo
+from pylons_app.lib.filters import clean_repo
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class ErrorController(BaseController):
     """
     Generates error documents as and when they are required.
@@ -20,9 +21,12 @@ class ErrorController(BaseController):
     This behaviour can be altered by changing the parameters to the
     ErrorDocuments middleware in your config/middleware.py file.
     """
+#    def __before__(self):
+#        super(ErrorController, self).__before__()
         
     def document(self):
         resp = request.environ.get('pylons.original_response')
+        
         log.debug(resp.status)
 
         e = request.environ
@@ -33,7 +37,10 @@ class ErrorController(BaseController):
 
                         
         if resp.status_int == 404:
-            if check_repo(c.repo_name, g.base_path):
+            org_e = request.environ.get('pylons.original_request').environ
+            c.repo_name = repo_name = org_e['PATH_INFO'].split('/')[1]
+            c.repo_name_cleaned = clean_repo(c.repo_name)
+            if check_repo(repo_name, g.base_path):
                 return render('/errors/error_404.html')
                 
         c.error_message = cgi.escape(request.GET.get('code', str(resp.status)))
diff --git a/pylons_app/controllers/repos.py b/pylons_app/controllers/repos.py
--- a/pylons_app/controllers/repos.py
+++ b/pylons_app/controllers/repos.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
+from pylons import request, response, session, tmpl_context as c, url, \
+    app_globals as g
+from pylons.controllers.util import abort, redirect
+from pylons_app.lib.base import BaseController, render
+from pylons_app.lib.utils import check_repo, invalidate_cache
 import logging
 import os
-from pylons import request, response, session, tmpl_context as c, url, app_globals as g
-from pylons.controllers.util import abort, redirect
-from pylons_app.lib import auth
-from pylons_app.lib.base import BaseController, render
-from pylons_app.model.db import Users, UserLogs
-from pylons_app.model.hg_model import HgModel
-from operator import itemgetter
 import shutil
-from pylons_app.lib.utils import invalidate_cache
+from pylons_app.lib.filters import clean_repo
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class ReposController(BaseController):
@@ -31,10 +29,31 @@ class ReposController(BaseController):
     def create(self):
         """POST /repos: Create a new item"""
         # url('repos')
+        name = request.POST.get('name')
+
+        try:
+            self._create_repo(name)
+            #clear our cached list for refresh with new repo
+            invalidate_cache('cached_repo_list')
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.error(e)
+        
+        return redirect('repos')
+        
+    def _create_repo(self, repo_name):        
+        repo_path = os.path.join(g.base_path, repo_name)
+        if check_repo(repo_name, g.base_path):
+            log.info('creating repo %s in %s', repo_name, repo_path)
+            from vcs.backends.hg import MercurialRepository
+            MercurialRepository(repo_path, create=True)
+                        
 
     def new(self, format='html'):
         """GET /repos/new: Form to create a new item"""
-        # url('new_repo')
+        new_repo = request.GET.get('repo', '')
+        c.new_repo = clean_repo(new_repo)
+
+        return render('admin/repos/repo_add.html')
 
     def update(self, id):
         """PUT /repos/id: Update an existing item"""
diff --git a/pylons_app/templates/errors/error_404.html b/pylons_app/templates/errors/error_404.html
--- a/pylons_app/templates/errors/error_404.html
+++ b/pylons_app/templates/errors/error_404.html
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ from pylons_app.lib import filters
 </%def>
 <%def name="main()">
 
-    <h2 class="no-link no-border">Not Found</h2>
-    <p class="normal">The specified repository "${c.repo_name}" is unknown, sorry.</p>
+    <h2 class="no-link no-border">${_('Not Found')}</h2>
+    <p class="normal">${_('The specified repository "%s" is unknown, sorry.') % c.repo_name}</p>
     <p class="normal">
-    <a href="/_admin/add_repo/${c.repo_name|n,filters.clean_repo}">Create "${c.repo_name}" repository as ${c.repo_name|n,filters.clean_repo}</a>
+    <a href="${h.url('new_repo',repo=c.repo_name_cleaned)}">
+    ${_('Create "%s" repository as %s' % (c.repo_name,c.repo_name_cleaned))}</a>
 
     </p>
-    <p class="normal">Go back to the ${h.link_to(_('main repository list page'),h.url('hg_home'))}.</p>
+    <p class="normal">${h.link_to(_('Go back to the main repository list page'),h.url('hg_home'))}</p>
     <div class="page-footer">
     </div>
 </%def>
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