diff --git a/pylons_app/controllers/login.py b/pylons_app/controllers/login.py
--- a/pylons_app/controllers/login.py
+++ b/pylons_app/controllers/login.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class LoginController(BaseController):
 
     def index(self):
-        if session.get('hg_app_user', AuthUser()).is_authenticated:
+        #redirect if already logged in
+        if c.hg_app_user.is_authenticated:
             return redirect(url('hg_home'))
         
         if request.POST:
diff --git a/pylons_app/model/forms.py b/pylons_app/model/forms.py
--- a/pylons_app/model/forms.py
+++ b/pylons_app/model/forms.py
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class ValidAuth(formencode.validators.Fa
         except (NoResultFound, MultipleResultsFound, OperationalError) as e:
             log.error(e)
             user = None
-        print value
         if user:
             if user.active:
                 if user.username == username and user.password == crypted_passwd:
diff --git a/pylons_app/model/hg_model.py b/pylons_app/model/hg_model.py
--- a/pylons_app/model/hg_model.py
+++ b/pylons_app/model/hg_model.py
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ Created on Apr 9, 2010
 import os
 from pylons import tmpl_context as c, app_globals as g, session, request, config
 from pylons.controllers.util import abort
+import sys
 try:
     from vcs.backends.hg import get_repositories, MercurialRepository
 except ImportError:
-    print 'You have to import vcs module'
+    sys.stderr.write('You have to import vcs module')
     raise Exception('Unable to import vcs')
 
 class HgModel(object):