diff --git a/pylons_app/config/middleware.py b/pylons_app/config/middleware.py
--- a/pylons_app/config/middleware.py
+++ b/pylons_app/config/middleware.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from paste.deploy.converters import asbo
 from pylons.middleware import ErrorHandler, StatusCodeRedirect
 from pylons.wsgiapp import PylonsApp
 from routes.middleware import RoutesMiddleware
-from paste.auth.basic import AuthBasicHandler
 from pylons_app.lib.simplehg import SimpleHg
 from pylons_app.config.environment import load_environment
 
diff --git a/pylons_app/lib/simplehg.py b/pylons_app/lib/simplehg.py
--- a/pylons_app/lib/simplehg.py
+++ b/pylons_app/lib/simplehg.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class SimpleHg(object):
         self.authenticate = AuthBasicAuthenticator(realm, authfunc)
         
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
+        #dirty fix for https
+        environ['wsgi.url_scheme'] = 'https'
         if not is_mercurial(environ):
             return self.application(environ, start_response)
         else: