diff --git a/pylons_app/controllers/feed.py b/pylons_app/controllers/feed.py
--- a/pylons_app/controllers/feed.py
+++ b/pylons_app/controllers/feed.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ feed controller for pylons
 """
 from pylons import tmpl_context as c, url, response
 from pylons_app.lib.base import BaseController, render
-from pylons_app.model.hg_model import _full_changelog_cached
+from pylons_app.model.hg_model import HgModel
 from webhelpers.feedgenerator import Atom1Feed, Rss201rev2Feed
 import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -49,10 +49,9 @@ class FeedController(BaseController):
                          language=self.language,
                          ttl=self.ttl)
         
-        
-        for cnt, cs in enumerate(_full_changelog_cached(repo_name)):
-            if cnt > self.feed_nr:
-                break
+        changesets = HgModel().get_repo(repo_name)
+
+        for cs in changesets[:self.feed_nr]:
             feed.add_item(title=cs.message,
                           link=url('changeset_home', repo_name=repo_name,
                                    revision=cs.raw_id, qualified=True),
@@ -70,11 +69,11 @@ class FeedController(BaseController):
                          language=self.language,
                          ttl=self.ttl)
         
-        for cnt, cs in enumerate(_full_changelog_cached(repo_name)):
-            if cnt > self.feed_nr:
-                break
+        changesets = HgModel().get_repo(repo_name)
+        for cs in changesets[:self.feed_nr]:
             feed.add_item(title=cs.message,
-                          link=url('changeset_home', repo_name=repo_name, revision=cs.raw_id, qualified=True),
+                          link=url('changeset_home', repo_name=repo_name,
+                                   revision=cs.raw_id, qualified=True),
                           description=str(cs.date))
             
         response.content_type = feed.mime_type