diff --git a/kallithea/lib/base.py b/kallithea/lib/base.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/base.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/base.py
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class BaseController(TGController):
                     })();
             </script>''' % c.ga_code
         c.site_name = rc_config.get('title')
-        c.clone_uri_tmpl = rc_config.get('clone_uri_tmpl')
+        c.clone_uri_tmpl = rc_config.get('clone_uri_tmpl') or Repository.DEFAULT_CLONE_URI
 
         ## INI stored
         c.visual.allow_repo_location_change = str2bool(config.get('allow_repo_location_change', True))
diff --git a/kallithea/model/db.py b/kallithea/model/db.py
--- a/kallithea/model/db.py
+++ b/kallithea/model/db.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from webob.exc import HTTPNotFound
 
 from tg.i18n import lazy_ugettext as _
 
+import kallithea
 from kallithea.lib.exceptions import DefaultUserException
 from kallithea.lib.vcs import get_backend
 from kallithea.lib.vcs.utils.helpers import get_scm
@@ -325,7 +326,6 @@ class Setting(Base, BaseDbModel):
     def get_server_info(cls):
         import pkg_resources
         import platform
-        import kallithea
         from kallithea.lib.utils import check_git_version
         mods = [(p.project_name, p.version) for p in pkg_resources.working_set]
         info = {
@@ -1270,17 +1270,6 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseDbModel):
             clone_uri_tmpl = override['clone_uri_tmpl']
             del override['clone_uri_tmpl']
 
-        # we didn't override our tmpl from **overrides
-        if not clone_uri_tmpl:
-            clone_uri_tmpl = self.DEFAULT_CLONE_URI
-            try:
-                from tg import tmpl_context as c
-                clone_uri_tmpl = c.clone_uri_tmpl
-            except AttributeError:
-                # in any case if we call this outside of request context,
-                # ie, not having tmpl_context set up
-                pass
-
         import kallithea.lib.helpers as h
         prefix_url = h.canonical_url('home')
 
@@ -2092,7 +2081,6 @@ class CacheInvalidation(Base, BaseDbMode
         Wrapper for generating a unique cache key for this instance and "key".
         key must / will start with a repo_name which will be stored in .cache_args .
         """
-        import kallithea
         prefix = kallithea.CONFIG.get('instance_id', '')
         return "%s%s" % (prefix, key)
 
@@ -2370,6 +2358,7 @@ class PullRequest(Base, BaseDbModel):
         return self.__json__()
 
     def __json__(self):
+        clone_uri_tmpl = kallithea.CONFIG.get('clone_uri_tmpl') or Repository.DEFAULT_CLONE_URI
         return dict(
             pull_request_id=self.pull_request_id,
             url=self.url(),
@@ -2378,7 +2367,7 @@ class PullRequest(Base, BaseDbModel):
             owner=self.owner.username,
             title=self.title,
             description=self.description,
-            org_repo_url=self.org_repo.clone_url(),
+            org_repo_url=self.org_repo.clone_url(clone_uri_tmpl=clone_uri_tmpl),
             org_ref_parts=self.org_ref_parts,
             other_ref_parts=self.other_ref_parts,
             status=self.status,
@@ -2479,7 +2468,6 @@ class Gist(Base, BaseDbModel):
         return cls.query().filter(cls.gist_access_id == gist_access_id).scalar()
 
     def gist_url(self):
-        import kallithea
         alias_url = kallithea.CONFIG.get('gist_alias_url')
         if alias_url:
             return alias_url.replace('{gistid}', self.gist_access_id)
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit_settings.html b/kallithea/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit_settings.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit_settings.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/admin/repos/repo_edit_settings.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ${h.form(url('update_repo', repo_name=c.
                     ${h.text('repo_name',class_='form-control')}
                     <span class="help-block">${_('Permanent Repository ID')}: `_${c.repo_info.repo_id}` <span><a id="show_more_clone_id" href="#">${_('What is that?')}</a></span></span>
                     <span id="clone_id" class="help-block" style="display: none">
-                        ${_('URL by id')}: `${c.repo_info.clone_url(with_id=True)}`<br/>
+                        ${_('URL by id')}: `${c.repo_info.clone_url(clone_uri_tmpl=c.clone_uri_tmpl, with_id=True)}`<br/>
                         ${_('''In case this repository is renamed or moved into another group the repository URL changes.
                                Using the above permanent URL guarantees that this repository always will be accessible on that URL.
                                This is useful for CI systems, or any other cases that you need to hardcode the URL into a 3rd party service.''')}</span>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/pullrequests/pullrequest_show.html b/kallithea/templates/pullrequests/pullrequest_show.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/pullrequests/pullrequest_show.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/pullrequests/pullrequest_show.html
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ ${self.repo_context_bar('showpullrequest
               <div>
                ## TODO: use cs_ranges[-1] or org_ref_parts[1] in both cases?
                %if h.is_hg(c.pull_request.org_repo):
-                 <span>hg pull ${c.pull_request.org_repo.clone_url()} -r ${h.short_id(c.cs_ranges[-1].raw_id)}</span>
+                 <span>hg pull ${c.pull_request.org_repo.clone_url(clone_uri_tmpl=c.clone_uri_tmpl)} -r ${h.short_id(c.cs_ranges[-1].raw_id)}</span>
                %elif h.is_git(c.pull_request.org_repo):
-                 <span>git pull ${c.pull_request.org_repo.clone_url()} ${c.pull_request.org_ref_parts[1]}</span>
+                 <span>git pull ${c.pull_request.org_repo.clone_url(clone_uri_tmpl=c.clone_uri_tmpl)} ${c.pull_request.org_ref_parts[1]}</span>
                %endif
               </div>
             %endif