diff --git a/hgapp.py b/hgapp.py
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+import logging
+from logging import Formatter, StreamHandler
+from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
+from mercurial.hgweb.hgwebdir_mod import hgwebdir
+from mercurial.hgweb.request import wsgiapplication
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+formatter = Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s %(message)s")
+console_handler = StreamHandler()
+console_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+log.addHandler(console_handler)
+
+def make_web_app():
+
+    repos = "hgwebdir.config"
+    hgwebapp = hgwebdir(repos)
+    return hgwebapp
+
+port = 8000
+ip = '127.0.0.1'
+
+log.info('Starting server on %s:%s' % (ip, port))
+httpd = make_server(ip, port, wsgiapplication(make_web_app))
+httpd.serve_forever()
+