diff --git a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ def make_app(global_conf, full_stack=Tru
         from rhodecode.lib.profiler import ProfilingMiddleware
         app = ProfilingMiddleware(app)
 
-    app = SimpleHg(app, config)
-    app = SimpleGit(app, config)
-
     if asbool(full_stack):
         # Handle Python exceptions
         app = ErrorHandler(app, global_conf, **config['pylons.errorware'])
@@ -77,6 +74,11 @@ def make_app(global_conf, full_stack=Tru
         app = Cascade([static_app, app])
         app = make_gzip_middleware(app, global_conf, compress_level=1)
 
+    # we want our low level middleware to get to the request ASAP. We don't
+    # need any pylons stack middleware in them
+    app = SimpleHg(app, config)
+    app = SimpleGit(app, config)
+
     app.config = config
 
     return app