diff --git a/handlers.py b/handlers.py
index 3a420f4..2f1dd5e 100644
--- a/handlers.py
+++ b/handlers.py
@@ -157,9 +157,12 @@ def _connect(self, args, out, name = None, db = None, collection = None):
         if "server" in args:
             try:
                 uri = args.getvalue('server')
-                info = connection._parse_uri(uri)
+                #info = connection._parse_uri(uri)
+                #fixed 4 https://github.com/kchodorow/sleepy.mongoose/issues/20
+                info = connection.uri_parser.parse_uri(uri)
             except Exception, e:
                 print uri
+                print info
                 print e
                 out('{"ok" : 0, "errmsg" : "invalid server uri given", "server" : "%s"}' % uri)
                 return