diff -r e3eb480a9391 -r e96e9f805c19 hgext/notify.py
--- a/hgext/notify.py	Sat Mar 08 16:01:58 2014 -0600
+++ b/hgext/notify.py	Sat Mar 08 16:14:08 2014 -0600
@@ -188,13 +188,12 @@
         mapfile = self.ui.config('notify', 'style')
         template = (self.ui.config('notify', hooktype) or
                     self.ui.config('notify', 'template'))
-        self.t = cmdutil.changeset_templater(self.ui, self.repo,
-                                             False, None, mapfile, False)
         if not mapfile and not template:
             template = deftemplates.get(hooktype) or single_template
         if template:
             template = templater.parsestring(template, quoted=False)
-            self.t.use_template(template)
+        self.t = cmdutil.changeset_templater(self.ui, self.repo, False, None,
+                                             template, mapfile, False)
 
     def strip(self, path):
         '''strip leading slashes from local path, turn into web-safe path.'''