diff --git a/pisi/specfilenew.py b/pisi/specfilenew.py
index 4a61ca0f..0a96f045 100644
--- a/pisi/specfilenew.py
+++ b/pisi/specfilenew.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from pisi.util import Checks
 
 __metaclass__ = xmlfile.autoxml
 
-
 class Packager:
     t_Name = [xmlfile.String, xmlfile.mandatory]
     t_Email = [xmlfile.String, xmlfile.mandatory]
@@ -164,14 +163,19 @@ class Package:
     
 
 class SpecFile(XmlFile):
+    __metaclass__ = xmlfile.autoxml #needed when we specify a superclass
+
     t_Source = [ [Source], xmlfile.mandatory, "Source"]
     t_Packages = [ [Package], xmlfile.mandatory, "Package"]
     t_History = [ [Update], xmlfile.mandatory, "Update"]
 
+    #def init(self, tag = "PISI"):
+        #ignore tag
+        #XmlFile.__init__(self, tag)
+
     def read(self, filename):
         """Read PSPEC file"""
         
-        XmlFile.__init__(self,"PISI")
         self.readxml(filename)
         
         errs = []
diff --git a/pisi/xmlfile.py b/pisi/xmlfile.py
index 5205747f..cbb2327c 100644
--- a/pisi/xmlfile.py
+++ b/pisi/xmlfile.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import pisi
 from pisi.xmlext import *
 import pisi.context as ctx
 import pisi.util as util
+import pisi.oo as oo
 
 class Error(pisi.Error):
     pass
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ class LocalText(object):
         else:
             errs.append(_("Tag should have at least an English or Turkish version"))
             
-class autoxml(type):
+class autoxml(oo.autosuper):
     """High-level automatic XML transformation interface for xmlfile.
     The idea is to declare a class for each XML tag. Inside the
     class the tags and attributes nested in the tag are further
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ class autoxml(type):
         """entry point for metaclass code"""
         #print 'generating class', name
 
-        # add XmlFile as one of the superclasses, we're smart
+        # add XmlFile as one of the superclasses of cls
         bases = list(bases)
         if not XmlFile in bases:
             bases.append(XmlFile)
@@ -237,10 +238,17 @@ class autoxml(type):
         # generate top-level helper functions
         cls.initializers = inits
         def initialize(self, tag = None, spec = None):
-            XmlFile.__init__(self, cls.tag)
+            #FIXME: what the hell is spec? :(
+            if not tag:
+                tag = cls.tag
+            #self.__super.__init__(tag = tag) #FIXME: doesn't work, why? :(
+            super(cls, self).__init__(tag = tag)
             for init in self.__class__.initializers:
                 init(self)
-            
+            # init hook
+            if hasattr(self, 'init'):
+                self.init(tag)
+
         cls.__init__ = initialize
 
         cls.decoders = decoders
@@ -614,8 +622,8 @@ class autoxml(type):
 class XmlFile(object):
     """A class to help reading and writing an XML file"""
 
-    def __init__(self, rootTag):
-        self.rootTag = rootTag
+    def __init__(self, tag):
+        self.rootTag = tag
         self.newDOM()
 
     def newDOM(self):
diff --git a/tests/run.py b/tests/run.py
index 8ebffd88..856370ee 100755
--- a/tests/run.py
+++ b/tests/run.py
@@ -29,12 +29,9 @@ def run_all():
         testsources = filter(lambda x:x.endswith('tests.py'), files)
         for testsource in testsources:
             module = __import__(testsource[:len(testsource)-3])
-            #testsuite.add(module.suite)
             print '\n* Running tests in', testsource
             run_test_suite(module.suite)
 
-    #run_test_suite(unittest.TestSuite(tests))
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
diff --git a/tests/xmlfiletests.py b/tests/xmlfiletests.py
index 43bf3a15..b7220825 100644
--- a/tests/xmlfiletests.py
+++ b/tests/xmlfiletests.py
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ class XmlFileTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     
     def testMetaClass(self):
 
-        class OtherInfo:
+        class OtherInfo(object):
             __metaclass__ = xmlfile.autoxml
             t_BirthDate = [types.StringType, xmlfile.mandatory]
             t_Interest = [types.StringType, xmlfile.optional]
             t_CodesWith = [ [types.StringType], xmlfile.optional, 'Person']
         
-        class A:
+        class A(xmlfile.XmlFile):
             __metaclass__ = xmlfile.autoxml
             t_Name = [types.StringType, xmlfile.mandatory]
             t_Description = [xmlfile.LocalText, xmlfile.mandatory]
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class XmlFileTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             t_OtherInfo = [ OtherInfo, xmlfile.optional ]
 
         a = A()
+        print A.__class__
         self.assertEqual(a.href, None)
         dom = mdom.parse('tests/a.xml')
         node = getNode(dom, 'A')