diff --git a/osclib/accept_command.py b/osclib/accept_command.py
index eab86b27..8735f568 100644
--- a/osclib/accept_command.py
+++ b/osclib/accept_command.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class AcceptCommand(object):
 
         rf = RequestFinder(self.api)
         oldspecs = {}
-        for req in status.findall('staged_requests/entry'):
+        for req in status.findall('staged_requests/request'):
             packages.append(req.get('package'))
 
             print('Checking file list of {}'.format(req.get('package')))
diff --git a/osclib/stagingapi.py b/osclib/stagingapi.py
index 473e8cdd..bf02aaa7 100644
--- a/osclib/stagingapi.py
+++ b/osclib/stagingapi.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
             status = self.project_status(prj)
             if status is None:
                 continue
-            for req in status.findall('staged_requests/entry'):
+            for req in status.findall('staged_requests/request'):
                 packages_staged[req.get('package')] = {'prj': prj, 'rq_id': req.get('id')}
 
         return packages_staged
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         url = self.makeurl(['staging', self.project, 'excluded_requests'])
         root = ET.parse(self.retried_GET(url)).getroot()
         for entry in root.findall('request'):
-            ignore[entry.get('id')] = entry.get('desciption')
+            ignore[entry.get('id')] = entry.get('description')
         return ignore
 
     @memoize(session=True, add_invalidate=True)
@@ -619,8 +619,10 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         f = http_GET(url)
         root = ET.parse(f).getroot()
 
+        ignored_requests = self.get_ignored_requests()
         for rq in root.findall('request'):
-            requests.append(rq)
+            if not rq.get('id') in ignored_requests:
+                requests.append(rq)
         return requests
 
     def dispatch_open_requests(self, target_requests=None):
@@ -636,15 +638,10 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         # get all current pending requests
         self._supersede = True
         requests = self.get_open_requests()
-        requests_ignored = self.get_ignored_requests()
         # check if we can reduce it down by accepting some
         for rq in requests:
-            request_id = int(rq.get('id'))
-            if not len(target_requests) and request_id in requests_ignored:
-                continue
-            # if self.crings:
-            #     self.accept_non_ring_request(rq)
             stage_info, code = self.update_superseded_request(rq, target_requests)
+            print('STAGING', stage_info, code)
             if stage_info:
                 yield (stage_info, code, rq)
         self._supersede = False
@@ -685,7 +682,7 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         :param package: package we want to query for
         """
         data = self.project_status(project)
-        for x in data.findall('staged_requests/entry'):
+        for x in data.findall('staged_requests/request'):
             if x.get('package') == package:
                 return int(x.get('id'))
         return None
@@ -698,7 +695,7 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         """
         data = self.project_status(project)
         request_id = str(request_id)
-        for x in data.findall('staged_requests/entry'):
+        for x in data.findall('staged_requests/request'):
             if x.get('id') == request_id:
                 return x.get('package')
         return None
diff --git a/osclib/unselect_command.py b/osclib/unselect_command.py
index 32662875..96b49c80 100644
--- a/osclib/unselect_command.py
+++ b/osclib/unselect_command.py
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ class UnselectCommand(object):
                                                                      self.api).items():
             staging_project = request_project['staging']
             affected_projects.add(staging_project)
-            msg = 'Unselecting "{}" from "{}"'.format(request, staging_project)
-            print(msg)
+            print('Unselecting "{}" from "{}"'.format(request, staging_project))
             self.api.rm_from_prj(staging_project, request_id=request, msg='Removing from {}, re-evaluation needed'.format(staging_project))
 
             req = get_request(self.api.apiurl, str(request))