diff --git a/gl-compile-conf b/gl-compile-conf
index 6aefe0c..8379fa5 100755
--- a/gl-compile-conf
+++ b/gl-compile-conf
@@ -204,10 +204,7 @@ while (<INF>)
             {
                 for my $user (@users)
                 {
-                    for my $ref (@refs)
-                    {
-                        $repos{$repo}{$perm}{$user}{$ref} = 1;
-                    }
+                    push @{ $repos{$repo}{$perm}{$user} }, @refs;
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/update-hook.pl b/update-hook.pl
index 53540e9..b881f5a 100755
--- a/update-hook.pl
+++ b/update-hook.pl
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ $perm = '+' if $ref =~ m(refs/tags/) and $oldsha ne ('0' x 40);
 $perm = '+' if $ref =~ m(refs/heads/) and $oldsha ne $merge_base;
 
 my $allowed_refs = $repos{$ENV{GL_REPO}}{$perm}{$ENV{GL_USER}};
-for my $refex (keys %$allowed_refs)
+for my $refex (@$allowed_refs)
 # refex?  sure -- a regex to match a ref against :)
 {
     if ($ref =~ /$refex/)