Is it possible to use Ropemacs with TRAMP in Emacs?

I recently installed the hg tip version of Ropemacs and I'd like to use it when editing remote files using TRAMP. Has anyone done this? When I try to use M-/ to complete a variable name, I am asked to enter the Rope project root folder and I enter: /ssh:myhost:/path/to/myproject/ and it gives me the following error:

Opening [/ssh:myhost:/path/to/myproject/] project ... 
pymacs-report-error: Python: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/saltycrane/lib/python-environments/default/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Pymacs/pymacs.py", line 147, in loop
    value = eval(text)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/saltycrane/lib/python-environments/default/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ropemode/decorators.py", line 53, in newfunc
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/home/saltycrane/lib/python-environments/default/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ropemode/interface.py", line 254, in code_assist
    _CodeAssist(self, self.env).code_assist(prefix)
  File "/home/saltycrane/lib/python-environments/default/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ropemode/interface.py", line 538, in code_assist
    proposals = self._calculate_proposals()
  File "/home/saltycrane/lib/python-environments/default/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ropemode/interface.py", line 597, in _calculate_proposals
    self.interface._check_project()
  File "/home/saltycrane/lib/python-environments/default/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ropemode/interface.py", line 448, in _check_project
    self.open_project()
  File "/home/saltycrane/lib/python-environments/default/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ropemode/decorators.py", line 53, in newfunc
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File "/home/saltycrane/lib/python-environments/default/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ropemode/interface.py", line 88, in open_project
    self.project = rope.base.project.Project(root)
  File "/home/saltycrane/lib/python-environments/default/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rope/base/pro