diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/files/run_crawler.sh b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/files/run_crawler.sh
index 3269dea96e..251d90cb05 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/files/run_crawler.sh
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/files/run_crawler.sh
@@ -6,27 +6,11 @@ fi
 
 NUMBER_OF_CRAWLERS=$1
 HOST=`hostname -s`
-MAX_HOST=`/usr/local/bin/mm2_get-highest-active-host-id`
+START_STOP="/usr/local/bin/mm2_get-mirrors-to-crawl"
 
-# make MAX_HOST a multiple of NUMBER_OF_CRAWLERS
-let FIX=${MAX_HOST}%${NUMBER_OF_CRAWLERS}
-
-if [ "${FIX}" -ne "0" ]; then
-        let MAX_HOST=${MAX_HOST}+${NUMBER_OF_CRAWLERS}-${FIX}
-fi
-
-let PART=${MAX_HOST}/${NUMBER_OF_CRAWLERS}
-
-STARTID=0
-STOPID=${PART}
 
 for i in `seq 1 ${NUMBER_OF_CRAWLERS}`; do
         if [ "${HOST}" == "mm-crawler0${i}" ]; then
-                echo "--startid=${STARTID} --stopid=${STOPID}"
+		${START_STOP} -f ${i}:${NUMBER_OF_CRAWLERS}
         fi
-        let STARTID=${STARTID}+${PART}
-        let STOPID=${STOPID}+${PART}
-	if [ "${STOPID}" -eq "${MAX_HOST}" ]; then
-		let STOPID=${STOPID}+1
-	fi
 done
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml
index 4642393c20..f3ac6922ff 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
   - config
   when: env != 'staging'
 
-- name: install the script to get the highest mirror id
-  copy: src=mm2_get-highest-active-host-id dest=/usr/local/bin/mm2_get-highest-active-host-id mode=0755
+- name: install the script to distribute the mirrors to crawl
+  copy: src=mm2_get-mirrors-to-crawl dest=/usr/local/bin/mm2_get-mirrors-to-crawl mode=0755
 
 - name: install the crawler distribute script
   copy: src=run_crawler.sh dest=/usr/local/bin/run_crawler.sh mode=0755