diff --git a/roles/odcs/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/odcs/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 3e4540da55..b2344222f2 100644
--- a/roles/odcs/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/odcs/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     src: etc/koji.conf.d/odcs.conf.j2
     dest: /etc/koji.conf.d/odcs.conf
     owner: odcs
-    group: odcs
+    group: fedmsg
     mode: 0440
   notify:
   - restart fedmsg-hub
diff --git a/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml
index 42b92feb1d..9b23e97e69 100644
--- a/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     src: etc/odcs/config.py.j2
     dest: /etc/odcs/config.py
     owner: odcs
-    group: odcs
+    group: fedmsg
     mode: 0440
   notify:
   - restart fedmsg-hub
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     src: etc/odcs/raw_config_wrapper.conf.j2
     dest: /etc/odcs/raw_config_wrapper.conf
     owner: odcs
-    group: odcs
+    group: fedmsg
     mode: 0440
   notify:
   - restart fedmsg-hub
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     src: etc/odcs/runroot_koji.conf.j2
     dest: /etc/odcs/runroot_koji.conf
     owner: odcs
-    group: odcs
+    group: fedmsg
     mode: 0440
   notify:
   - restart fedmsg-hub
@@ -111,12 +111,15 @@
   - odcs/backend
 
 - name: copy the ODCS pungi config template to backend
-  copy: src="{{ roles_path }}/odcs/base/files/pungi.conf" dest=/etc/odcs/pungi.conf
-        owner=odcs group=odcs mode=0640
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ roles_path }}/odcs/base/files/pungi.conf"
+    dest: /etc/odcs/pungi.conf
+    owner: odcs
+    group: fedmsg
+    mode: 0640
   notify:
   - restart fedmsg-hub
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('odcs-backend')
   tags:
   - odcs
   - odcs/backend
-