diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2 b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2
index 1ff4821a87..cafd256594 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 {%- if deployment_type == 'prod' %}
 SECRET_KEY = '{{ prod_resultsdb_secret_key }}'
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ prod_resultsdb_db_user }}:{{ prod_resultsdb_db_password }}@{{ resultsdb_db_host }}:{{ resultsdb_db_port }}/{{ resultsdb_db_name }}'
+FEDMSG_PUBLISH = False
 {% endif %}
 {%- if deployment_type == 'stg' %}
 SECRET_KEY = '{{ stg_resultsdb_secret_key }}'
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ stg_resultsdb_db_user }}:{{ stg_resultsdb_db_password }}@{{ resultsdb_db_host }}:{{ resultsdb_db_port }}/{{ resultsdb_db_name }}'
+FEDMSG_PUBLISH = True
 {% endif %}
 {%- if deployment_type == 'local' or deployment_type == 'dev'%}
 SECRET_KEY = '{{ resultsdb_secret_key }}'
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ resultsdb_db_user }}:{{ resultsdb_db_password }}@{{ resultsdb_db_host_machine }}:{{ resultsdb_db_port }}/{{ resultsdb_db_name }}'
+FEDMSG_PUBLISH = False
 {% endif %}
 FILE_LOGGING = False
 LOGFILR = '/var/log/resultsdb/resultsdb.log'
 SYSLOG_LOGGING = False
 STREAM_LOGGING = True
+FEDMSG_MODNAME = 'taskotron'