diff --git a/files/copr/hotfix/__init__.py b/files/copr/hotfix/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23a2202dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/copr/hotfix/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+import os
+import flask
+
+from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from flask.ext.openid import OpenID
+from flask.ext.whooshee import Whooshee
+
+app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+
+if "COPRS_ENVIRON_PRODUCTION" in os.environ:
+    app.config.from_object("coprs.config.ProductionConfig")
+elif "COPRS_ENVIRON_UNITTEST" in os.environ:
+    app.config.from_object("coprs.config.UnitTestConfig")
+else:
+    app.config.from_object("coprs.config.DevelopmentConfig")
+if os.environ.get("COPR_CONFIG"):
+    app.config.from_envvar("COPR_CONFIG")
+else:
+    app.config.from_pyfile("/etc/copr/copr.conf", silent=True)
+
+
+oid = OpenID(app, safe_roots=[], app.config["OPENID_STORE"])
+db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+whooshee = Whooshee(app)
+
+import coprs.filters
+import coprs.log
+import coprs.models
+import coprs.whoosheers
+
+from coprs.views import admin_ns
+from coprs.views.admin_ns import admin_general
+from coprs.views import api_ns
+from coprs.views.api_ns import api_general
+from coprs.views import coprs_ns
+from coprs.views.coprs_ns import coprs_builds
+from coprs.views.coprs_ns import coprs_general
+from coprs.views.coprs_ns import coprs_chroots
+from coprs.views import backend_ns
+from coprs.views.backend_ns import backend_general
+from coprs.views import misc
+from coprs.views import status_ns
+from coprs.views.status_ns import status_general
+
+app.register_blueprint(api_ns.api_ns)
+app.register_blueprint(admin_ns.admin_ns)
+app.register_blueprint(coprs_ns.coprs_ns)
+app.register_blueprint(misc.misc)
+app.register_blueprint(backend_ns.backend_ns)
+app.register_blueprint(status_ns.status_ns)
+
+app.add_url_rule("/", "coprs_ns.coprs_show", coprs_general.coprs_show)
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index d5c53f2c95..ded159b90a 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@
     tags:
     - config
 
+  - name: HOTFIX install a patch to mitigate the Covert Redirect vuln
+    copy: >
+        src="{{ files }}/copr/fe/hotfix/__init__.py"
+        dest=/usr/share/copr/coprs_frontend/coprs/__init__.py
+    notify:
+    - restart httpd
+    tags:
+    - hotfix
+
   - name: copy apache files to conf.d
     action: copy src="{{ files }}/copr/fe/httpd/{{ item }}" dest="/etc/httpd/conf.d/{{ item }}"
     with_items: