diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-stg b/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-stg
index 933d10f7d2..62a0636f6c 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-stg
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ deployment_type: stg
 # extra_enablerepos: 'infrastructure-testing'
 extra_enablerepos: 'infrastructure-testing'
 
+# make sure we're using the stg fedsmg bus
+fedmsg_env: stg
+
 
 ############################################################
 # resultsdb details
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg
index a0ec67f1cd..82d6930aa6 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ robots_path: /var/www/html
 # this enables extra repos during dnf install but that's broken right now, remember to re-enable
 extra_enablerepos: 'infrastructure-testing'
 
+# make sure we're using the stg fedsmg bus
+fedmsg_env: stg
 
 ############################################################
 # task repo details
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ grokmirror_repos:
   - { name: fedoraqa/rpmgrill, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-rpmgrill.git'}
   - { name: fedoraqa/python-versions, url: 'https://github.com/fedora-python/task-python-versions'}
   - { name: fedoraqa/rpmdeplint, url: 'https://pagure.io/taskotron/task-rpmdeplint.git'}
+  - { name: fedoraqa/rpmlint-scratch, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-rpmlint-scratch.git'}
 grokmirror_default_branch: develop
 
 
@@ -45,10 +48,10 @@ resultsdb_external_url: https://taskotron.stg.fedoraproject.org/resultsdb/
 resultsdb_fe_endpoint: resultsdb
 
 taskotron_docs_url: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/docs/libtaskotron/latest/
-
-trigger_distgit_repo_url: http://src.stg.fedoraproject.org/
+trigger_distgit_repo_url: http://pkgs.stg.fedoraproject.org/pagure/rpms/
 trigger_critpath_url: https://admin.stg.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/api/critpath?format=json
 
+
 ############################################################
 # taskotron details
 ############################################################
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg-client-hosts b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg-client-hosts
index f9f324b818..e319ca9560 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg-client-hosts
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg-client-hosts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ execdb_external_url: https://taskotron.stg.fedoraproject.org/execdb/
 resultsdb_server: http://resultsdb-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org/resultsdb_api/api/v2.0/
 # this should be proxy01.stg through /etc/hosts
 bodhi_server: http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/
-kojihub_url: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/kojihub
-kojipkg_url: https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages
+kojihub_url: https://koji.stg.fedoraproject.org/kojihub
+kojipkg_url: https://kojipkgs.stg.fedoraproject.org/packages
 taskotron_master: https://taskotron.stg.fedoraproject.org/taskmaster/
 resultsdb_external_url: https://taskotron.stg.fedoraproject.org/resultsdb
 artifacts_base_url: https://taskotron.stg.fedoraproject.org/artifacts
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2 b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2
index d7c5575f0c..e3edd80526 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2
@@ -31,11 +31,14 @@
 {% else %}
     - {tasks: [depcheck]}
 {% endif %}
+{% if deployment_type not in ['dev', 'stg'] %}
+{# stg bodhi doesn't have the info we need, stg koji doesn't have the builds from prod bodhi #}
 - when:
     message_type: KojiTagChanged
     tag: {$regex: '/.*(?<!testing-pending)$$/'}
   do:
     - {tasks: [upgradepath]}
+{% endif %}
 {% if deployment_type in ['dev'] %}
 - when: {message_type: DistGitCommit, namespace: modules}
   do: