diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
index c7f2d57639..0f513ec5a3 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   - packages
 
 - name: adding FAS auth
-  copy: src=Auth_FAS.php dest=/usr/share/mediawiki119/extensions/Auth_FAS.php owner=root group=root mode=775
+  template: src=Auth_FAS.php.j2 dest=/usr/share/mediawiki119/extensions/Auth_FAS.php owner=root group=root mode=775
   tags:
   - config
 
diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/files/Auth_FAS.php b/roles/mediawiki/templates/Auth_FAS.php.j2
similarity index 95%
rename from roles/mediawiki/files/Auth_FAS.php
rename to roles/mediawiki/templates/Auth_FAS.php.j2
index e429f5cf5e..437f141c45 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/files/Auth_FAS.php
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/templates/Auth_FAS.php.j2
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ class Auth_FAS extends AuthPlugin {
         $username = strtolower( $username);
         $ch = curl_init();
 
+{% if env == 'staging' %}
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://admin.stg.fedoraproject.org/accounts/json/person_by_username?tg_format=json');
+{% else %}
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/json/person_by_username?tg_format=json');
+{% endif %}
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Auth_FAS 0.9");
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "username=".urlencode($username)."&user_name=".urlencode($username)."&password=".urlencode($password)."&login=Login");