diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
index 874f4e1d8e..35345ec657 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
@@ -391,9 +391,7 @@ items:
         - name: bodhi-celery-beat
 {% if env == "staging" %}
           image: bodhi-base-prebuilt:staging
-          env:
-          - name: HOME
-            value: "/tmp"
+          workingDir: "/tmp"
           command: ["/usr/bin/celery"]
           args: ["beat", "-A", "bodhi.server.tasks.app", "-l", "info"]
 {% else %}