diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/buildconfig.yml
index df85a36892..8ed5003532 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/buildconfig.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ items:
                 popd && \
                 rm -rf anitya
         RUN rm /etc/fedmsg.d/*py
+        RUN mkdir /httpdir
+        RUN chown anitya /httpdir
         RUN mkdir -p /etc/pki/fedmsg/
         RUN ln -sf /etc/pki/fedmsg/key/fedmsg-release-monitoring.key /etc/pki/fedmsg/release-monitoring.key
         RUN ln -sf /etc/pki/fedmsg/crt/fedmsg-release-monitoring.crt /etc/pki/fedmsg/release-monitoring.crt
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/deploymentconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/deploymentconfig.yml
index fc884ac315..fffe161ef0 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/deploymentconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/deploymentconfig.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ items:
             - /etc/anitya/start.sh
           env:
             - name: USER
-              value: openshift
+              value: anitya
           ports:
           - containerPort: 8080
           resources: {}