diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/coreos-ostree-importer.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/coreos-ostree-importer.yml
index 69f6ab9ba7..b6a1f7117f 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/coreos-ostree-importer.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/coreos-ostree-importer.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@
     - fedora_messaging_ca_file: "coreos-ostree-importer-fedora-messaging-cacert.pem"
     - fedora_messaging_cert_file: "coreos-ostree-importer-fedora-messaging-cert.pem"
     - fedora_messaging_key_file: "coreos-ostree-importer-fedora-messaging-key.pem"
-{% if env == "staging" %}
-    - fedora_messaging_routing_keys:
-      - "org.fedoraproject.stg.coreos.build.request.ostree-import"
-{% else %}
-    - fedora_messaging_routing_keys:
-      - "org.fedoraproject.prod.coreos.build.request.ostree-import"
-{% endif %}
+
+  # Set the fedora_messaging_routing_keys var based on the environment
+  tasks:                                                                                         
+    - set_fact:
+       fedora_messaging_routing_keys: "org.fedoraproject.stg.coreos.build.request.ostree-import" 
+      when: env == 'staging'
+    - set_fact:
+       fedora_messaging_routing_keys: "org.fedoraproject.prod.coreos.build.request.ostree-import"
+      when: env != 'staging'
 
   roles:
   - role: openshift/project