diff --git a/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 3cce0275c2..83ec72accf 100644
--- a/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 - name: cron to generate cache of active component branches for pagure-sync-bugzilla
   cron: name="export-branches" minute="15" user="apache"
-      job="/usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper export-branches 'python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pdc/manage.py exportbranches > /var/www/html/extras/active_branches.json'"
+      job="/usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper export-branches 'python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pdc/manage.py exportbranches > /var/www/html/extras/active_branches.json.tmp; mv /var/www/html/extras/active_branches.json.tmp /var/www/html/extras/active_branches.json'"
       cron_file=export-branches
   when: env == 'staging'
   tags: