diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/configmap.yml b/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/configmap.yml
index 75cc2d3864..b4539e7e29 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/configmap.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/configmap.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ data:
     CoreDumpDirectory /tmp
     Alias /docs /usr/share/doc/bodhi-docs/html/
     Alias /static /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/bodhi/server/static/
-    WSGIDaemonProcess bodhi user=bodhi group=bodhi display-name=bodhi processes=2 threads=2 maximum-requests=1000
+    WSGIDaemonProcess bodhi display-name=bodhi processes=2 threads=2 maximum-requests=1000 home=/httpdir
+    WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
     WSGISocketPrefix run/wsgi
     WSGIRestrictStdout Off
     WSGIRestrictSignal Off
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/production.ini.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/production.ini.j2
index 7fe2a25e9e..7087a7d7b1 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/production.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/production.ini.j2
@@ -683,7 +683,9 @@ port = 6543
 [pshell]
 m = bodhi.server.models
 #db = bodhi.server.util.pshell_db
+{% if env != "staging" %}
 t = transaction
+{% endif %}
 
 # Begin logging configuration