diff --git a/playbooks/groups/datagrepper.yml b/playbooks/groups/datagrepper.yml
index 7e67565da9..ee553d667b 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/datagrepper.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/datagrepper.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   - fedmsg/base
   - rsyncd
   - sudo
-  - datagrepper
 
   tasks:
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/yumrepos.yml"
@@ -53,6 +52,23 @@
   handlers:
   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
 
+- name: dole out the service-specific config
+  hosts: datagrepper;datagrepper-stg
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: True
+  accelerate: "{{ accelerated }}"
+
+  vars_files:
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+
+  roles:
+  - datagrepper
+
+  handlers:
+  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
+
 # The gluster work here can be omitted for now.  It is used by a feature of
 # datagrepper that is partially in place, but not yet functional.
 #