diff --git a/roles/github2fedmsg/files/github2fedmsg.conf b/roles/github2fedmsg/files/github2fedmsg.conf
index 7d452d0750..9c450c204a 100644
--- a/roles/github2fedmsg/files/github2fedmsg.conf
+++ b/roles/github2fedmsg/files/github2fedmsg.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Alias /static /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/github2fedmsg/static
 Alias /pngs /usr/share/badges/pngs
 
-WSGIDaemonProcess github2fedmsg user=github2fedmsg group=github2fedmsg maximum-requests=1000 display-name=github2fedmsg processes=4 threads=4
+WSGIDaemonProcess github2fedmsg user=apache group=apache maximum-requests=1000 display-name=github2fedmsg processes=4 threads=4
 WSGISocketPrefix run/wsgi
 WSGIRestrictStdout On
 WSGIRestrictSignal Off
diff --git a/roles/github2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/github2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
index e61bbc9e25..e43211e10b 100644
--- a/roles/github2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/github2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 - name: copy github2fedmsg app configuration
   template: >
     src={{ item }} dest="/etc/github2fedmsg/{{ item }}"
-    owner=github2fedmsg group=github2fedmsg mode=0600
+    owner=apache group=apache mode=0600
   with_items:
   - github2fedmsg.ini
   tags: