diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2 b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2
index cafd256594..4c1a9f2eb5 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {%- if deployment_type == 'prod' %}
 SECRET_KEY = '{{ prod_resultsdb_secret_key }}'
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ prod_resultsdb_db_user }}:{{ prod_resultsdb_db_password }}@{{ resultsdb_db_host }}:{{ resultsdb_db_port }}/{{ resultsdb_db_name }}'
-FEDMSG_PUBLISH = False
+FEDMSG_PUBLISH = True
 {% endif %}
 {%- if deployment_type == 'stg' %}
 SECRET_KEY = '{{ stg_resultsdb_secret_key }}'