diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/alembic.ini b/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/alembic.ini
index 723b72e30a..c7a520c367 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/alembic.ini
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/alembic.ini
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ script_location = /opt/app-root/src/alembic
 # revision_environment = false
 
 {% if env == 'staging' %}
-sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://{{ elections_db_user }}:{{ elections_db_pass }}@db01.stg.iad2.fedoraproject.org/{{ elections_db_name }}
+sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://{{ elections_db_user }}:{{ elections_stg_db_pass }}@db01.stg.iad2.fedoraproject.org/{{ elections_db_name }}
 {% else %}
 sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://{{ elections_db_user }}:{{ elections_db_pass }}@db01.iad2.fedoraproject.org/{{ elections_db_name }}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/fedora-elections.cfg b/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/fedora-elections.cfg
index 4364d424c1..7b02830bd5 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/fedora-elections.cfg
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/fedora-elections.cfg
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ SECRET_KEY='{{ elections_secret_key }}'
 APPLICATION_ROOT = '/'
 
 ### url to the database server:
+{% if env == 'staging' %}
+DB_URL='postgresql://{{ elections_db_user }}:{{ elections_stg_db_pass }}@db01{{ env_suffix }}.{{ datacenter }}.fedoraproject.org/{{ elections_db_name }}'
+{% else %}
 DB_URL='postgresql://{{ elections_db_user }}:{{ elections_db_pass }}@db01{{ env_suffix }}.{{ datacenter }}.fedoraproject.org/{{ elections_db_name }}'
+{% endif %}
 
 ## One ore more FAS group that will have admin rights over the whole
 ## application, including all elections past, present and future