diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/datanommer/templates/alembic.ini b/roles/fedmsg/datanommer/templates/alembic.ini
index 553b2c8d39..1025e4b922 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/datanommer/templates/alembic.ini
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/datanommer/templates/alembic.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ script_location = /usr/share/datanommer.models/alembic/
 # the 'revision' command, regardless of autogenerate
 # revision_environment = false
 
+{% if env == "production" %}
 sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://{{ datanommerDBUser }}:{{ datanommerDBPassword }}@db-datanommer02/datanommer
+{% else %}
+sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://{{ datanommerDBUser }}:{{ datanommerDBPassword }}@db-datanommer.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org/datanommer
+{% endif %}
 fedmsg_config_dir = /etc/fedmsg.d/
 
 # Logging configuration