diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/noggin.cfg.py b/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/noggin.cfg.py
index 00107ffc4e..98dbbff737 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/noggin.cfg.py
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/noggin.cfg.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 # This is the config file for Noggin as intended to be used in OpenShift
 #
 
+
 def from_file(path):
     return open(path, 'r').read().strip()
 
+
 # Deployed to a subpath
 APPLICATION_ROOT = '/accounts/'
 
@@ -38,3 +40,6 @@ SECRET_KEY = from_file('/etc/noggin-secrets/session').encode('utf-8')
 
 # Spam checking
 # BASSET_URL = None
+
+# Disable Fedora Messaging because it's not up in staging yet.
+FEDORA_MESSAGING_ENABLED = False