diff --git a/roles/darkserver/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/darkserver/backend/tasks/main.yml
index fce8ddad85..1e5c3373c1 100644
--- a/roles/darkserver/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/darkserver/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 - name: install a loopback so we listen to the prod fedmsg bus (only in staging)
   copy: src=loopback.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/loopback.py
   notify: restart fedmsg-hub
-  when: environment == 'staging'
+  when: env == 'staging'
 
 - name: email.json file
   copy: src=email.json dest=/etc/darkserver/email.json owner=root group=root mode=0644