diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
index aa4ce4682a..cbfe764fa1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ buildmaster_endpoint: taskmaster
 buildslave_ssh_pubkey: 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA4EOTNfPIvIjCLNRYauVquS2LA8CZvCi6f87TASDZv4moFTv3mrCIdA3ycYLg+r+ODdPDjF9Cjpw1os/8L07XegTt9gAJVIpxzu3ZgQDkSQbx/hlDi+RG4EOIHL8nNJmu27dOVd1tb3k3aOkP5twO4uEq9RygrQBWMZTmOHdS/q8ZVUQG0d1sKv2J8EuBENgICjjIhhYvdvluu3G65jKxMgDbSXjkK6vZpbDbS2d6JI3VeLbVGlyFbHkTu7vH/vzTJZfOYgp0ZbvW9Wo3VSq/ia5qtrLKwRcBkpyCkP6uOQ14zqj4zJd/Hv7qhEcUhC8Jsb7d/Z6b3q5ID0s/9nuHdQ== buildslave@taskotron-dev01.qa.fedoraproject.org'
 buildslave_port: 9989
 cgit_root_title: "Taskotron Dev Server Git Mirror"
-buildmaster_dir: /srv/buildmaster
+buildmaster_dir: /srv/buildmaster/master
 buildslave_dir: /home/buildslave/slave
 master_user: buildmaster
 
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml
index c6004c0a1a..385e2836b0 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@
   when: robots_path is defined
   template: src=robots.txt.j2 dest={{ robots_path }}/robots.txt owner=apache group=apache mode=0644
 
-- name: ensure buildmaster user can use buildmaster dir
-  file: path={{ buildmaster_dir }} state=directory owner=buildmaster group=buildmaster mode=0775
+- name: ensure buildmaster user can use parent of buildmaster dir
+  file: path="{{ buildmaster_dir }}/.." state=directory owner=buildmaster group=buildmaster mode=0775
   when: deployment_type == 'prod' or deployment_type == 'stg' or deployment_type == 'dev' or deployment_type == 'local'