diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
index 32dd8dccd3..d0f34b4dac 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ ALLOW_DELETE_BRANCH = False
 ALLOWED_PREFIX = ['rpms', 'modules', 'container', 'tests']
 EXCLUDE_GROUP_INDEX = ['packager']
 EMAIL_ON_WATCHCOMMITS = False
+PRIVATE_PROJECTS = False
+FEDMSG_NOTIFICATIONS = True
+PR_TARGET_MATCHING_BRANCH = True
 
 DISABLED_PLUGINS = ['IRC', 'Pagure tickets', 'Read the Doc', 'Fedmsg']
 
diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg b/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
index abcbcb3c56..3db2cf708d 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
@@ -306,3 +306,6 @@ GITOLITE_CELERY_QUEUE = 'gitolite_queue'
 FAST_CELERY_QUEUE = 'fast_workers'
 MEDIUM_CELERY_QUEUE = 'medium_workers'
 SLOW_CELERY_QUEUE = 'slow_workers'
+PRIVATE_PROJECTS = False
+FEDMSG_NOTIFICATIONS = True
+THEME = 'pagureio'