diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg b/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg
index 7cc4af437d..ff4554250b 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ external_hostname: qadevel-stg.qa.fedoraproject.org
 mariadb_host: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
 mariadb_user: '{{ qadevel_stg_mariadb_user }}'
 mariadb_password: '{{ qadevel_stg_mariadb_password }}'
+phabricator_db_prefix: 'phabricatorstg'
 enable_phabricator_git: False
-phabricator_db_name: phabricator-stg
 phabricator_vcs_user: git
 phabricator_daemon_user: phabdaemon
 phabroot: /usr/share/
diff --git a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
index 37ea2c51b3..a15a08665e 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 - name: create mariadb user for phabricator
   delegate_to: "{{ mariadb_host }}"
-  mysql_user: name={{ mariadb_user }} host={{ eth0_ip }} password={{ mariadb_password }} priv={{ phabricator_db_name }}.*:ALL,CREATE state=present
+  mysql_user: name={{ mariadb_user }} host={{ eth0_ip }} password={{ mariadb_password }} priv=*.*:ALL,CREATE state=present
 
 - name: create phabricator daemon user
   user: name={{ phabricator_daemon_user }}
diff --git a/roles/phabricator/templates/local.json.j2 b/roles/phabricator/templates/local.json.j2
index 4bea8e0a9a..6718a5e3bc 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/templates/local.json.j2
+++ b/roles/phabricator/templates/local.json.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "mysql.host" : "{{ mariadb_host }}",
   "mysql.user" : "{{ mariadb_user }}",
   "mysql.pass" : "{{ mariadb_password }}",
+  "storage.default-namespace" : "phabricatorstg",
   "load-libraries"       : [],
   "log.access.path" : "/var/log/phabricator/access.log",
   "log.ssh.path" : "/var/log/phabricator/ssh.log",