diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/release-monitoring.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/release-monitoring.yml
index 5fd45b5b5a..e726ef6112 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/release-monitoring.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/release-monitoring.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+# Create the RabbitMQ users
+
+- name: setup RabbitMQ
+  hosts: rabbitmq[0]:rabbitmq-stg[0]
+  user: root
+  gather_facts: False
+
+  vars_files:
+    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+    - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Create the RabbitMQ user
+      rabbitmq_user:
+        user: "anitya"
+        vhost: /pubsub
+        read_priv: "^anitya.*$"
+        write_priv: "amq.topic"
+        configure_priv: "^$"
+      tags:
+        - config
+
+# Deploy the app
+
 - name: make the app be real
   hosts: os-masters-stg[0]:os-masters[0]
   user: root
@@ -9,12 +34,6 @@
     - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
 
   roles:
-  - role: rabbit/queue
-    username: anitya
-    queue_name: anitya
-    routing_keys:
-      - "#"
-
   - role: openshift/project
     app: release-monitoring
     description: release-monitoring