diff --git a/playbooks/roles/flag_build_commits/files/flag_commit_build.py b/playbooks/roles/flag_build_commits/files/flag_commit_build.py
index 2981e78..387e81c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/flag_build_commits/files/flag_commit_build.py
+++ b/playbooks/roles/flag_build_commits/files/flag_commit_build.py
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ def main(msg):
     print('Talking to koji at: %s' % koji_url)
     koji_client = koji.ClientSession(koji_url)
 
-    request = msg['request'][0]
     build_id = msg['build_id']
     build = koji_client.getBuild(build_id)
     git_url = (
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ def main(msg):
 
     pagure_url = 'https://src.fedoraproject.org'
     env_var = 'API_TOKEN'
-    if '.stg.' in request:
+    if msg['request'] and '.stg.' in msg['request'][0]:
         pagure_url = 'https://src.stg.fedoraproject.org'
         env_var = 'API_TOKEN_STG'