diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/blockerbugs-stg b/inventory/group_vars/blockerbugs-stg
index 208b9bfc23..ed2e8ae990 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/blockerbugs-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/blockerbugs-stg
@@ -16,3 +16,17 @@ sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/qadevel-sudoers"
 
 # This gets overridden by whichever node we want to run special cronjobs.
 master_blockerbugs_node: False
+
+blockerbugs_secret_key: "{{ stg_blockerbugs_secret_key }}"
+
+############################################################
+# blockerbugs db details
+############################################################
+
+blockerbugs_db_host_machine: db01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+blockerbugs_db_host: "{{ blockerbugs_db_host_machine }}"
+blockerbugs_db_port: 5432
+blockerbugs_db_name: blockerbugs
+blockerbugs_db_user: "{{ stg_blockerbugs_db_user }}"
+blockerbugs_db_password: "{{ stg_blockerbugs_db_password }}"
+
diff --git a/roles/blockerbugs/templates/blockerbugs-settings.py.j2 b/roles/blockerbugs/templates/blockerbugs-settings.py.j2
index bc12d10ed5..4b692659b4 100644
--- a/roles/blockerbugs/templates/blockerbugs-settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/blockerbugs/templates/blockerbugs-settings.py.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 SECRET_KEY = '{{ blockerbugs_secret_key }}'
+{% if env == "staging" %}
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ blockerbugs_db_user }}:{{ blockerbugs_db_password }}@{{ blockerbugs_db_host }}:{{ blockerbugs_db_port }}/{{ blockerbugs_db_name }}'
+{% else %}
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ blockerbugs_app }}:{{ blockerbugs_appPassword }}@db-blockerbugs/blockerbugs'
+{% endif %}
 FAS_ADMIN_GROUP = "qa-admin"
 FAS_USER = "{{ blockerbugs_fas_user }}@fedoraproject.org"
 FAS_PASSWORD = "{{ blockerbugs_fas_password }}"