diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
index a2ba5df8fa..afc081d52f 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
@@ -240,12 +240,13 @@ factory.addStep(FileUpload(slavesrc='/var/log/taskotron/taskotron.log',
 
 {% if deployment_type in ['stg'] %}
 # this is for package-specific tasks
-#
+distgit_factory = BuildFactory()
+
 # clean out /var/tmp/taskotron (see T253)
 distgit_factory.addStep(ShellCommand(command=Interpolate("rm -rf /var/tmp/taskotron/%(prop:slavename)s/*"), name="rm_tmp", descriptionDone=['Clean tmp']))
 
 # check out the source
-distgit_factory.addStep(Git(repourl=Property('repo', default=Interpolate('http://pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org/rpms/{}/'.format(%(prop:item)s.split('-'_[0])))),
+distgit_factory.addStep(Git(repourl=Property('repo', default=Interpolate('http://pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org/rpms/{}/'.format(%(prop:item)s.split('-')[0]))),
                     branch=Property('branch', default='{{ grokmirror_default_branch }}'),
                     mode='full',
                     method='clobber',