diff --git a/roles/mdapi/templates/mdapi.cron b/roles/mdapi/templates/mdapi.cron
index 7ab2caf948..dd20075cb4 100644
--- a/roles/mdapi/templates/mdapi.cron
+++ b/roles/mdapi/templates/mdapi.cron
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Fetches repo metadata for mdapi
 #
-*/20 * * * * root /usr/bin/mdapi-get_repo_md
+*/20 * * * * root /usr/bin/mdapi-get_repo_md /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mdapi/default_config.py