diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
index f083311f31..448078e382 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-- include_vars: dir=/srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/all/ ignore_files=README
-
 - name: check to see if a mash is going on before we do anything...
   hosts: bodhi-backend:bodhi-backend-stg
   user: root
+  include_vars: dir=/srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/all/ ignore_files=README
   vars_files: 
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
    - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"