diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
index a792d31d81..b81f584d0b 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ APPLICATION_URL = None
 # in front of the application).
 CHECK_SESSION_IP = True
 
-
+# Specify additional rsync parameters for the crawler
+# # --timeout 14400: abort rsync crawl after 4 hours
+CRAWLER_RSYNC_PARAMETERS = '--no-motd --timeout 14400'
 
 ###
 # Configuration options used by the crons
@@ -99,27 +101,27 @@ CRAWLER_SEND_EMAIL =  False
 umdl_master_directories = [
     {
         'type': 'directory',
-        'path': '../testdata/pub/epel/',
+        'path': '/srv/pub/epel/',
         'category': 'Fedora EPEL'
     },
     {
         'type': 'directory',
-        'path': '../testdata/pub/fedora/linux/',
+        'path': '/srv/pub/fedora/linux/',
         'category': 'Fedora Linux'
     },
     {
         'type': 'directory',
-        'path': '../testdata/pub/fedora-secondary/',
+        'path': '/srv/pub/fedora-secondary/',
         'category': 'Fedora Secondary Arches'
     },
     {
         'type': 'directory',
-        'path': '../testdata/pub/archive/',
+        'path': '/srv/pub/archive/',
         'category': 'Fedora Archive'
     },
     {
         'type': 'directory',
-        'path': '../testdata/pub/alt/',
+        'path': '/srv/pub/alt/',
         'category': 'Fedora Other'
     },
 #    {