diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/message-tagging-service/templates/fedora-messaging-config.toml b/roles/openshift-apps/message-tagging-service/templates/fedora-messaging-config.toml
index 0927767ad3..ac99776d99 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/message-tagging-service/templates/fedora-messaging-config.toml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/message-tagging-service/templates/fedora-messaging-config.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ topic_prefix = "org.fedoraproject.stg"
 topic_prefix = "org.fedoraproject.prod"
 {% endif %}
 
+publish_exchange = "amq.topic"
+passive_declares = true
+
 [tls]
 ca_cert = "/etc/pki/fedora-messaging/mts.ca"
 certfile = "/etc/pki/fedora-messaging/mts.crt"