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 72a9001877..a35827274a 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
@@ -27,8 +27,13 @@ auto_delete = false
 arguments = {}
 
 [queues."mts{{ env_suffix }}"]
+{% if env == "staging" %}
+durable = false
+auto_delete = true
+{% else %}
 durable = true
 auto_delete = false
+{% endif %}
 exclusive = false
 arguments = {}