diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/reprepro/reprepro-mirror-update.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/reprepro/reprepro-mirror-update.sh
index 75191c021f..3a24af1a38 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/reprepro/reprepro-mirror-update.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/reprepro/reprepro-mirror-update.sh
@@ -17,21 +17,22 @@
 set -e
 
 UNREF_FILE=/var/run/reprepro/unreferenced-files
+REPREPRO='reprepro --confdir /etc/reprepro'
 
 echo "Obtaining reprepro tokens and running reprepro update"
-k5start -t -f /etc/reprepro.keytab service/reprepro -- timeout -k 2m 30m reprepro update
+k5start -t -f /etc/reprepro.keytab service/reprepro -- timeout -k 2m 30m $REPREPRO update
 
 if [ -f $UNREF_FILE ] ; then
     echo "Cleaning up files made unreferenced on the last run"
-    k5start -t -f /etc/reprepro.keytab service/reprepro -- timeout -k 2m 30m reprepro deleteifunreferenced < $UNREF_FILE
+    k5start -t -f /etc/reprepro.keytab service/reprepro -- timeout -k 2m 30m $REPREPRO deleteifunreferenced < $UNREF_FILE
 fi
 
 echo "Saving list of newly unreferenced files for next time"
-reprepro dumpunreferenced > $UNREF_FILE
+$REPREPRO dumpunreferenced > $UNREF_FILE
 
 echo "Checking state of mirror"
-reprepro checkpool fast
-reprepro check
+$REPREPRO checkpool fast
+$REPREPRO check
 
 echo "reprepro completed successfully, running reprepro export."
 k5start -t -f /etc/afsadmin.keytab service/afsadmin -- vos release -v mirror.apt
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/reprepro.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/reprepro.pp
index ec7a067cff..32f1534269 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/reprepro.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/reprepro.pp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # == Class: openstack_project::mirror_update
 #
 class openstack_project::reprepro (
-  $outdir = '/afs/.openstack.org/mirror/apt',
+  $basedir = '/afs/.openstack.org/mirror/apt',
   $logdir = '/var/log/reprepro',
   $updates_file = 'puppet:///modules/openstack_project/reprepro/updates',
   $options_template = 'openstack_project/reprepro/options.erb',
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/templates/reprepro/options.erb b/modules/openstack_project/templates/reprepro/options.erb
index 8a946458b7..91e210123b 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/templates/reprepro/options.erb
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/templates/reprepro/options.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-outdir <%= @outdir %>
+basedir <%= @basedir %>
 keepunreferencedfiles
 noskipold
 export changed