diff --git a/playbooks/manage-projects.yaml b/playbooks/manage-projects.yaml
index e6262c88c9..88af8d5219 100644
--- a/playbooks/manage-projects.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/manage-projects.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Run on localhost for lookup plugins, on review/review-dev
 # because manage-projects runs remotely.
-- hosts: "localhost:review:review-dev:!disabled"
+- hosts: "localhost:!disabled"
   name: "Clone project-config for projects list"
   strategy: free
   connection: local
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 - hosts: "review:review-dev:!disabled"
   name: "Create repos on gerrit servers"
   tasks:
+    - name: Clone project-config repo
+      git:
+        repo: https://opendev.org/openstack/project-config
+        dest: /opt/project-config
+        force: yes
     - name: Run manage-projects
       include_role:
         name: gerrit