diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yaml b/ansible/deploy.yaml
index f32f360fca1abbf417a142eab712540260de5cb2..9378d4205b0995bcb4bbf2863eaea5252cc42145 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -80,8 +80,11 @@
     - name: add line in generated WSGI handler script to set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
       blockinfile:
         path: /etc/ippidb-80/handler.wsgi
+        insert before: BOF
         content: |
-          os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'ippisite.{{ ansible_hostname }}_settings'
+          # added by ansible deployment script to use the right django settings file
+          import os
+          os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'ippisite.hub16_settings'
     - name: create or update database
       become_user: "{{ deploy_user_name }}"
       django_manage: