diff --git a/settings b/settings
index 9890722..272b8ea 100644
--- a/settings
+++ b/settings
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ TAR_PROJECTS=""
 RPM_PACKAGES=()
 PACKAGING_PR=${PACKAGING_PR:-true}
 GPG_EXPIRE="1y"
+STAGE_LOCAL_BASE="tmp/$PROJECT/$VERSION"
 
 load_settings
 
diff --git a/sign_stage_rpms b/sign_stage_rpms
index 7354de8..5aa3fb1 100755
--- a/sign_stage_rpms
+++ b/sign_stage_rpms
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ set -e
 . settings
 
 for os in $OSES; do
-  BASE="tmp/$PROJECT/$VERSION/$os"
-
   for arch in $ARCHES; do
-    UNSIGNED_RPMS=$(./list_unsigned_rpms "$BASE/$arch" "$HALFGPGKEY")
+    UNSIGNED_RPMS=$(./list_unsigned_rpms "$STAGE_LOCAL_BASE/$os/$arch" "$HALFGPGKEY")
 
     if [[ -n "$UNSIGNED_RPMS" ]]; then
       echo "$UNSIGNED_RPMS" | xargs ./sign_rpms
-      createrepo_c --general-compress-type gz --database --update "$BASE/$arch"
+      createrepo_c --general-compress-type gz --database --update "$STAGE_LOCAL_BASE/$os/$arch"
     fi
   done
 done
diff --git a/upload_stage_rpms b/upload_stage_rpms
index 3ad1a37..333c9ba 100755
--- a/upload_stage_rpms
+++ b/upload_stage_rpms
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ if [[ "${VERSION}" != "nightly" ]]; then
   ./verify_stage_sigs
 fi
 
-rsync --checksum --times --perms --recursive --links --verbose --partial --one-file-system --delete-after "tmp/$PROJECT/$VERSION/" "$USER@$HOST:rsync_cache/$PROJECT/$VERSION/"
+rsync --checksum --times --perms --recursive --links --verbose --partial --one-file-system --delete-after "${STAGE_LOCAL_BASE}/" "$USER@$HOST:rsync_cache/$PROJECT/$VERSION/"
diff --git a/verify_stage_sigs b/verify_stage_sigs
index a164637..b9ba1f3 100755
--- a/verify_stage_sigs
+++ b/verify_stage_sigs
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ set -e
 EXIT_CODE=0
 
 for os in $OSES; do
-  BASE="tmp/$PROJECT/$VERSION/$os"
 
   for arch in $ARCHES; do
-    UNSIGNED_RPMS=$(./list_unsigned_rpms "$BASE/$arch" "$HALFGPGKEY")
+    UNSIGNED_RPMS=$(./list_unsigned_rpms "$STAGE_LOCAL_BASE/$os/$arch" "$HALFGPGKEY")
 
     if [[ -n "$UNSIGNED_RPMS" ]]; then
       echo "$UNSIGNED_RPMS"