diff --git a/ckan/ckan/defaults/main.yml b/ckan/ckan/defaults/main.yml
index 0102481a..71cae24d 100644
--- a/ckan/ckan/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ckan/ckan/defaults/main.yml
@@ -146,3 +146,7 @@ ckan_production_ini_plugins_opts:
 
 ckan_gather_fetch_pkgs:
   - supervisor
+
+ckan_gather_fetch_apps:
+  - ckan_gather_consumer
+  - ckan_fetch_consumer
diff --git a/ckan/ckan/templates/ckan_harvesting.conf.j2 b/ckan/ckan/templates/ckan_harvesting.conf.j2
index d050b836..0cb77084 100644
--- a/ckan/ckan/templates/ckan_harvesting.conf.j2
+++ b/ckan/ckan/templates/ckan_harvesting.conf.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 command={{ ckan_virtenv }}/bin/paster --plugin=ckanext-harvest harvester gather_consumer --config={{ ckan_config_file }}
 
 ; user that owns virtual environment.
-user=ckan
+user={{ ckan_shell_user }}
 
 numprocs=1
 stdout_logfile={{ ckan_logdir }}/gather_consumer.log