diff --git a/roles/dbscripts/defaults/main.yml b/roles/dbscripts/defaults/main.yml
index 76e0354de8c21f2aaf2589e81fddc8dc7c500c18..fce75b3d67f49f9bc2f219c2b7322aa2d3df2887 100644
--- a/roles/dbscripts/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dbscripts/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 dbscripts_commit: HEAD
 dbscripts_update: yes
+dbscripts_pgp_emails: ['eschwartz@archlinux.org']
diff --git a/roles/dbscripts/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dbscripts/tasks/main.yml
index d19845d46fba13915a0c87f8fdbc60e4a542fdb8..97e18815690d989eebb4117b9221b954a8e3e656 100644
--- a/roles/dbscripts/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dbscripts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 - name: create staging directories in user homes
   dbscripts_mkdirs:
     pathtmpl: '/home/{user}/staging/{dirname}'
-    permissions: 755
+    permissions: '755'
     directories: ['', 'core', 'extra', 'testing', 'staging', 'community', 'community-staging', 'community-testing',  'multilib', 'multilib-staging', 'multilib-testing']
     users: "{{ arch_users.keys() | list }}"
     group: users
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@
 - name: add acl group:dev:rw- to /srv/ftp/lastupdate
   acl: name=/srv/ftp/lastupdate entry="group:dev:rw-" state=present
 
+- name: fetch dbscripts PGP key
+  command: /usr/bin/gpg --keyserver keys.openpgp.org --auto-key-locate wkd,keyserver --locate-keys {{ item }}
+  with_items: '{{ dbscripts_pgp_emails }}'
+  register: gpg
+  changed_when: "gpg.rc == 0"
+
 - name: clone dbscripts git repo
   git: >
     dest=/srv/repos/{{ item }}/dbscripts