diff --git a/app/celery/broadcast_message_tasks.py b/app/celery/broadcast_message_tasks.py
index 8bf1f2316..6638fb197 100644
--- a/app/celery/broadcast_message_tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/broadcast_message_tasks.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def send_broadcast_event(broadcast_event_id):
 
     broadcast_event = dao_get_broadcast_event_by_id(broadcast_event_id)
 
-    if current_app.config['NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT'] == 'production':
+    if current_app.config['NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT'] == 'live':
         broadcast_message = broadcast_event.broadcast_message
         # raise a P1 to alert team that broadcast is going out.
         message = '\n'.join([
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_broadcast_message_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_broadcast_message_tasks.py
index a5cc2ffdb..848ef19ce 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_broadcast_message_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_broadcast_message_tasks.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def test_send_broadcast_event_creates_zendesk_p1(mocker, notify_api, sample_broa
 
     mocker.patch('app.celery.broadcast_message_tasks.send_broadcast_provider_message')
 
-    with set_config(notify_api, 'NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT', 'production'):
+    with set_config(notify_api, 'NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT', 'live'):
         send_broadcast_event(event.id)
 
     assert mock_create_ticket.call_count == 1