diff --git a/roles/lokole/defaults/main.yml b/roles/lokole/defaults/main.yml
index b8f4d030f..887938e44 100644
--- a/roles/lokole/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/lokole/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # https://pypi.org/project/opwen-email-client/ ...OR... HARDCODE EITHER HERE:
 #lokole_commit:     # OPTIONAL: a 40-char git hash, from https://github.com/ascoderu/lokole/commits/master
 #lokole_version:    # OPTIONAL: e.g. master or 0.5.10 or a version number from https://pypi.org/project/opwen-email-client/#history
+lokole_repo: https://github.com/ascoderu/lokole.git@{{ lokole_commit }}     # the lokole git repo location to pull from if lokole_commit is defined 
 
 lokole_admin_user: admin    # lowercase is nec here (even though uppercase Admin/changeme is IIAB's OOB recommendation: BOTH WORK to log in to http://box/lokole)
 lokole_admin_password: changeme
diff --git a/roles/lokole/tasks/install.yml b/roles/lokole/tasks/install.yml
index 8851c42ae..782866744 100644
--- a/roles/lokole/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/lokole/tasks/install.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # TODO: revert back to main remo after upstream PR is merged
 - name: "OPTIONAL: pip install opwen_email_client (Lokole, git commit {{ lokole_commit }}) from GitHub to {{ lokole_venv }}, if lokole_commit is defined"
   pip:
-    name: "git+https://github.com/mabuelhagag/lokole.git@{{ lokole_commit }}#egg=opwen_email_client"
+    name: "git+{{ lokole_repo }}@{{ lokole_commit }}#egg=opwen_email_client"
     virtualenv: "{{ lokole_venv }}"
     virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv "{{ lokole_venv }}"
     extra_args: --no-cache-dir    # To avoid caching issues e.g. soon after new releases hit https://pypi.org/project/opwen-email-client/