diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d3b2477..3f9fd31 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ clean:
 build:
 	posty build
 
-stage:
+stage: clean stage_build stage_push
+
+stage_build:
+	posty build -c config.staging.yml
+
+stage_push:
 	gsutil -m rsync -c -d -r build/ gs://test2.nickpegg.com
 
 # TODO: add a `publish` task when ready to roll to prod
diff --git a/config.staging.yml b/config.staging.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb9f999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.staging.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+author: Nick Pegg
+title: Nick Pegg
+# description: ''
+base_url: https://test2.nickpegg.com/
+
+num_top_tags: 5
+num_posts_per_page: 5
+
+feeds:
+  rss: True
+  atom: True
+
+# Backward compatibility tunables
+compat:
+  redirect_posty1_urls: True