diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 3993e109bdd5..1406d70e26a1 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@
 
 # Delete completed work units in receptor
 RECEPTOR_RELEASE_WORK = True
-RECPETOR_KEEP_WORK_ON_ERROR = False
+RECEPTOR_KEEP_WORK_ON_ERROR = False
 
 # K8S only. Use receptor_log_level on AWX spec to set this properly
 RECEPTOR_LOG_LEVEL = 'info'