diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index c2fd50a6bf..9394d79b1e 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ AWX_RUNNER_KEEPALIVE_SECONDS = 0
 
 # 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'