diff --git a/pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2 b/pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2
index 80bd2ae3..889253c9 100644
--- a/pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2
+++ b/pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ from invoke.util import cd
 from pelican.server import ComplexHTTPRequestHandler, RootedHTTPServer
 from pelican.settings import DEFAULT_CONFIG, get_settings_from_file
 
+SETTINGS_FILE_BASE = 'pelicanconf.py'
 SETTINGS = {}
 SETTINGS.update(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
-LOCAL_SETTINGS = get_settings_from_file('pelicanconf.py')
+LOCAL_SETTINGS = get_settings_from_file(SETTINGS_FILE_BASE)
 SETTINGS.update(LOCAL_SETTINGS)
 
 CONFIG = {
+    'settings_base': SETTINGS_FILE_BASE,
+    'settings_publish': 'publishconf.py',
     # Output path. Can be absolute or relative to tasks.py. Default: 'output'
     'deploy_path': SETTINGS['OUTPUT_PATH'],
 {% if ssh %}
@@ -48,17 +51,17 @@ def clean(c):
 @task
 def build(c):
     """Build local version of site"""
-    c.run('pelican -s pelicanconf.py')
+    c.run('pelican -s {settings_base}'.format(**CONFIG))
 
 @task
 def rebuild(c):
     """`build` with the delete switch"""
-    c.run('pelican -d -s pelicanconf.py')
+    c.run('pelican -d -s {settings_base}'.format(**CONFIG))
 
 @task
 def regenerate(c):
     """Automatically regenerate site upon file modification"""
-    c.run('pelican -r -s pelicanconf.py')
+    c.run('pelican -r -s {settings_base}'.format(**CONFIG))
 
 @task
 def serve(c):
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ def reserve(c):
 @task
 def preview(c):
     """Build production version of site"""
-    c.run('pelican -s publishconf.py')
+    c.run('pelican -s {settings_publish}'.format(**CONFIG))
 
 @task
 def livereload(c):
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ def cf_upload(c):
 @task
 def publish(c):
     """Publish to production via rsync"""
-    c.run('pelican -s publishconf.py')
+    c.run('pelican -s {settings_publish}'.format(**CONFIG))
     c.run(
         'rsync --delete --exclude ".DS_Store" -pthrvz -c '
         '{} {production}:{dest_path}'.format(