diff --git a/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb b/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb
index 0e8b419..49f2932 100644
--- a/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb
+++ b/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ class KnifeCommands
     knife("tag delete #{name} #{tagsStr}")
   end
 
-  def self.create_role project, env
+  def self.create_role role_name, project, env
     file = "/tmp/new_role.json"
     File.open(file, "w") do |f|
       f.puts <<-EOH
 {
-  "name" : "#{project}_#{env}",
+  "name" : "#{role_name}",
   "description": "",
   "json_class": "Chef::Role",
   "default_attributes": {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class KnifeCommands
 EOH
     end
     out = `knife role from file #{file}`
-    raise "Cannot create role '#{project}_#{env}': #{out}" unless $?.success?
+    raise "Cannot create role '#{role_name}': #{out}" unless $?.success?
     true
   end
 
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ EOH
     return (s ? JSON.parse(o) : nil)
   end
 
+  def self.role_name project_name, deploy_env
+    project_name + (DevopsService.config[:role_separator] || "_") + deploy_env
+  end
+
   def self.knife cmd
     o = `knife #{cmd} 2>&1`
     return o, $?.success?
diff --git a/devops-service/routes/v2.0/project.rb b/devops-service/routes/v2.0/project.rb
index 946c524..bfda09b 100644
--- a/devops-service/routes/v2.0/project.rb
+++ b/devops-service/routes/v2.0/project.rb
@@ -539,12 +539,12 @@ module Version2_0
       return "Can't get roles list" if all_roles.nil?
       roles = {:new => [], :error => [], :exist => []}
       envs.each do |e|
-        role_name = project_id + (DevopsService.config[:role_separator] || "_") + e.identifier
+        role_name = KnifeCommands.role_name(project_id, e.identifier)
         begin
           if all_roles.include? role_name
             roles[:exist].push role_name
           else
-            KnifeCommands.create_role project_id, e.identifier
+            KnifeCommands.create_role role_name, project_id, e.identifier
             roles[:new].push role_name
             logger.info "Role '#{role_name}' created"
           end