diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 8b516bbe7d747dd58089f0df95344c199c6c5cb0..c6fe4952b8e7f03fb0b0261009bb927d524420b9 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -14,19 +14,6 @@ provider "openstack" {
     }
 }
 
-variable "user_data_script" {
-  description = "User data script to be executed during instance initialization"
-  type        = string
-  default     = <<-EOF
-    #!/bin/bash
-    sudo mkdir -p /data/xdmod/queues
-    sudo df -h
-    sudo systemctl restart mariadb
-    sudo sed -i -E 's/xdmod..nip.io/xdmod.rc.uab.edu/g' /etc/httpd/conf.d/xdmod.conf
-    sudo sed -i -E 's/xdmod..nip.io/xdmod.rc.uab.edu/g' /etc/xdmod/simplesamlphp/config/config.php
-    sudo systemctl restart httpd
-  EOF
-}
 
 # runs the internal-network module
 module "cluster-network" {
diff --git a/ohpc-instance/main.tf b/ohpc-instance/main.tf
index db7651f3ba52ebaa29b20812771662120d5c64d2..e690d8eedb91a5c9613f871b10d21618bd1cb722 100644
--- a/ohpc-instance/main.tf
+++ b/ohpc-instance/main.tf
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "ohpc" {
       - |
           #!/bin/bash
           sudo mkdir -p /data/xdmod/queues
+          sudo mount ${module.create-ohpc-instance.device[0]}1 /var/lib/mysql
           sudo df -h
           sudo systemctl restart mariadb
           sudo sed -i -E 's/xdmod..nip.io/xdmod.rc.uab.edu/g' /etc/httpd/conf.d/xdmod.conf