diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 54fd4f2c9acb5f332b50030dc1d8fe8555eb1f70..25124e614d42409701169f64329471232748e339 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ variables:
   GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: "Gitlab runner"
   GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: "gitlab@runner"
   DEV_KEY: "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBBXBfBmQDq1HK8U0zK6gDF0jyfWChuFYEPiRp1Wgl0XFJU7JoUngqkE/GAic8kCzKW0hPMiweSjmWdKlAapv/dk= krishmoodbidri@krishs-MacBook-Pro-3.local"
-  INSTANCE_FLAVOR: ${INSTANCE_FLAVOR}
+  INSTANCE_FLAVOR: "m1.medium-ruffner"
 
 stages:
   - deploy