diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5621f38cc..29a6e5b64 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ upload to sonarcloud:
     - job: run jest tests 
     
 build for linux amd64:
-  stage: build
+  stage: lint
   image: registry.gitlab.com/molecula/featurebase/builder:0.0.3
   extends: .go-cache
   variables:
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ build container fb:
     - echo Created docker featurebase image with tag "$tag"
 
 deploy node for linux amd64:
-  stage: integration
+  stage: lint
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cloud-deploy/aws-base:latest
   variables:
     AMI: ""
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ deploy node for linux amd64:
     - AMI=$(aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-ebs --query 'Parameters[0].[Value]' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
     - SECURITY_GROUP=$(aws ec2 describe-security-groups --filter Name=vpc-id,Values=vpc-03a4ba3d5b7c8f978 --query 'SecurityGroups[*].[GroupId]' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
     - SUBNET_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-subnets --filters 'Name=vpc-id,Values=vpc-03a4ba3d5b7c8f978' 'Name=availability-zone,Values=us-east-2a' --query 'Subnets[0].SubnetId' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
-    - aws ec2 run-instances --image-id $AMI --instance-type $INSTANCE --security-group-ids $SECURITY_GROUP --subnet-id $SUBNET_ID --key-name gitlab-featurebase-dev --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=instance,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=linux-amd64-node}]' --profile $PROFILE
+    - aws ec2 run-instances --image-id $AMI --instance-type $INSTANCE --security-group-ids $SECURITY_GROUP --subnet-id $SUBNET_ID --key-name gitlab-featurebase-dev --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=instance,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=linux-amd64-node}]' --profile $PROFILE --user-data-file server.yml
     - sleep 30
     - PUBLIC_IP=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters 'Name=tag:Name, Values=linux-amd64-node' 'Name=instance-state-name, Values=running' --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].PublicIpAddress' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
     - echo $PUBLIC_IP
diff --git a/.gitlab/server.sh b/.gitlab/server.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5c7571b83..000000000
--- a/.gitlab/server.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#cloud-config
-runcmd:
-  - sudo yum update 
-  - sudo yum install postgresql14
-  - sudo yum install golang1.16
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab/server.yml b/.gitlab/server.yml
index 5c7571b83..3fe5243ff 100755
--- a/.gitlab/server.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/server.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #cloud-config
+repo_update: true
+repo_upgrade: all
+
 runcmd:
-  - sudo yum update 
-  - sudo yum install postgresql14
-  - sudo yum install golang1.16
\ No newline at end of file
+  - yum update 
+  - yum install postgresql
+  - yum install golang
\ No newline at end of file