diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3cd613ff55bf16845f5e395e6cc59e9c0b7ad6cf..b354d41c584919ace85938523dcb1e2d4deb960e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ deploy-test:
   script:
     - echo "Starting the full testing deployment of airflows example."
     - pip install python-openstackclient
-    - INSTANCE_ID=`openstack server create -f value -c id --prefix IMAGE_ --flavor s4 --image 149a65b5-aeb8-499f-aaa6-ec966bd28dd6 --user-data scripts/cloudinit.yml --security-group ssh --security-group airflows --security-group www --security-group https airflow-testing`
+    - INSTANCE_ID=`openstack server create -f value -c id --prefix IMAGE_ --flavor s2 --image 149a65b5-aeb8-499f-aaa6-ec966bd28dd6 --user-data scripts/cloudinit.yml --security-group ssh --security-group airflows --security-group www --security-group https airflow-testing`
     - while [ "`openstack server show $INSTANCE_ID -c addresses -f value`" = "{}" ]; do sleep 5; done # wait until an address is available to attach the floating ip
     - openstack server add floating ip $INSTANCE_ID $FLOATING_IP
     - echo "Done"
diff --git a/scripts/cloudinit.yml b/scripts/cloudinit.yml
index 586e1e2caaa34d808b42857ed851c7425a44e3fa..43d46cfa3e55ee42e65ba4a11ef5ad327d195256 100644
--- a/scripts/cloudinit.yml
+++ b/scripts/cloudinit.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ runcmd:
   - cd airflow-testing
   - mkdir -p ./dags ./logs ./plugins
   - cp -r ../data-logistics-service/dags/* ./dags
-  - echo "AIRFLOW_UID=1000\nAIRFLOW_GID=0" > .env
+  - echo "AIRFLOW_UID=0\nAIRFLOW_GID=0" > .env #for root
   - docker-compose -f ../data-logistics-service/dockers/docker-compose.yaml --project-directory . up airflow-init
   - docker-compose -f ../data-logistics-service/dockers/docker-compose.yaml --project-directory . up -d
   # - /bin/bash ../data-logistics-service/scripts/deployment.sh .