diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5e39baf6ac3a510c0096858942c230efb4736ee4..6b896e55e1fe2192e17c13bd20f9e4de1beaa586 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ 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 s2 --image 149a65b5-aeb8-499f-aaa6-ec966bd28dd6 --user-data 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.large-disk --image 149a65b5-aeb8-499f-aaa6-ec966bd28dd6 --user-data 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/cloudinit.yml b/cloudinit.yml
index dc76201d540a13488466916f218d721823342a00..e3ce48052785b4ff383bd6f7dc338a6539fbb7de 100644
--- a/cloudinit.yml
+++ b/cloudinit.yml
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ users:
   #     - ssh-rsa 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 apiserver@gitlab
 
 runcmd:
-  - mkdir -p /app/mnt/data
   - 'git clone https://github.com/btphan95/greenr-airflow /home/maria/airflow'
   - cd /home/maria/airflow
   # general startup takes long enough that no delay should bee needed - 5 to 6 minutes until these commands are executed
   - bash scripts/nginx-airflow.sh
+  # - sed -i 's_AIRFLOW_VERSION=2.1.3.AIRFLOW_VERSION=2.1.3_g' /home/maria/airflow/Dockerfile
+  - echo "Starting docker build"
   - sudo docker build -t greenr-airflow:latest .
+  - echo "Finished docker build"
   - sudo docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -p 8008:8008 greenr-airflow
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