diff --git a/user-data.sh b/user-data.sh
index f53333b..86883c3 100644
--- a/user-data.sh
+++ b/user-data.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 yum update -y
+export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION='us-east-1'
+instance_id=$(wget -q -O - http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)
+aws ec2 associate-address --instance-id $instance_id --public-ip "34.238.62.161"
 mkdir /code || exit
 cd /code || exit
 git clone git@github.com:dustinpianalto/geeksbot_v2.git
 cd geeksbot_v2 || exit
 docker build . -t geeksbot || exit
-docker run -d -v /code/geeksbot_v2/geeksbot:/code/geeksbot --name geeksbot --restart always geeksbot:latest || exit
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+docker run -d -v /code/geeksbot_v2:/code --name geeksbot --restart always geeksbot:latest || exit