diff --git a/.github/workflows/terraform-apply.yml b/.github/workflows/terraform-apply.yml
index e257e27..30bf76f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/terraform-apply.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/terraform-apply.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Save Public IP
         if: steps.terraform-operation.outcome == 'success' && github.event.inputs.operation != 'destroy' 
         run: |
-          echo "public_ip=$(terraform output -raw instance_public_ip)" > public_ip_env.txt
+          terraform output instance_public_ip > public_ip_env.txt
           cat public_ip_env.txt
         working-directory: ./terraform
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/terraform-plan.yml b/.github/workflows/terraform-plan.yml
index bb6f133..d86c022 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/terraform-plan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/terraform-plan.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Terraform Plan
         id: plan
-        run: terraform plan -out=tfplan.out
+        run: | 
+          terraform plan -out=tfplan.out \
+          -var="ami_id=ami-005fc0f236362e99f" \
+          -var="instance_type=t2.large"
         working-directory: ./terraform
 
       - name: Save Plan JSON
@@ -73,18 +76,22 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run Infracost
         run: |
-          infracost breakdown --path=./terraform --format=json --out-file=/tmp/infracost-base.json
+          infracost breakdown --path=./terraform --format=json --out-file=/tmp/infracost-base.json 
 
       # Checkout the current PR branch so we can create a diff.
       - name: Checkout PR branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Generate Infracost diff
         run: |
-          infracost breakdown --path=./terraform --format=table --out-file=/tmp/infracost-new.txt
-          infracost diff --path=./terraform \
+          infracost breakdown --path=./terraform --format=table --out-file=/tmp/infracost-new.txt \
+                              --terraform-var "ami_id=ami-005fc0f236362e99f" \
+                              --terraform-var "instance_type=t2.large"          
+          infracost diff  --path=./terraform \
                           --format=json \
                           --compare-to=/tmp/infracost-base.json \
-                          --out-file=/tmp/infracost.json
+                          --out-file=/tmp/infracost.json \
+                          --terraform-var "ami_id=ami-005fc0f236362e99f" \
+                          --terraform-var "instance_type=t2.large"
 
       - name: Post Infracost Comment
         run: |
diff --git a/ansible/compose.monitoring.yml b/ansible/compose.monitoring.yml
index c940288..2012d46 100644
--- a/ansible/compose.monitoring.yml
+++ b/ansible/compose.monitoring.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ services:
       - monitor-network
     volumes:
       - ./monitoring/promtail-config.yml:/etc/promtail/promtail-config.yaml
+      - /var/log:/var/log
     depends_on:
       - loki
       
diff --git a/terraform/ec2.tf b/terraform/ec2.tf
index 718e7ab..6a1b191 100644
--- a/terraform/ec2.tf
+++ b/terraform/ec2.tf
@@ -11,15 +11,4 @@ resource "aws_instance" "ec2" {
   provisioner "local-exec" {
     command = "echo 'Instance provisioned: ${self.public_ip}'"
   }
-}
-
-resource "aws_instance" "ec2-2" {
-  ami           = var.ami_id
-  instance_type = var.instance_type
-  key_name      = var.key_pair_name
-  subnet_id     = aws_subnet.public_subnet.id
-  vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.sg.id]
-  tags = {
-    Name = var.ec2_name
-  }
 }
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