diff --git a/.github/workflows/terraform-plan.yml b/.github/workflows/terraform-plan.yml
index e735abb..dc427f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/terraform-plan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/terraform-plan.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           terraform plan -out=tfplan.out \
           -var="ami_id=ami-005fc0f236362e99f" \
           -var="instance_type=t2.large" \
-          -var="volume_size=16"
+          -var="volume_size=20"
         working-directory: ./terraform
 
       - name: Save Plan JSON
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ jobs:
           infracost breakdown --path=./terraform --format=table --out-file=/tmp/infracost-new.txt \
                               --terraform-var "ami_id=ami-005fc0f236362e99f" \
                               --terraform-var "instance_type=t2.large" \
-                              --terraform-var "volume_size=16"         
+                              --terraform-var "volume_size=20"         
           infracost diff  --path=./terraform \
                           --format=json \
                           --compare-to=/tmp/infracost-base.json \
                           --out-file=/tmp/infracost.json \
                           --terraform-var "ami_id=ami-005fc0f236362e99f" \
                           --terraform-var "instance_type=t2.large" \
-                          --terraform-var "volume_size=16"
+                          --terraform-var "volume_size=20"
 
       - name: Post Infracost Comment
         run: |
diff --git a/ansible/roles/docker_compose/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/docker_compose/tasks/main.yml
index fcebea7..824f37f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/docker_compose/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/docker_compose/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 - name: Run main Docker Compose
   shell: |
     sleep 80
-    docker compose -f compose.monitoring.yml down
-    docker compose -f compose.monitoring.yml up -d --force-recreate
+    docker compose -f compose.monitoring.yml up -d
   args:
     chdir: /home/ubuntu
diff --git a/terraform/ec2.tf b/terraform/ec2.tf
index 5fb0ffa..875d801 100644
--- a/terraform/ec2.tf
+++ b/terraform/ec2.tf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ resource "aws_instance" "ec2" {
   key_name      = var.key_pair_name
   subnet_id     = aws_subnet.public_subnet.id
   vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.sg.id]
+  availability_zone = var.availability_zone  # Set the AZ dynamically
   tags = {
     Name = var.ec2_name
   }
diff --git a/terraform/variables.tf b/terraform/variables.tf
index bf16846..faf9ac1 100644
--- a/terraform/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/variables.tf
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ variable "volume_size" {
   default     = 15  # Default to 30 GB
 }
 
+variable "availability_zone" {
+  description = "The availability zone where the EC2 instance will be deployed."
+  type        = string
+  default     = "us-east-1a"  # Default value, can be overridden
+}
+
 variable "key_pair_name" {
   description = "Key pair name for SSH access"
   type        = string