diff --git a/.github/.github.env b/.github/.github.env
index 686900f1..cae63692 100644
--- a/.github/.github.env
+++ b/.github/.github.env
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # github specific
 EC2_INSTANCE_TYPE=t3.large
 ENVIRONMENT=dev
-RUNNER_LABEL=TEST1
-
+RUNNER_LABEL=persistent-dev-large
+RUNNER_SIZE=large
 # App related
 APP_NAME=consultations
 DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=dummy-key # pragma: allowlist secret
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-gh.yml b/.github/workflows/build-gh.yml
index d31dec87..7f60b19c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-gh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-gh.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       version: ${{ steps.export.outputs.version }}
       runner_label: ${{ steps.export.outputs.runner_label }}
       environment: ${{ steps.export.outputs.environment }}
+      runner_size: ${{ steps.export.outputs.runner_size }}
 
 
     steps:
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "app-name=${APP_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "environment=${ENVIRONMENT}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RUNNER_LABEL=self-hosted" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "RUNNER_LABEL=${RUNNER_LABEL}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "runner_size=${RUNNER_SIZE}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   start-runner:
         uses: i-dot-ai/i-dot-ai-core-github-actions/.github/workflows/start-runner.yml@main
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
             EC2_INSTANCE_TYPE: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.ec2-instance-type }}
             ENVIRONMENT: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.environment }}
+            RUNNER_SIZE: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.runner_size }}
         secrets:
             AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_USER_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_USER_ACCESS_KEY }}
             AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_USER_SECRET_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_GITHUBRUNNER_USER_SECRET_ID }}