diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5051bab0e..3cd5f7ea9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ deploy:
   on:
     tags: true
 
+after_deploy:
+  - curl -X POST -F token="$GITLAB_PIPELINE_TOKEN" -F ref=master "$GITLAB_PIPELINE_URL"
diff --git a/api/backend/ecs/environment_manager.go b/api/backend/ecs/environment_manager.go
index 24d419dec..7e5b1a01c 100644
--- a/api/backend/ecs/environment_manager.go
+++ b/api/backend/ecs/environment_manager.go
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ func (e *ECSEnvironmentManager) CreateEnvironment(
 	ecsRole := config.AWSECSInstanceProfile()
 	keyPair := config.AWSKeyPair()
 	launchConfigurationName := ecsEnvironmentID.LaunchConfigurationName()
-	volSizes := map[string]int{}
-	if operatingSystem == "linux" {
-		volSizes["/dev/xvda"] = 8
+	volSizes := make(map[string]int)
+	if operatingSystem == "linux" {	
+		volSizes["/dev/xvda"] = 30;	
 	} else {
 		volSizes["/dev/sda1"] = 200
 	}
diff --git a/api/backend/ecs/environment_manager_test.go b/api/backend/ecs/environment_manager_test.go
index e690141aa..7a15ee989 100644
--- a/api/backend/ecs/environment_manager_test.go
+++ b/api/backend/ecs/environment_manager_test.go
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func TestCreateEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
 					reporter.AssertEqualf("m3.medium", *instanceType, "Instance Type")
 					reporter.AssertEqualf(config.TEST_AWS_KEY_PAIR, *keyName, "KeyPair")
 					reporter.AssertEqualf(securityGroupID, *securityGroups[0], "SecurityGroupID 0")
-					reporter.AssertEqualf(volSizes, map[string]int{"/dev/xvda": 8}, "Volume Sizes")
+					reporter.AssertEqualf(volSizes, map[string]int{"/dev/xvda": 30}, "Volume Sizes")
 
 					return nil
 				}
diff --git a/setup/module/api/core.tf b/setup/module/api/core.tf
index 584972000..abdd44c55 100644
--- a/setup/module/api/core.tf
+++ b/setup/module/api/core.tf
@@ -112,7 +112,17 @@ data "aws_ami" "linux" {
 
   filter {
     name   = "name"
-    values = ["amzn-ami-2018.03.20201130-amazon-ecs-optimized"]
+    values = ["amzn2-ami-ecs-hvm-*"]
+  }
+
+  filter {
+    name   = "root-device-type"
+    values = ["ebs"]
+  }
+
+  filter {
+    name   = "virtualization-type"
+    values = ["hvm"]
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/setup/module/api/environment.tf b/setup/module/api/environment.tf
index eee254793..0cd4ad196 100644
--- a/setup/module/api/environment.tf
+++ b/setup/module/api/environment.tf
@@ -35,11 +35,18 @@ data "template_file" "user_data" {
 resource "aws_launch_configuration" "api" {
   name_prefix          = "l0-${var.name}-api-"
   image_id             = "${data.aws_ami.linux.id}"
-  instance_type        = "t2.medium"
+  instance_type        = "t3.medium"
   security_groups      = ["${aws_security_group.api_env.id}"]
   iam_instance_profile = "${aws_iam_instance_profile.ecs.id}"
   user_data            = "${data.template_file.user_data.rendered}"
   key_name             = "${var.ssh_key_pair}"
+  ebs_optimized        = true
+
+  root_block_device {
+    delete_on_termination = true
+    volume_type           = "gp2"
+    volume_size           = "30"
+  }
 
   lifecycle {
     create_before_destroy = true