diff --git a/appspec.yml b/appspec.yml
index 004ca4f24..c6a713089 100644
--- a/appspec.yml
+++ b/appspec.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ hooks:
   ApplicationStart:
     - 
       location: scripts/aws_start_app.sh
-      runas: ubuntu
+      runas: root
       timeout: 300
   ApplicationStop: 
     - 
       location: scripts/aws_stop_app.sh
-      runas: ubuntu
+      runas: root
       timeout: 300
 os: linux
 version: 0.0
diff --git a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
index e36fae522..5816bcf98 100755
--- a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 
 echo "Install dependencies"
 cd /home/ubuntu/notifications-admin;
-export FLASK_CONFIG=/home/ubuntu/config.cfg
 pip3 install -r /home/ubuntu/notifications-admin/requirements.txt
 python3 db.py db upgrade