diff --git a/appspec.yml b/appspec.yml
index 8d617ca3d..955aa13b2 100644
--- a/appspec.yml
+++ b/appspec.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 files:
   -
-    destination: /home/ubuntu/notifications-api
+    destination: /home/notify-app/notifications-api
     source: /
 hooks:
   AfterInstall:
diff --git a/aws_run_celery.py b/aws_run_celery.py
index d5a58a09f..dfb7cf35d 100644
--- a/aws_run_celery.py
+++ b/aws_run_celery.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from app import notify_celery, create_app
 from credstash import getAllSecrets
 import os
 
-default_env_file = '/home/ubuntu/environment'
+default_env_file = '/home/notify-app/environment'
 environment = 'live'
 
 if os.path.isfile(default_env_file):
diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index d923c8c75..08a372fda 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from app import create_app, db
 from credstash import getAllSecrets
 import os
 
-default_env_file = '/home/ubuntu/environment'
+default_env_file = '/home/notify-app/environment'
 environment = 'live'
 
 if os.path.isfile(default_env_file):
diff --git a/scripts/aws_change_ownership.sh b/scripts/aws_change_ownership.sh
index 411d380b1..00feb250c 100755
--- a/scripts/aws_change_ownership.sh
+++ b/scripts/aws_change_ownership.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-echo "Chown application to be owned by ubuntu"
-cd /home/ubuntu/;
-chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu notifications-api
+echo "Chown application to be owned by notify-api"
+cd /home/notify-app/;
+chown -R notify-app:govuk-notify-applications notifications-api
diff --git a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
index c080296ee..8efee9d1b 100755
--- a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 echo "Install dependencies"
-cd /home/ubuntu/notifications-api;
-pip3 install -r /home/ubuntu/notifications-api/requirements.txt
+cd /home/notify-app/notifications-api;
+pip3 install -r /home/notify-app/notifications-api/requirements.txt
 python3 db.py db upgrade
diff --git a/wsgi.py b/wsgi.py
index 52e95994c..4f3308901 100644
--- a/wsgi.py
+++ b/wsgi.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from app import create_app
 from credstash import getAllSecrets
 
 
-default_env_file = '/home/ubuntu/environment'
+default_env_file = '/home/notify-app/environment'
 environment = 'live'
 
 if os.path.isfile(default_env_file):