diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-self-hosted-runner-ami.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-self-hosted-runner-ami.yaml
index 627430a6f..bd7bbc1db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-self-hosted-runner-ami.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-self-hosted-runner-ami.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: Create Self Hosted Runner AMI
 
 on:
     push:
-        #paths:
-            #- self-hosted-runner.tf
+        paths:
+            - self-hosted-runner.tf
 
 jobs: 
     create-self-hosted-runner-ami:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-dashboards-alerts.yaml b/.github/workflows/verify-dashboards-alerts.yaml
index eca678440..c3d3d02ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-dashboards-alerts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-dashboards-alerts.yaml
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ name: Verify Dashboards and Alerts OK
 
 on: 
   push:
-    # paths:
-    #   # Dashboards
-    #   - examples/dashboards/app_developer.json
-    #   - examples/dashboards/business_user.json
-    #   - examples/dashboards/platform_engineer.json
-    #   # Alerts
-    #   - examples/alerts/prometheusrules_policies_missing.yaml
-    #   - examples/alerts/slo-availability.yaml
-    #   - examples/alerts/slo-latency.yaml
+     paths:
+       # Dashboards
+       - examples/dashboards/app_developer.json
+       - examples/dashboards/business_user.json
+       - examples/dashboards/platform_engineer.json
+       # Alerts
+       - examples/alerts/prometheusrules_policies_missing.yaml
+       - examples/alerts/slo-availability.yaml
+       - examples/alerts/slo-latency.yaml
 jobs:
   deploy-register-self-runner:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3
 
       - name: Initialize Terraform Environment
-        run: terraform init
+        run: |
+          # Remove ami-self-hosted-runner.tf to prevent constant creation of AMIs
+          rm ami-self-hosted-runner.tf
+          terraform init
 
       - name: Create PEM files
         run: |
@@ -260,6 +263,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Initialize Terraform Environment
         run: |
+          # Remove ami-self-hosted-runner.tf to prevent constant creation of AMIs
+          rm ami-self-hosted-runner.tf
           terraform init
 
       - name: Download statefile to teardown resources
diff --git a/self-hosted-runner.tf b/self-hosted-runner.tf
index bfa9beb20..fe603e407 100644
--- a/self-hosted-runner.tf
+++ b/self-hosted-runner.tf
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ variable "aws_key_name" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_instance" "self_hosted_runner" {
-  ami           = "ami-0776c814353b4814d" # change to ami-0776c814353b4814d when creating an AMI. 
+  ami           = "ami-055032149717ffb30" # change to ami-0776c814353b4814d when creating an AMI. 
   instance_type = "t2.xlarge"
 
   root_block_device {
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ resource "aws_instance" "self_hosted_runner" {
   // Security Group for SSH, HTTP, and HTTPS access
   security_groups = ["ssh-http-https-access"]
 
-  user_data = <<-EOL
+  # Uncomment when creating an AMI . 
+
+  /* user_data = <<-EOL
     #!/bin/bash
     echo "Starting user_data script..."
     sudo apt-get update -y
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ resource "aws_instance" "self_hosted_runner" {
     sudo chmod 7777 kuadrant-operator/hack
     echo "user_data script execution completed."
     touch /tmp/user_data_done
-  EOL
+  EOL */
 }