diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index be9bd4d..4347912 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ variable "ami_id" {
 
 variable "instance_type" {
   description = "type of EC2 instance to provision."
-  default = "t2.micro"
+  default = "t2.small"
 }
 
 variable "name" {