diff --git a/config.cfg b/config.cfg
index c8d6649c..b5bbb9ca 100644
--- a/config.cfg
+++ b/config.cfg
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ cloud_providers:
     size: s-1vcpu-1gb
     image: "ubuntu-18-04-x64"
   ec2:
-    encrypted: true
+    encrypted: false
     size: t2.micro
     image:
       name: "ubuntu-bionic-18.04"