diff --git a/base_images.tf b/base_images.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6a94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base_images.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+data aws_ssm_parameter "rhel9_ami" {
+  count = var.use_rhel9_ami ? 1 : 0
+  name = "/enterprise/ami/rhel9"
+}
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diff --git a/morpheus.tf b/morpheus.tf
index 3ec5e02..55e7af7 100644
--- a/morpheus.tf
+++ b/morpheus.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-data aws_ssm_parameter "rhel9_ami" {
-  name = "/enterprise/ami/rhel9"
+locals {
+  morpheus_ami = "ami-04a32122e0bdbb20f"
 }
 
 module "morpheus" {
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ module "morpheus" {
     name = aws_s3_bucket.assets_bucket.bucket
     key  = "linux-image-pipeline.zip"
   }
+  packer_config = "morpheus-build.pkr.hcl"
   ansible_source_type = "S3"
   ansible_bucket = {
     name = aws_s3_bucket.assets_bucket.bucket
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ module "morpheus" {
   state      = local.state_config
   vpc_config = local.vpc_config
   ami = {
-    source_ami    = data.aws_ssm_parameter.rhel9_ami.value
+    source_ami    = var.use_rhel9_ami ? one(data.aws_ssm_parameter.rhel9_ami).value : local.morpheus_ami
     instance_type = "t3.micro"              # x86_64 compatible instance type
   }
 }
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..884103b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+variable use_rhel9_ami {
+  description = "Use RHEL 9 AMI"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
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