diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index bb8857b..3175cec 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ module "github-runner" {
 
   extra_environment_vars        = local.proxy_vars
   github_runner_permissions_arn = aws_iam_policy.admin_policy.arn
-
+  desired_count = var.desired_count
   server_url = var.server_url
   runner_labels = [
     lower(var.repo_org),
diff --git a/providers.tf b/providers.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08b019c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+provider "github" {
+  owner = var.repo_org
+  base_url = var.base_url
+}
diff --git a/providers.tf.tmp b/providers.tf.tmp
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b89982..0000000
--- a/providers.tf.tmp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-provider "aws" {
-  region     = "us-gov-east-1"
-}
diff --git a/varfiles/edtsb.tfvars b/varfiles/edtsb.tfvars
index 598c67a..334c175 100644
--- a/varfiles/edtsb.tfvars
+++ b/varfiles/edtsb.tfvars
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # The name of the ECS cluster
 namespace = "edtsb-ghe-runner"
 repo_org  = "EDTSB"
+desired_count = 1
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 36ff671..2ad07d8 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -83,3 +83,11 @@ variable "create_ecs_cluster" {
   type    = bool
   default = false
 }
+
+variable desired_count {
+  default = 3
+}
+
+variable base_url {
+  default = "https://github.e.it.census.gov/"
+}