diff --git a/aws-scripts/setup_golang.sh b/aws-scripts/setup_golang.sh
index 2c57ed8d8..5857ad802 100755
--- a/aws-scripts/setup_golang.sh
+++ b/aws-scripts/setup_golang.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 sudo yum update -y
 sudo yum install -y golang
 
-
+HOME=/home/ec2-user
 echo "now setting up go-lang paths"
 # GOROOT is the location where Go package is installed on your system
 echo "export GOROOT=/usr/lib/golang" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
diff --git a/deploy_one_instance.sh b/deploy_one_instance.sh
index bd7b37343..f5ac9037f 100755
--- a/deploy_one_instance.sh
+++ b/deploy_one_instance.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_mem='65536 873800 1534217728';
 
 ./kill_node.sh
 source ~/.bash_profile
+export GOROOT=/usr/lib/golang
+export GOPATH=$HOME/projects
+export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
 python aws-scripts/preprocess_peerlist.py 
 FILE='isTransaction.txt'
 config=$1