diff --git a/aws-experiment-launch/create_and_deploy.py b/aws-experiment-launch/create_and_deploy.py
index 9c4f9944f..1b8619351 100644
--- a/aws-experiment-launch/create_and_deploy.py
+++ b/aws-experiment-launch/create_and_deploy.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def run_one_region_codedeploy(region_number, commitId):
 
     codedeploy = session.client('codedeploy')
     application_name = APPLICATION_NAME
-    deployment_group = APPLICATION_NAME + "-" + str(commitId)[6] + "-" + CURRENT_SESSION
+    deployment_group = APPLICATION_NAME + "-" + commitId[:6] + "-" + CURRENT_SESSION
     repo = REPO
 
     print("Setting up to deploy commitId %s on region %s"%(commitId,region_number))
diff --git a/aws-scripts/setup.sh b/aws-scripts/setup.sh
index 01fc0a82d..87547f220 100644
--- a/aws-scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/aws-scripts/setup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 echo "Setup Golang" >> tmplog
-sudo yum update -y
+#sudo yum update -y
 sudo yum install -y golang
 
 MyHOME=/home/ec2-user