diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 37e1aa0..54c4902 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 terraform {
-  required_providers {
-    linode = {
+   backend "http" {} 
+   required_providers {
+      linode = {
       source = "linode/linode"
       version = "1.27.1"
-    }
-  }
+      }
+   }
 }
 //Use the Linode Provider
 provider "linode" {
diff --git a/terraform.tfvars b/terraform.tfvars
index 2eb9c99..03b722c 100644
--- a/terraform.tfvars
+++ b/terraform.tfvars
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 label = "example-lke-cluster"
 k8s_version = "1.23"
-region = "us-west"
+region = "us-central"
 pools = [
   {
-    type : "g6-standard-2"
+    type : "g6-standard-1"
     count : 3
   }
 ]