diff --git a/apps/base/customer1/apigateway.yaml b/apps/base/customer1/apigateway.yaml
index 437bf85..9c6c73c 100644
--- a/apps/base/customer1/apigateway.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/customer1/apigateway.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ spec:
     tls:
       mode: Terminate
       options: 
-        networking.gke.io/pre-shared-certs: customer1-n8n-cert 
+        networking.gke.io/pre-shared-certs: devops-lab-cert 
     allowedRoutes:
       namespaces:
         from: All 
diff --git a/modules/gke.tf b/modules/gke.tf
index dc34b95..c4d76e4 100644
--- a/modules/gke.tf
+++ b/modules/gke.tf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 resource "google_container_cluster" "primary" {
   name               = "devops-lab-cluster"
   location           = "us-central1-a"
+  remove_default_node_pool = true 
   initial_node_count = 1
 
   datapath_provider = "ADVANCED_DATAPATH"
diff --git a/modules/nodepool.tf b/modules/nodepool.tf
index 1b0a59a..17d05e6 100644
--- a/modules/nodepool.tf
+++ b/modules/nodepool.tf
@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "cluster" {
   name     = "devops-lab-nodepool"
   location = "us-central1-a"
   cluster  = google_container_cluster.primary.name
-
+  initial_node_count = 1 
   network_config {
     pod_range = "pod-ranges"
   }
-  initial_node_count = 2
 
   autoscaling {
     min_node_count = 1
-    max_node_count = 16
+    max_node_count = 5
   }
 
   node_config {
     machine_type = "e2-standard-2"
-    disk_size_gb = 25
-    disk_type    = "pd-ssd"
+    spot = true 
+    disk_size_gb = 20
+    disk_type    = "pd-standard" 
     oauth_scopes = [
       "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"
     ]
diff --git a/modules/providers.tf b/modules/providers.tf
index 4c8d5cc..5e8aea4 100644
--- a/modules/providers.tf
+++ b/modules/providers.tf
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 
+data "google_client_config" "default" {}
 provider "google" {
   credentials = file("~/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json")
   project     = "devops-lab-cluster"
   region      = "us-central1" # Or your desired region/location
 }
 
-data "google_client_config" "default" {}
 
 provider "helm" {
-  kubernetes = {
+  kubernetes  {
     host                   = "https://${google_container_cluster.primary.endpoint}"
     token                  = data.google_client_config.default.access_token
     cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(google_container_cluster.primary.master_auth[0].cluster_ca_certificate)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ provider "helm" {
 
 provider "flux" {
   kubernetes = {
-
+     
     host                   = "https://${google_container_cluster.primary.endpoint}"
     token                  = data.google_client_config.default.access_token
     cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(google_container_cluster.primary.master_auth[0].cluster_ca_certificate)