diff --git a/ec2driver.py b/ec2driver.py
index b1a563e..2dea338 100644
--- a/ec2driver.py
+++ b/ec2driver.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class EC2Driver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         if user_data:
             user_data = base64.b64decode(user_data)
 
-        reservation = self.ec2_conn.run_instances(aws_ami, instance_type=flavor_type, placement="us-east-1d",
+        reservation = self.ec2_conn.run_instances(aws_ami, instance_type=flavor_type, subnet_id=ec2_subnet_id,
                                                   user_data=user_data)
         ec2_instance = reservation.instances
 
diff --git a/ec2driver_standard_config.py b/ec2driver_standard_config.py
index 0fd3a19..000c811 100644
--- a/ec2driver_standard_config.py
+++ b/ec2driver_standard_config.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ secure = True
 aws_ami = "ami-785bae10"
 #aws_ami = "ami-864d84ee"
 instance_type = "t2.micro"
+ec2_subnet_id = "subnet-e713cdbe"
 
 # Mapping OpenStack's flavor IDs(which seems to be randomly assigned) to EC2's flavor names
 flavor_map = {2: 't2.micro', 5: 't2.small', 1: 't2.medium', 3: 'c3.xlarge', 4: 'c3.2xlarge'}