diff --git a/terraform/variables.tf b/terraform/variables.tf
index 6accfe2..d6d64f3 100644
--- a/terraform/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/variables.tf
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@ variable "AWS_AMIS" {
   default = {
     "eu-west-3" = "ami-087da76081e7685da"
   }
+}
+
+variable "instance_type" {
+  type = string
+  default = "t2.xlarge"
 }
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