diff --git a/terraform/ecs.tf b/terraform/ecs.tf
index a92709d1..51853b1e 100644
--- a/terraform/ecs.tf
+++ b/terraform/ecs.tf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module "ecs_cluster" {
   security_groups = [aws_security_group.ecs.id]
   instance_types  = local.ecs.instance_types
 
-  min_size                  = 2
+  min_size                  = 1
   max_size                  = 3
   minimum_scaling_step_size = 1
   maximum_scaling_step_size = 1
diff --git a/terraform/locals.tf b/terraform/locals.tf
index 9cbaa255..cc22d9cc 100644
--- a/terraform/locals.tf
+++ b/terraform/locals.tf
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ locals {
 
   db = {
     name           = "votemonitor"
-    instance_class = "db.t4g.medium"
-    # instance_class = "db.t4g.micro"
+    instance_class = "db.t4g.micro"
+    # instance_class = "db.t4g.medium"
   }
 
   networking = {
diff --git a/terraform/service_api.tf b/terraform/service_api.tf
index 99cccdea..c5aac8e5 100644
--- a/terraform/service_api.tf
+++ b/terraform/service_api.tf
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ module "ecs_api" {
 
   name         = "api-${var.env}"
   cluster_name = module.ecs_cluster.cluster_name
-  min_capacity = 2
-  max_capacity = 4
+  min_capacity = 1
+  max_capacity = 3
 
   image_repo = local.images.api.image
   image_tag  = local.images.api.tag