diff --git a/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/cloudcomp-counter-demo-with-vpc.json b/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/cloudcomp-counter-demo-with-vpc.json
index 0e3d8ac..68ffbf5 100644
--- a/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/cloudcomp-counter-demo-with-vpc.json
+++ b/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/cloudcomp-counter-demo-with-vpc.json
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@
     },
     "paramKeyPair": {
       "Type": "AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName",
+      "Default": "vockey",
       "Description": "Amazon EC2 Key Pair"
     },
     "paramIamInstanceRole": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Default": "ec2-s3-vertsys-access-role",
+      "Default": "LabRole",
       "Description": "IAM Instance Role"
     }
   },
diff --git a/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/cloudcomp-counter-demo.json b/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/old-example-without-vpc/cloudcomp-counter-demo.json
similarity index 100%
rename from example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/cloudcomp-counter-demo.json
rename to example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/old-example-without-vpc/cloudcomp-counter-demo.json
diff --git a/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/start-with-vpc.py b/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/start-with-vpc.py
index 388c424..62a062d 100644
--- a/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/start-with-vpc.py
+++ b/example-projects/counter-demo/aws-cloudformation/start-with-vpc.py
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ import boto3
 # region = 'eu-central-1'
 region = 'us-east-1'
 stackName = 'cloudcomp-counter-demo-stack'
-keyName = 'srieger-pub'
-
+# keyName = 'srieger-pub'
+keyName = 'vockey'
+roleName = 'LabRole'
 
 ################################################################################################
 #
@@ -49,5 +50,9 @@ response = cfClient.create_stack(
             'ParameterKey': 'paramKeyPair',
             'ParameterValue': keyName
         },
+        {
+            'ParameterKey': 'paramIamInstanceRole',
+            'ParameterValue': roleName
+        },
     ],
 )