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diff --git a/installing/ami.md b/installing/ami.md
index 47dd95565..e2c113eba 100644
--- a/installing/ami.md
+++ b/installing/ami.md
@@ -19,16 +19,15 @@ server on an Amazon EC2 instance. This creates an instance that runs in
development mode, so we wouldn't recommend you use it for a production system
without changing the configuration.
-If you haven't used Amazon Web Services before, then you can get a Micro
-instance which will be [free for a year](http://aws.amazon.com/free/). You will
-find that a micro instance isn't powerful enough for anything other very basic
-testing of Alaveteli, however.
+Unfortunately, Alaveteli will not run properly on a free Micro
+instance due to the low amount of memory available on those
+instances; you will need to use at least a Small instance, which
+Amazon will charge for.
-The AMI can be found in the EU West (Ireland) region, with the ID ami-0f24c678
-and name “Basic Alaveteli installation 2013-10-31”. You can launch an instance
+The AMI can be found in the EU West (Ireland) region, with the ID ami-8603f4f1
+and name “Basic Alaveteli installation 2014-01-29”. You can launch an instance
based on that AMI with [this
-link](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=eu-west-1#launchAmi=ami-0f2
-4c678).
+link](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=eu-west-1#launchAmi=ami-8603f4f1).
When you create an EC2 instance based on that AMI, make sure that you choose
Security Groups that allows at least inbound HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and, if you want
diff --git a/installing/manual_install.md b/installing/manual_install.md
index 100908be5..01e868551 100644
--- a/installing/manual_install.md
+++ b/installing/manual_install.md
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ title: Manual installation
# Manual Installation
<p class="lead">
- The following instructions describe the step-by-step process for
- installing Alavetli. <em>You don't necessarily need to do it this
- way:</em> it's usually easier to use the
- <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}installing/script">installation script</a>
- or the
- <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}installing/ami">Amazon EC2 AMI</a>.
+ The following instructions describe the step-by-step process for
+ installing Alaveteli. <em>You don't necessarily need to do it this
+ way:</em> it's usually easier to use the
+ <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}installing/script">installation script</a>
+ or the
+ <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}installing/ami">Amazon EC2 AMI</a>.
</p>
Note that there are [other ways to install Alaveteli]({{ site.baseurl }}installing).