diff --git a/bin/thundercloud.ts b/bin/thundercloud.ts
index 8f72986..6176139 100644
--- a/bin/thundercloud.ts
+++ b/bin/thundercloud.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import 'source-map-support/register';
 import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
-import { ThundercloudStack } from '../lib/thundercloud-stack';
+import { LightningNode } from '../lib/lightningnode-stack';
 
 const app = new cdk.App();
-new ThundercloudStack(app, 'ThundercloudStack', {
+new LightningNode(app, 'ThundercloudStack', {
   /* If you don't specify 'env', this stack will be environment-agnostic.
    * Account/Region-dependent features and context lookups will not work,
    * but a single synthesized template can be deployed anywhere. */
diff --git a/lib/configure-node.sh b/lib/configure-node.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b6690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configure-node.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+wget https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/download/v0.13.1-beta/lnd-linux-arm64-v0.13.1-beta.tar.gz
+tar xf lnd-linux-arm64-v0.13.1-beta.tar.gz
+mkdir /home/ec2-user/bin
+cp lnd-linux-arm64-v0.13.1-beta/* /home/ec2-user/bin/
+rm -rf lnd-linux-arm64-v0.13.1-beta*
+
+mkdir /home/ec2-user/.lnd
+PUBLIC_IPV4=$(curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4/)
+cat << EOF > /home/ec2-user/.lnd/lnd.conf
+[Application Options]
+# Allow push payments
+accept-keysend=1
+
+# Public network name
+alias=CloudPleb
+
+# Allow gift routes
+allow-circular-route=1
+
+# Public hex color
+color=#000000
+
+# Reduce the cooperative close chain fee
+coop-close-target-confs=1000
+
+# Log levels
+debuglevel=CNCT=debug,CRTR=debug,HSWC=debug,NTFN=debug,RPCS=debug
+
+# Public P2P IP (remove this if using Tor)
+externalip=$PUBLIC_IPV4
+
+# Mark unpayable, unpaid invoices as deleted
+gc-canceled-invoices-on-startup=1
+gc-canceled-invoices-on-the-fly=1
+
+# Avoid historical graph data sync
+ignore-historical-gossip-filters=1
+
+# Set the maximum amount of commit fees in a channel
+max-channel-fee-allocation=1.0
+
+# Set the max timeout blocks of a payment
+max-cltv-expiry=5000
+
+# Allow commitment fee to rise on anchor channels
+max-commit-fee-rate-anchors=100
+
+# Pending channel limit
+maxpendingchannels=10
+
+# Min inbound channel limit
+#minchansize=5000000
+
+listen=0.0.0.0:9735
+
+# gRPC socket binding
+rpclisten=0.0.0.0:10009
+
+# Avoid slow startup time
+sync-freelist=1
+
+# Avoid high startup overhead
+stagger-initial-reconnect=1
+
+# Delete and recreate RPC TLS certificate when details change or cert expires
+tlsautorefresh=1
+
+# Do not include IPs in the RPC TLS certificate
+tlsdisableautofill=1
+
+[Bitcoin]
+# Turn on Bitcoin mode
+bitcoin.active=1
+
+# Set the channel confs to wait for channels
+bitcoin.defaultchanconfs=2
+
+# Forward fee rate in parts per million
+bitcoin.feerate=1000
+
+# Set bitcoin.testnet=1 or bitcoin.mainnet=1 as appropriate
+bitcoin.mainnet=1
+
+# Set the lower bound for HTLCs
+bitcoin.minhtlc=1
+
+# Set backing node, bitcoin.node=neutrino or bitcoin.node=bitcoind
+bitcoin.node=neutrino
+
+[neutrino]
+# Mainnet addpeers
+neutrino.addpeer=btcd-mainnet.lightning.computer
+neutrino.addpeer=mainnet1-btcd.zaphq.io
+neutrino.addpeer=mainnet2-btcd.zaphq.io
+neutrino.addpeer=mainnet3-btcd.zaphq.io
+neutrino.addpeer=mainnet4-btcd.zaphq.io
+
+# Testnet addpeers
+neutrino.addpeer=btcd-testnet.ion.radar.tech
+neutrino.addpeer=btcd-testnet.lightning.computer
+neutrino.addpeer=lnd.bitrefill.com:18333
+neutrino.addpeer=faucet.lightning.community
+neutrino.addpeer=testnet1-btcd.zaphq.io
+neutrino.addpeer=testnet2-btcd.zaphq.io
+neutrino.addpeer=testnet3-btcd.zaphq.io
+neutrino.addpeer=testnet4-btcd.zaphq.io
+
+# Set fee data URL, change to btc-fee-estimates.json if mainnet
+neutrino.feeurl=https://nodes.lightning.computer/fees/v1/btctestnet-fee-estimates.json
+
+
+[protocol]
+# Enable large channels support
+protocol.wumbo-channels=1
+
+[routerrpc]
+# Set default chance of a hop success
+routerrpc.apriorihopprob=0.5
+
+# Start to ignore nodes if they return many failures (set to 1 to turn off)
+routerrpc.aprioriweight=0.75
+
+# Set minimum desired savings of trying a cheaper path
+routerrpc.attemptcost=10
+routerrpc.attemptcostppm=10
+
+# Set the number of historical routing records
+routerrpc.maxmchistory=10000
+
+# Set the min confidence in a path worth trying
+routerrpc.minrtprob=0.005
+
+# Set the time to forget past routing failures
+routerrpc.penaltyhalflife=6h0m0s
+
+[routing]
+# Set validation of channels off: only if using Neutrino
+routing.assumechanvalid=1
+
+EOF
+openssl rand -hex 21 > /home/ec2-user/.lnd/wallet_password
+
+cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/lnd.service
+[Service]
+Environment=HOME=/home/ec2-user
+ExecStart=/home/ec2-user/bin/lnd
+ExecStop=/home/ec2-user/bin/lncli stop
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=30
+StandardOutput=null
+StandardError=null
+SyslogIdentifier=lnd
+User=ec2-user
+Group=ec2-user
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+EOF
+
+curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo bash -
+yum install -y nodejs
+mkdir /home/ec2-user/.npm-global
+npm config set prefix '/home/ec2-user/.npm-global'
+echo 'PATH=/home/ec2-user/.npm-global/bin:$PATH' >> /home/ec2-user/.bashrc
+npm install -g balanceofsatoshis
+
+chown -R ec2-user: /home/ec2-user/.lnd
+chown -R ec2-user: /home/ec2-user/.npm-global
+chown -R ec2-user: /home/ec2-user/bin
+
+
+echo '*/5 * * * * ec2-user /home/ec2-user/.npm-global/bin/bos unlock /home/ec2-user/.lnd/wallet_password' >> /etc/crontab
+systemctl start lnd.service
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/lightningnode-stack.ts b/lib/lightningnode-stack.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf2fabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/lightningnode-stack.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as ec2 from '@aws-cdk/aws-ec2';
+import {Asset} from '@aws-cdk/aws-s3-assets';
+import { KeyPair } from 'cdk-ec2-key-pair';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+
+export class LightningNode extends cdk.Stack {
+  get availabilityZones(): string[] {
+    return ['us-east-1b', 'us-east-1c', 'us-east-1d', 'us-east-1e', 'us-east-1f']
+  }
+  constructor(scope: cdk.Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
+    super(scope, id, props);
+    const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(this, "vpc", {
+      cidr: "10.0.0.0/16",
+      natGateways: 0,
+      maxAzs: 3,
+    });
+    const key = new KeyPair(this, 'KeyPair', {
+      name: 'cdk-keypair',
+      description: 'Key Pair created with CDK Deployment',
+    });
+    key.grantReadOnPublicKey
+    const securityGroup = new ec2.SecurityGroup(this, 'SecurityGroup', {
+      vpc,
+      description: 'Allow SSH (TCP port 22) in',
+      allowAllOutbound: true
+    });
+    securityGroup.addIngressRule(ec2.Peer.anyIpv4(), ec2.Port.tcp(22), 'Allow SSH Access')
+    const lightningSg = new ec2.SecurityGroup(this, "LightningSecurityGroup", {
+      vpc,
+      description: 'Allow lightning protocol (port 9735) traffic from the Internet',
+      allowAllOutbound: true
+    });
+    lightningSg.addIngressRule(ec2.Peer.anyIpv4(), ec2.Port.tcp(9735));
+    const setupScript = new Asset(this, "SetupScript", {
+      path: path.join(__dirname, 'configure-node.sh')
+    });
+    const ami = new ec2.AmazonLinuxImage({
+      generation: ec2.AmazonLinuxGeneration.AMAZON_LINUX_2,
+      cpuType: ec2.AmazonLinuxCpuType.ARM_64
+    });
+    const instance = new ec2.Instance(this, "lightningNode", {
+      instanceType: new ec2.InstanceType("t4g.micro"),
+      vpc: vpc,
+      machineImage: ami,
+      vpcSubnets: {subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC},
+      keyName: key.keyPairName,
+    });
+    instance.addSecurityGroup(securityGroup);
+    instance.addSecurityGroup(lightningSg);
+    const localPath = instance.userData.addS3DownloadCommand({
+      bucket:setupScript.bucket,
+      bucketKey:setupScript.s3ObjectKey,
+    });
+    instance.userData.addExecuteFileCommand({
+      filePath:localPath,
+      arguments: '--verbose -y'
+    });
+    setupScript.grantRead( instance.role );
+    new cdk.CfnOutput(this, 'IP Address', { value: instance.instancePublicIp });
+    new cdk.CfnOutput(this, 'Key Name', { value: key.keyPairName })
+    new cdk.CfnOutput(this, 'Download Key Command', { value: 'aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id ec2-ssh-key/cdk-keypair/private --query SecretString --output text > cdk-key.pem && chmod 400 cdk-key.pem' })
+    new cdk.CfnOutput(this, 'ssh command', { value: 'ssh -i cdk-key.pem -o IdentitiesOnly=yes ec2-user@' + instance.instancePublicIp })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/thundercloud-stack.ts b/lib/thundercloud-stack.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c56b3c..0000000
--- a/lib/thundercloud-stack.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
-
-export class ThundercloudStack extends cdk.Stack {
-  constructor(scope: cdk.Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
-    super(scope, id, props);
-
-    // The code that defines your stack goes here
-  }
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2af3f60..65cadae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-cdk/core": "1.120.0",
-    "source-map-support": "^0.5.16"
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.16",
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-ec2": "^1.120.0",
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-s3-assets": "^1.120.0",
+    "cdk-ec2-key-pair": "^2.2.1"
   }
 }