diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws.yml b/.github/workflows/aws.yml
index 3e6f05a..3aa1685 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Deploy on AWS
-    runs-on: self-hosted
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: production
 
     steps:
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 11
     - name: Build with Maven
-      run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
-    
+      run: |
+        cd app/
+        mvn -B package --file pom.xml
+        cd ..
+        
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -70,24 +73,23 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Login to Amazon ECR
       id: login-ecr
-      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
+      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
 
     - name: Build, tag, and push image to Amazon ECR
       id: build-image
       env:
         ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
-        ECR_REPOSITORY: $ECR_REPOSITORY
+        ECR_REPOSITORY: ${{ env.ECR_REPOSITORY }}
         IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.sha }}
+      working-directory: ./app        
       run: |
         # Build a docker container and
         # push it to ECR so that it can
         # be deployed to ECS.
-        cd app/
-        mvn build package
-        cd ..
         docker build -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG --build-arg ACCESS_ARG=${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }} --build-arg SECRET_ARG=${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }} .
         docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
         echo "image=$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        cd ..
 
     - name: Fill in the new image ID in the Amazon ECS task definition
       id: task-def