diff --git a/.github/scripts/put-all-chain-nodes-on-standby.sh b/.github/scripts/put-all-chain-nodes-on-standby.sh
index 591e64d0c..d85ccba71 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/put-all-chain-nodes-on-standby.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/put-all-chain-nodes-on-standby.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 set -x
 
 # get all the node's ec2 instance ids for the specified chain id
-chain_node_instance_ids=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=tag:KavaChainId,Values=$CHAIN_ID" | jq -r '[.Reservations | .[] | .Instances | .[] | .InstanceId] | join(" ")')
+# TODO: fix this and the sharded cluster module to add tags
+#chain_node_instance_ids=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=tag:KavaChainId,Values=$CHAIN_ID" | jq -r '[.Reservations | .[] | .Instances | .[] | .InstanceId] | join(" ")')
+chain_node_instance_ids='i-0a363f6816eb3ae88'
 
 for chain_node_instance_id in ${chain_node_instance_ids}
 do
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd-protonet.yml b/.github/workflows/cd-protonet.yml
index 307522067..a81511f94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd-protonet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd-protonet.yml
@@ -30,34 +30,34 @@ jobs:
       chain-id: proto_2221-17000
       ssm-document-name: kava-testnet-internal-node-update
       playbook-name: reset-protonet-playbook.yml
-      playbook-infrastructure-branch: master
+      playbook-infrastructure-branch: ss-protonet
     secrets: inherit
-#
-#  # start kava with new binary and genesis state on api, peer and seed nodes, place nodes in service once they start and are synched to live
-#  start-chain-api:
-#    uses: ./.github/workflows/cd-start-chain.yml
-#    with:
-#      aws-region: us-east-1
-#      chain-id: proto_2221-17000
-#      ssm-document-name: kava-testnet-internal-node-update
-#      playbook-name: start-chain-api-playbook.yml
-#      playbook-infrastructure-branch: master
-#    secrets: inherit
-#    needs: [reset-chain-to-zero-state]
-#
-#  # setup test and development accounts and balances, deploy contracts by calling the chain's api
-#  seed-chain-state:
-#    uses: ./.github/workflows/cd-seed-chain.yml
-#    with:
-#      chain-api-url: https://rpc.app.protonet.us-east.production.kava.io:443
-#      chain-id: proto_2221-17000
-#      seed-script-filename: seed-protonet.sh
-#      erc20-deployer-network-name: protonet
-#      genesis_validator_addresses: "kavavaloper1te0aljy2m4zzysymw7dxkxy0fa6d7ws5fj3vmp"
-##      genesis_validator_addresses: "kavavaloper14w4avgdvqrlpww6l5dhgj4egfn6ln7gmtp7r2m"
-#      kava_version_filepath:  ./ci/env/kava-protonet/KAVA.VERSION
-#    secrets: inherit
-#    needs: [start-chain-api]
+
+  # start kava with new binary and genesis state on api, peer and seed nodes, place nodes in service once they start and are synched to live
+  start-chain-api:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/cd-start-chain.yml
+    with:
+      aws-region: us-east-1
+      chain-id: proto_2221-17000
+      ssm-document-name: kava-testnet-internal-node-update
+      playbook-name: start-chain-api-playbook.yml
+      playbook-infrastructure-branch: ss-protonet
+    secrets: inherit
+    needs: [reset-chain-to-zero-state]
+
+  # setup test and development accounts and balances, deploy contracts by calling the chain's api
+  seed-chain-state:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/cd-seed-chain.yml
+    with:
+      chain-api-url: https://rpc.app.protonet.us-east.production.kava.io:443
+      chain-id: proto_2221-17000
+      seed-script-filename: seed-protonet.sh
+      erc20-deployer-network-name: protonet
+      genesis_validator_addresses: "kavavaloper1te0aljy2m4zzysymw7dxkxy0fa6d7ws5fj3vmp"
+#      genesis_validator_addresses: "kavavaloper14w4avgdvqrlpww6l5dhgj4egfn6ln7gmtp7r2m"
+      kava_version_filepath:  ./ci/env/kava-protonet/KAVA.VERSION
+    secrets: inherit
+    needs: [start-chain-api]
 ##  post-pipeline-metrics:
 ##    uses: ./.github/workflows/metric-pipeline.yml
 ##    if: always() # always run so we metric failures and successes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd-reset-internal-testnet.yml b/.github/workflows/cd-reset-internal-testnet.yml
index 738fd4c39..4b1d531b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd-reset-internal-testnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd-reset-internal-testnet.yml
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ jobs:
             --max-upgrade-batch-size=0 \
             --wait-for-node-sync-after-upgrade=false
         env:
-          SSM_DOCUMENT_NAME: ${{ inputs.ssm-document-name }}
-          PLAYBOOK_NAME: ${{ inputs.playbook-name }}
-          CHAIN_ID: ${{ inputs.chain-id }}
-          AWS_REGION: ${{ inputs.aws-region }}
+          SSM_DOCUMENT_NAME: ${{ inputs.ssm-document-name }} # kava-testnet-internal-node-update
+          PLAYBOOK_NAME: ${{ inputs.playbook-name }} # reset-protonet-playbook.yml
+          CHAIN_ID: ${{ inputs.chain-id }} # proto_2221-17000
+          AWS_REGION: ${{ inputs.aws-region }} # us-east-1
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_KEY_ID }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_KEY_SECRET }}
           AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG: 1
-          PLAYBOOK_INFRASTRUCTURE_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.playbook-infrastructure-branch }}
+          PLAYBOOK_INFRASTRUCTURE_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.playbook-infrastructure-branch }} # master
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