diff --git a/nodes/deploy/deploy.bash b/nodes/deploy/deploy.bash
index a81524e4..6d065d74 100755
--- a/nodes/deploy/deploy.bash
+++ b/nodes/deploy/deploy.bash
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ PARAMETERS_ENV_PATH="${SECRETS_DIR}/app.env"
 AWS_SSM_PARAMETER_PATH="${AWS_SSM_PARAMETER_PATH:-/moonstream/prod}"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(realpath $(dirname $0))"
 PARAMETERS_SCRIPT="${SCRIPT_DIR}/parameters.py"
-NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_PATH="${NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_PATH:-/home/ubuntu/.nodebalancer}"
-NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_SOURCE_FILE="node-balancer-config.txt"
+NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_PATH="${NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_PATH:-/home/ubuntu/.nodebalancer/config.json}"
 
 # Service file
-NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE="node-balancer.service"
+NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE="nodebalancer.service"
 
 set -eu
 
@@ -41,12 +40,12 @@ AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}" "${PYTHON}" "${PARAMETERS_SCRIPT}" ex
 echo
 echo
 echo -e "${PREFIX_INFO} Install checkenv"
-HOME=/root /usr/local/go/bin/go install github.com/bugout-dev/checkenv@latest
+HOME=/home/ubuntu /usr/local/go/bin/go install github.com/bugout-dev/checkenv@latest
 
 echo
 echo
 echo -e "${PREFIX_INFO} Retrieving addition deployment parameters"
-AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}" /root/go/bin/checkenv show aws_ssm+Product:moonstream >> "${PARAMETERS_ENV_PATH}"
+AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}" /home/ubuntu/go/bin/checkenv show aws_ssm+Product:moonstream >> "${PARAMETERS_ENV_PATH}"
 
 echo
 echo
@@ -58,22 +57,21 @@ echo
 echo -e "${PREFIX_INFO} Building executable load balancer for nodes script with Go"
 EXEC_DIR=$(pwd)
 cd "${APP_NODES_DIR}/node_balancer"
-HOME=/root /usr/local/go/bin/go build -o "${APP_NODES_DIR}/node_balancer/nodebalancer" "${APP_NODES_DIR}/node_balancer/cmd/nodebalancer/*.go"
+HOME=/home/ubuntu /usr/local/go/bin/go build -o "${APP_NODES_DIR}/node_balancer/nodebalancer" "${APP_NODES_DIR}/node_balancer/cmd/nodebalancer/*.go"
 cd "${EXEC_DIR}"
 
 echo
 echo
 echo -e "${PREFIX_INFO} Update nodebalancer configuration file"
-if [ ! -d "$NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_PATH" ]; then
-  mkdir "$NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_PATH"
-  echo -e "${PREFIX_WARN} Created new node balancer config directory" 
+if [ ! -z "$NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_PATH" ]; then
+  echo -e "${PREFIX_CRIT} Node balancer configuration not found"
+  exit 1
 fi
-cp "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_SOURCE_FILE}" "${NODE_BALANCER_CONFIG_PATH}/config.txt"
 
 echo
 echo
 echo -e "${PREFIX_INFO} Replacing existing load balancer for nodes service definition with ${NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE}"
 chmod 644 "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE}"
-cp "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE}" "/etc/systemd/system/${NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE}"
-systemctl daemon-reload
-systemctl restart "${NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE}"
+cp "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE}" "/home/ubuntu/.config/systemd/user/${NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE}"
+systemctl --user daemon-reload
+systemctl --user restart "${NODE_BALANCER_SERVICE_FILE}"
diff --git a/nodes/deploy/node-balancer-config.txt b/nodes/deploy/node-balancer-config.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index cc203e88..00000000
--- a/nodes/deploy/node-balancer-config.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-ethereum,a.ethereum.moonstream.internal,8545
-ethereum,b.ethereum.moonstream.internal,8545
-polygon,a.polygon.moonstream.internal,8545
-polygon,b.polygon.moonstream.internal,8545
-xdai,a.xdai.moonstream.internal,8545
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diff --git a/nodes/deploy/node-balancer.service b/nodes/deploy/nodebalancer.service
similarity index 87%
rename from nodes/deploy/node-balancer.service
rename to nodes/deploy/nodebalancer.service
index f9ecdc9a..cd82f0a2 100644
--- a/nodes/deploy/node-balancer.service
+++ b/nodes/deploy/nodebalancer.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ StartLimitBurst=3
 
 [Service]
 User=ubuntu
-Group=www-data
+Group=ubuntu
 WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/moonstream/nodes/node_balancer
 EnvironmentFile=/home/ubuntu/moonstream-secrets/app.env
 Restart=on-failure
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/moonstream/nodes/node_balancer/nodebalancer server \
     -port 8544 \
     -healthcheck \
     -config /home/ubuntu/.nodebalancer/config.json
-SyslogIdentifier=node-balancer
+SyslogIdentifier=nodebalancer
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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