diff --git a/.github/workflows/fly-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/fly-cleanup.yml
index 89d5e3c4..256d2f0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fly-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fly-cleanup.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ jobs:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         - uses: superfly/flyctl-actions/setup-flyctl@master
           with:
-            version: 0.0.525
+            version: 0.1.66
         - run: node buildtools/fly-deploy.js clean
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fly.yml b/.github/workflows/fly.yml
index 7687b85a..d069d9c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fly.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: superfly/flyctl-actions/setup-flyctl@master
         with:
-          version: 0.0.525
+          version: 0.1.66
       - id: fly_deploy
         run: |
           node buildtools/fly-deploy.js deploy
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: superfly/flyctl-actions/setup-flyctl@master
         with:
-          version: 0.0.525
+          version: 0.1.66
       - id: fly_destroy
         run: node buildtools/fly-deploy.js destroy
diff --git a/buildtools/fly-deploy.js b/buildtools/fly-deploy.js
index 29dc79e8..24f2ab89 100644
--- a/buildtools/fly-deploy.js
+++ b/buildtools/fly-deploy.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ async function main() {
     const volName = getVolumeName();
     if (!await appExists(name)) {
       await appCreate(name);
-      await appScale(name);
       await volCreate(name, volName);
     } else {
       // Check if volume exists, and create it if not. This is needed because there was an API
@@ -65,8 +64,7 @@ async function main() {
 }
 
 const appExists = (name) => runFetch(`flyctl status -a ${name}`).then(() => true).catch(() => false);
-const appCreate = (name) => runAction(`flyctl apps create ${name} -o ${org}`);
-const appScale = (name) => runAction(`flyctl scale memory 1024 -a ${name}`);
+const appCreate = (name) => runAction(`flyctl launch --auto-confirm --name ${name} -r ewr -o ${org} --vm-memory 1024`);
 const volCreate = (name, vol) => runAction(`flyctl volumes create ${vol} -s 1 -r ewr -y -a ${name}`);
 const volList = (name) => runFetch(`flyctl volumes list -a ${name} -j`).then(({stdout}) => JSON.parse(stdout));
 const appDeploy = (name, appRoot) => runAction(`flyctl deploy ${appRoot} --remote-only`, {shell: true, stdio: 'inherit'});
diff --git a/buildtools/fly-template.toml b/buildtools/fly-template.toml
index ed8c7fb9..b6846e3f 100644
--- a/buildtools/fly-template.toml
+++ b/buildtools/fly-template.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 app = "{APP_NAME}"
+primary_region = "ewr"
 kill_signal = "SIGINT"
 kill_timeout = 5
 processes = []