diff --git a/content/GCP/02_intro_to_compute.ipynb b/content/GCP/02_intro_to_compute.ipynb
index 785c3e4..3fd69d4 100644
--- a/content/GCP/02_intro_to_compute.ipynb
+++ b/content/GCP/02_intro_to_compute.ipynb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     "tags": []
    },
    "source": [
-    "## Follow the Storage Allocation\n",
+    "## Follow the VM Allocation\n",
     "\n",
     "Just as with security, we will audit (follow) the *VM instance* creation by examining at the project *activity*.\n",
     "\n",
diff --git a/scripts/gcp-create.sh b/scripts/gcp-create.sh
index b174c0f..5c9cfab 100755
--- a/scripts/gcp-create.sh
+++ b/scripts/gcp-create.sh
@@ -15,10 +15,24 @@ REPO="git@${GITHUB}:CLASS/${PROJECT}.git"
 
 echo "=== gcp-dev.sh $PROJECT $BRANCH"
 
-echo "+++ creating VM"
-gcloud compute instances create --zone=$ZONE $VM --machine-type=e2-highcpu-4 --preemptible
+echo "+++ creating/starting VM"
+gcloud compute instances create --zone=$ZONE $VM \
+       --scopes=cloud-platform \
+       --machine-type=e2-highcpu-4 --preemptible
+gcloud compute instances start $VM
 IP=$(gcloud compute instances describe essentials --format='value(networkInterfaces.accessConfigs[0].natIP)')
 
+echo "+++ configure local ssh $IP"
+gcloud compute config-ssh
+ssh-keygen -R $IP
+cat > ~/.ssh/$VM.config <<EOF
+Host essentials
+    HostName $IP
+    CheckHostIP=no
+    ForwardAgent=yes
+    User=$NAME
+EOF
+
 echo "+++ wait for boot $IP"
 while ! gcloud compute ssh --zone=$ZONE $NAME@$VM --command='hostname' ; do
     sleep 1