diff --git a/scripts/gcp-create.sh b/scripts/gcp-create.sh
index 5c9cfab..99af56c 100755
--- a/scripts/gcp-create.sh
+++ b/scripts/gcp-create.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ echo "+++ creating/starting VM"
 gcloud compute instances create --zone=$ZONE $VM \
        --scopes=cloud-platform \
        --machine-type=e2-highcpu-4 --preemptible
-gcloud compute instances start $VM
+gcloud compute instances start --zone=$ZONE $VM
 IP=$(gcloud compute instances describe essentials --format='value(networkInterfaces.accessConfigs[0].natIP)')
 
 echo "+++ configure local ssh $IP"
diff --git a/scripts/gcp-vm-clean.sh b/scripts/vm-clean.sh
similarity index 84%
rename from scripts/gcp-vm-clean.sh
rename to scripts/vm-clean.sh
index e4ec2bb..3569e55 100755
--- a/scripts/gcp-vm-clean.sh
+++ b/scripts/vm-clean.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 echo "=== gcp-clean-vm.sh"
 
 ## Cleanup for 06_running_analysis
-sudo apt remove git
+sudo apt remove git --yes
 rm -rf ~/CLASS-Examples