diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-gh-action-runners.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-gh-action-runners.yaml
index 21f1fc8d..2a96525c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-gh-action-runners.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-gh-action-runners.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
         description: "Number of Runners to Deploy"
         required: true
         default: 5
+        type: number
 
       runner_flavor:
         description: "The Flavor of VM to create. l3.nano (More Runners, Less Power) | l3.micro (Middle Ground) | l3.tiny (Less Runners, More Power)"
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ jobs:
     env:
       OS_CLIENT_CONFIG_FILE: ${{ github.workspace }}/clouds.yaml
       FLAVOR_NAME: l3.nano
-      TF_VAR_runner_count: ${{ github.events.inputs.runner_count }}
-      TF_VAR_flavor_name: ${{ github.events.inputs.runner_flavor }}
+      TF_VAR_runner_count: ${{ inputs.runner_count }}
+      TF_VAR_flavor_name: ${{ inputs.runner_flavor }}
       TF_VAR_floating_ip: ${{ secrets.UA_FLOATING_IP }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@ jobs:
         run: terraform init
 
       - name: Terraform plan
-        run: terraform plan -out=tfplan 1> /dev/null
+        run: | 
+          echo "$TF_VAR_runner_count"
+          terraform plan -out=tfplan 1> /dev/null
 
       - name: Terraform apply
         run: terraform apply -auto-approve tfplan 1> /dev/null
diff --git a/self-hosted-gh-runners/playbooks/ansible_install_dependencies.yaml b/self-hosted-gh-runners/playbooks/ansible_install_dependencies.yaml
index 8af03bc2..db17681f 100644
--- a/self-hosted-gh-runners/playbooks/ansible_install_dependencies.yaml
+++ b/self-hosted-gh-runners/playbooks/ansible_install_dependencies.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         name: ubuntu
         groups: docker
         append: yes
-
+  
     - name: Extract Runner
       ansible.builtin.unarchive:
         src: https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v{{RUNNER_VERSION}}/actions-runner-linux-x64-{{RUNNER_VERSION}}.tar.gz
diff --git a/self-hosted-gh-runners/scripts/packer-scripts/setup_gh_runner_vm.sh b/self-hosted-gh-runners/scripts/packer-scripts/setup_gh_runner_vm.sh
index 91e6c2e3..2e835984 100644
--- a/self-hosted-gh-runners/scripts/packer-scripts/setup_gh_runner_vm.sh
+++ b/self-hosted-gh-runners/scripts/packer-scripts/setup_gh_runner_vm.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ sudo apt-get install -y ansible
 
 ansible --version 
 
+sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg
+curl -fsSL https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.36/deb/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg
+sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg
+echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.36/deb/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
+sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y kubectl
+
 sudo chmod +x ~/runner-scripts/job_started.sh
 sudo chmod +x ~/runner-scripts/job_completed.sh
 sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu ~/runner-scripts/job_started.sh