diff --git a/dynamicInventory b/dynamicInventory
index eeeb2a64e95abf8bb3cc8f3685c54ba2209d3265..bd89abf0607902f4daf9912b2821bdf5f1689735 100755
--- a/dynamicInventory
+++ b/dynamicInventory
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class OpenStackConnection:
                             for key in server.metadata.keys():
                                 if 'ansible_ssh' in key:
                                     inventory['_meta']['hostvars'][hostname][key] = server.metadata[key]
-                            inventory['_meta']['hostvars'][hostname]['ansible_ssh_user'] = 'root'
+                            inventory['_meta']['hostvars'][hostname]['ansible_ssh_user'] = 'ec2-user'
 		print json.dumps(inventory)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":