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 ## Deploy, Run and Destroy
 
-Set the aws account number and the profile that contains your aws credentials (`.aws/credentials`) as environment variables:
+Set the aws account number and the profile that contains your aws credentials (`~/.aws/credentials`) as environment variables:
 
     export AWS_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT=my-account-number
     export AWS_PROFILE=my-profile