diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df4af6c..af53141 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,14 +21,22 @@ Using the native OpenStack Dashboard or APIs you would be able to manage the EC2
 - VirtualBox
 - Vagrant
 
-###Instructions
+###Instructions for Developer environment
 1. Clone this repository: `git clone https://github.com/ThoughtWorksInc/OpenStack-EC2-Driver.git`
 2. Run`vagrant up` from within the repository to create an Ubuntu virtualbox that will install devstack. This will take a couple minutes.
 3. `vagrant ssh` to ssh into the new machine
 4. Use `vim /etc/nova/nova.conf` to edit the nova configuration so that 
-    - the compute_driver is set to ec2.EC2Driver
-    - under the [conductor] section, add the following line
-        use_local = True
+
+        [DEFAULT]
+        compute_driver=ec2.EC2Driver
+
+        [conductor]
+        use_local=True
+
+        [ec2driver]
+        ec2_secret_access_key = <your_aws_secret_access_key>
+        ec2_access_key_id = <your_aws_access_key_id>
+
 5. Restart nova
   - `~/devstack/rejoin-stack.sh`
   - go to the nova-cpu screen (`ctrl+a`, `6`)
diff --git a/ec2driver.py b/ec2driver.py
index ff52b72..ada1465 100644
--- a/ec2driver.py
+++ b/ec2driver.py
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ ec2driver_opts = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('use_linked_clone',
                 default=True,
                 help='Whether to use linked clone'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('ec2_secret_access_key',
+               help='The secret access key of the Amazon Web Services account'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('ec2_access_key_id',
+               help='The access key ID of the Amazon Web Services account'),
 ]
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
@@ -140,17 +144,16 @@ class EC2Driver(driver.ComputeDriver):
 
         self.creds = get_nova_creds()
         self.nova = client.Client(**self.creds)
-
         region = RegionInfo(name=aws_region, endpoint=aws_endpoint)
-        self.ec2_conn = ec2.EC2Connection(aws_access_key_id=aws_access_key_id,
-                                          aws_secret_access_key=aws_secret_access_key,
+        self.ec2_conn = ec2.EC2Connection(aws_access_key_id=CONF.ec2driver.ec2_access_key_id,
+                                          aws_secret_access_key=CONF.ec2driver.ec2_secret_access_key,
                                           host=host,
                                           port=port,
                                           region=region,
                                           is_secure=secure)
 
         self.cloudwatch_conn = ec2.cloudwatch.connect_to_region(
-            aws_region, aws_access_key_id=aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key=aws_secret_access_key)
+            aws_region, aws_access_key_id=CONF.ec2driver.ec2_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key=CONF.ec2driver.ec2_secret_access_key)
 
         self.security_group_lock = Lock()
         self.rule_comparator = rule_comparator.RuleComparator(self.ec2_conn)
diff --git a/ec2driver_standard_config.py b/ec2driver_standard_config.py
index 984e425..1606d84 100644
--- a/ec2driver_standard_config.py
+++ b/ec2driver_standard_config.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 
 aws_region = 'us-east-1'
 aws_endpoint = 'ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com'
-aws_access_key_id = 'AKIAIZJDDRNNJUWZ3LXA'
-aws_secret_access_key = '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'
 port = 443
 host = str(port) + ":" + aws_endpoint
 secure = True