diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1c96de..3f802be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ The following tools must be installed in order to fully deploy Moot
 - [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/getting-started/install) -- used to build the frontend locally
 - [awscli](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2.html) -- used to aws s3 sync the frontend assets
 - [go](https://golang.org/doc/install#download) -- requires at least version 16 because of `go modules`
+- gcc (build essentials) -- required for `go build`
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/r_null.tf b/r_null.tf
index eaa996d..047e2c3 100644
--- a/r_null.tf
+++ b/r_null.tf
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ resource "null_resource" "create_admin_user" {
 
   provisioner "local-exec" {
     interpreter = ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
-    command     = "aws --region ${data.aws_region.current.name} cognito-idp admin-create-user --user-pool-id ${aws_cognito_user_pool.this.id} --username ${var.admin_user_email} --user-attributes Name=email,Value=${var.admin_user_email}"
+    command     = "AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE=${local.aws_profile} aws --region ${data.aws_region.current.name} cognito-idp admin-create-user --user-pool-id ${aws_cognito_user_pool.this.id} --username ${var.admin_user_email} --user-attributes Name=email,Value=${var.admin_user_email}"
   }
 }
 
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ resource "null_resource" "delete_admin_user" {
 
   provisioner "local-exec" {
     interpreter = ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
-    command     = "aws --region ${data.aws_region.current.name} cognito-idp admin-delete-user --user-pool-id ${aws_cognito_user_pool.this.id} --username ${var.admin_user_email}"
+    command     = "AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE=${local.aws_profile} aws --region ${data.aws_region.current.name} cognito-idp admin-delete-user --user-pool-id ${aws_cognito_user_pool.this.id} --username ${var.admin_user_email}"
   }
 }