diff --git a/3-create-virtual-machine.sh b/3-create-virtual-machine.sh
index d3430e3..1026dbc 100755
--- a/3-create-virtual-machine.sh
+++ b/3-create-virtual-machine.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 
-# Once we have a project we can create a new virtual machine.
+# Once we have a project we can create a new virtual machine. To create a virtual machine we need to ensure compute engine apis are enabled.
 
 # Tangle the shell block below to a shell script by pressing *, b t* in emacs command mode:
 
diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index fee0e80..698a223 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Tangle the shell block below to a shell script by pressing *, b t* in emacs comm
 #+NAME: Create a new google cloud project
 #+begin_src bash :shebang #!/bin/bash :tangle 2-configure-gcp-project.sh
 # Create a project id based on date
-export gcp_project_id="gitlab-gcp-"$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
+export gcp_project_id="gitlab-gcp-"$(date +"%s")
 
 # Create new project using a random project id
 gcloud projects create $gcp_project_id
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Tangle the shell block below to a shell script by pressing *, b t* in emacs comm
 gcloud services enable compute.googleapis.com
 
 # Create name for virtual machine based on date
-export gcp_machine_name="gitlab-gcp-"$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
+export gcp_machine_name="gitlab-gcp-"$(date +"%s")
 
 # Create the new machine
 gcloud compute instances create $gcp_machine_name --zone australia-southeast1-a