diff --git a/net/gce.sh b/net/gce.sh
index 4cf920102f..e518628f07 100755
--- a/net/gce.sh
+++ b/net/gce.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ec2)
   cpuLeaderMachineType=m4.4xlarge
   gpuLeaderMachineType=p2.xlarge
   leaderMachineType=$cpuLeaderMachineType
-  validatorMachineType=m4.xlarge
+  validatorMachineType=m4.4xlarge
   clientMachineType=m4.4xlarge
   ;;
 *)
diff --git a/net/net.sh b/net/net.sh
index a4358075c6..14d23c01fc 100755
--- a/net/net.sh
+++ b/net/net.sh
@@ -215,10 +215,11 @@ sanity() {
   echo "--- Sanity"
   $metricsWriteDatapoint "testnet-deploy net-sanity-begin=1"
 
+  declare host=$leaderIp # TODO: maybe use ${validatorIpList[0]} ?
   (
     set -x
     # shellcheck disable=SC2029 # remote-client.sh args are expanded on client side intentionally
-    ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" "$leaderIp" \
+    ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" "$host" \
       "./solana/net/remote/remote-sanity.sh $sanityExtraArgs"
   ) || ok=false