diff --git a/tf-stage1/templates.tf b/tf-stage1/templates.tf
index 19ef3a8bc623bfe87fbe19ddbbf78d5f33d0a31d..ba88c8d83edaff9d2e7ee717829202c37e2aa4ae 100644
--- a/tf-stage1/templates.tf
+++ b/tf-stage1/templates.tf
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ resource "hcloud_server" "machine" {
   name        = each.key
   image       = data.hcloud_image.archlinux.id
   server_type = each.value.server_type
+  location    = "hel1"
   lifecycle {
-    ignore_changes = [image]
+    ignore_changes = [image, location]
   }
 }