diff --git a/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh b/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
index 7e82233bc..dde0649ce 100644
--- a/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
+++ b/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ set -o errexit -o nounset
 HOSTNAME=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'a-f0-9' | head -c 16)
 
 terraform get
-terraform plan
-terraform apply HOSTNAME
+terraform plan -var 'dns_name=$HOSTNAME'
+terraform apply -var 'dns_name=$HOSTNAME'
 
 # echo "Setting git user name"
 # git config user.name $GH_USER_NAME