diff --git a/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/StartVertSysServersFrankfurt.java b/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/StartVertSysServersFrankfurt.java
index 51c3c9c612f38a379397c3f0d9db1df87fba14aa..68e4560d583c24c665fcaa513045ff6b00d23d0b 100644
--- a/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/StartVertSysServersFrankfurt.java
+++ b/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/StartVertSysServersFrankfurt.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class StartVertSysServersFrankfurt {
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new AmazonClientException("Cannot load the credentials from the credential profiles file. "
 					+ "Please make sure that your credentials file is at the correct "
-					+ "location (C:\\Users\\Sebastian\\.aws\\credentials), and is in valid format.", e);
+					+ "location (C:\\Users\\<username>\\.aws\\credentials), and is in valid format.", e);
 		}
 
 		// Frankfurt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class StartVertSysServersFrankfurt {
 
 		System.out.println("Loading user-data from file...");
 
-		byte[] encoded = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("src\\main\\java\\com\\amazonaws\\samples\\user-data.txt"));
+		byte[] encoded = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("src\\verteiltesysteme\\aws\\user-data.txt"));
 		String userData = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(encoded);
 
 		System.out.println("Starting instance in Frankfurt...");
diff --git a/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/StartVertSysServersTokyo.java b/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/StartVertSysServersTokyo.java
index 91c962952a3eb24d2afc7411af1468dfde92a14e..3937df084e7a5aafb91a271d086c005c744b1a97 100644
--- a/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/StartVertSysServersTokyo.java
+++ b/VerteilteSysteme-Examples/src/verteiltesysteme/aws/StartVertSysServersTokyo.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class StartVertSysServersTokyo {
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new AmazonClientException("Cannot load the credentials from the credential profiles file. "
 					+ "Please make sure that your credentials file is at the correct "
-					+ "location (C:\\Users\\Sebastian\\.aws\\credentials), and is in valid format.", e);
+					+ "location (C:\\Users\\sebas\\.aws\\credentials), and is in valid format.", e);
 		}
 
 		// Tokyo
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class StartVertSysServersTokyo {
 				.withRegion("ap-northeast-1").build();
 
 		System.out.println("Loading user-data from file...");
+		System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.home"));
 
 		byte[] encoded = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("src\\verteiltesysteme\\aws\\user-data.txt"));
 		String userData = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(encoded);