diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 763f290..5a52059 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -730,7 +730,8 @@ class UserData {
                 // - github actions job starts and ends always bump +ec2InstanceTtl minutes
                 // - when the amount of started jobs (start_run_* files) equal the amount of finished jobs (end_run_* files), we shutdown in 5 minutes
                 `echo "${bumpShutdown}; touch /run/shutdown-refcount/start_run_\\$(date +%s)_\\$RANDOM" > /run/delay_shutdown.sh`,
-                `echo "[ \\$(find /run/shutdown-refcount/ -name 'start_run_*' | wc -l) -eq \\$(find /run/shutdown-refcount/ -name 'end_run_*' | wc -l) ] && shutdown -P 5 ; true" > /run/if_refcount0_shutdown.sh`,
+                // `echo "[ \\$(find /run/shutdown-refcount/ -name 'start_run_*' | wc -l) -eq \\$(find /run/shutdown-refcount/ -name 'end_run_*' | wc -l) ] && shutdown -P 5 ; true" > /run/if_refcount0_shutdown.sh`,
+                `echo "echo refcounting disabled for now" > /run/if_refcount0_shutdown.sh`,
                 `echo "${bumpShutdown}; touch /run/shutdown-refcount/end_run_\\$(date +%s)_\\$RANDOM ; /run/if_refcount0_shutdown.sh " > /run/refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh`,
                 `echo "flock /run/refcount-lock /run/delay_shutdown.sh" > /run/safe_delay_shutdown.sh`,
                 `echo "flock /run/refcount-lock /run/refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh" > /run/safe_refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh`,
@@ -742,8 +743,8 @@ class UserData {
                 "export ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED=/run/safe_delay_shutdown.sh",
                 "export ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED=/run/safe_refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh",
                 "mkdir -p actions-runner && cd actions-runner",
-                'echo "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED=/run/delay_shutdown.sh" > .env',
-                'echo "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED=/run/refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh" > .env',
+                'echo "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED=/run/safe_delay_shutdown.sh" > .env',
+                'echo "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED=/run/safe_refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh" > .env',
                 `GH_RUNNER_VERSION=${githubActionRunnerVersion}`,
                 'case $(uname -m) in aarch64) ARCH="arm64" ;; amd64|x86_64) ARCH="x64" ;; esac && export RUNNER_ARCH=${ARCH}',
                 "curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v${GH_RUNNER_VERSION}/actions-runner-linux-${RUNNER_ARCH}-${GH_RUNNER_VERSION}.tar.gz",
diff --git a/src/ec2/userdata.ts b/src/ec2/userdata.ts
index 8a4b9b2..4e58b4c 100644
--- a/src/ec2/userdata.ts
+++ b/src/ec2/userdata.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ export class UserData {
       // - github actions job starts and ends always bump +ec2InstanceTtl minutes
       // - when the amount of started jobs (start_run_* files) equal the amount of finished jobs (end_run_* files), we shutdown in 5 minutes
       `echo "${bumpShutdown}; touch /run/shutdown-refcount/start_run_\\$(date +%s)_\\$RANDOM" > /run/delay_shutdown.sh`,
-      `echo "[ \\$(find /run/shutdown-refcount/ -name 'start_run_*' | wc -l) -eq \\$(find /run/shutdown-refcount/ -name 'end_run_*' | wc -l) ] && shutdown -P 5 ; true" > /run/if_refcount0_shutdown.sh`,
+      // `echo "[ \\$(find /run/shutdown-refcount/ -name 'start_run_*' | wc -l) -eq \\$(find /run/shutdown-refcount/ -name 'end_run_*' | wc -l) ] && shutdown -P 5 ; true" > /run/if_refcount0_shutdown.sh`,
+      `echo "echo refcounting disabled for now" > /run/if_refcount0_shutdown.sh`,
       `echo "${bumpShutdown}; touch /run/shutdown-refcount/end_run_\\$(date +%s)_\\$RANDOM ; /run/if_refcount0_shutdown.sh " > /run/refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh`,
       `echo "flock /run/refcount-lock /run/delay_shutdown.sh" > /run/safe_delay_shutdown.sh`,
       `echo "flock /run/refcount-lock /run/refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh" > /run/safe_refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh`,
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ export class UserData {
       "export ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED=/run/safe_delay_shutdown.sh",
       "export ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED=/run/safe_refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh",
       "mkdir -p actions-runner && cd actions-runner",
-      'echo "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED=/run/delay_shutdown.sh" > .env',
-      'echo "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED=/run/refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh" > .env',
+      'echo "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED=/run/safe_delay_shutdown.sh" > .env',
+      'echo "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED=/run/safe_refcount_and_delay_shutdown.sh" > .env',
       `GH_RUNNER_VERSION=${githubActionRunnerVersion}`,
       'case $(uname -m) in aarch64) ARCH="arm64" ;; amd64|x86_64) ARCH="x64" ;; esac && export RUNNER_ARCH=${ARCH}',
       "curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v${GH_RUNNER_VERSION}/actions-runner-linux-${RUNNER_ARCH}-${GH_RUNNER_VERSION}.tar.gz",