diff --git a/terraform/alarm.tf b/terraform/alarm.tf
index 7aba5a97..6c99dcc9 100644
--- a/terraform/alarm.tf
+++ b/terraform/alarm.tf
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "splunk_uploader_sns_topic_error_log_alar
 }
 
 resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "scale_up" {
+  count = contains(["dev", "test"], var.environment) ? 1 : 0
+
   alarm_name          = "${var.environment}-${var.component_name}-scale-up"
   comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
   evaluation_periods  = "1"
@@ -376,6 +378,8 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "scale_up" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "scale_down" {
+  count = contains(["dev", "test"], var.environment) ? 1 : 0
+
   alarm_name          = "${var.environment}-${var.component_name}-scale-down"
   comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
   evaluation_periods  = "1"
diff --git a/terraform/pre-prod.tfvars b/terraform/pre-prod.tfvars
index 404a641f..79e8d379 100644
--- a/terraform/pre-prod.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/pre-prod.tfvars
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ environment = "pre-prod"
 task_cpu    = 512
 task_memory = 1024
 
-service_desired_count = "0"
+service_desired_count = "1"
 
 log_level = "info"
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diff --git a/terraform/prod.tfvars b/terraform/prod.tfvars
index fe20d3fb..82d1c7d8 100644
--- a/terraform/prod.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/prod.tfvars
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ environment = "prod"
 task_cpu    = 512
 task_memory = 1024
 
-service_desired_count = "0"
+service_desired_count = "1"
 
 log_level = "info"
\ No newline at end of file