diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vmmetenant.py b/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vmmetenant.py
index 7147e3f..ebb1ef3 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vmmetenant.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_vmmetenant.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     template_name = "vmmetenant_playbook.yaml"
 
-    service_key_name = "/opt/xos/synchronizers/vmme/vmme_private_key"
+    service_key_name = "/opt/xos/configurations/mcord/mcord_private_key"
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(SyncVMMETenant, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -34,22 +34,10 @@
 
         return objs
 
-    def get_vmmeservice(self, o):
-        if not o.provider_service:
-            return None
-
-        vmmeservice = VMMEService.get_service_objects().filter(id=o.provider_service.id)
-
-        if not vmmeservice:
-            return None
-
-        return vmmeservice[0]
-
     # Gets the attributes that are used by the Ansible template but are not
     # part of the set of default attributes.
     def get_extra_attributes(self, o):
         fields = {}
         fields['tenant_message'] = o.tenant_message
-        fields['image_name'] = o.image_name
         return fields
 
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/steps/vmmetenant_playbook.yaml b/xos/synchronizer/steps/vmmetenant_playbook.yaml
index c8a74d0..a73231c 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/steps/vmmetenant_playbook.yaml
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/steps/vmmetenant_playbook.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   user: ubuntu 
   sudo: yes 
   tasks: 
+  vars:
+    - tenant_message: "{{ tenant_message }}"
  
  # - name: write message
  #   shell: echo "{{ tenant_message }}" > /var/tmp/index.html
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/vmme-synchronizer.py b/xos/synchronizer/vmme-synchronizer.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755