diff --git a/playbooks/create_droplet.yml b/playbooks/create_droplet.yml
index d50593f..fc7ece1 100644
--- a/playbooks/create_droplet.yml
+++ b/playbooks/create_droplet.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
   vars:
     mpdf:
       - 'nyc3-mpdf'
-    number:
-      - '1'
-      - '2'
+    number: 5
     mpdb:
       - 'nyc3-mpdb'
   tasks:
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@
         region:  nyc3
         image: debian-11-x64
         wait_timeout: 100
-        name: "{{ item.0 }}{{item.1 }}"
+        name: "mpdb{{ item }}"
         size_id: s-1vcpu-1gb
         state: present
         oauth_token: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'DO_API_TOKEN') }}"
@@ -26,15 +24,15 @@
           - 'ansible'
           - 'mpdf'
       register: created_droplets
-      loop: "{{ mpdf | product(number) }}"
- 
+      with_sequence: count="{{ number }}"
+
     - name: create backend droplets
       digital_ocean_droplet:
         unique_name: yes
         region:  nyc3
         image: debian-11-x64
         wait_timeout: 100
-        name: "{{ item.0 }}{{item.1 }}"
+        name: "mpdf{{item }}"
         size_id: s-1vcpu-1gb
         state: present
         oauth_token: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'DO_API_TOKEN') }}"
@@ -43,5 +41,5 @@
           - 'ansible'
           - 'mpdb'
       register: created_droplets
-      loop: "{{ mpdb | product(number) }}"
+      with_sequence: count="{{ number }}"