diff --git a/playbooks/create_droplet.yml b/playbooks/create_droplet.yml
index fc7ece1..c2feb30 100644
--- a/playbooks/create_droplet.yml
+++ b/playbooks/create_droplet.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   vars:
     mpdf:
       - 'nyc3-mpdf'
-    number: 5
+    count: 5
     mpdb:
       - 'nyc3-mpdb'
   tasks:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
           - 'ansible'
           - 'mpdf'
       register: created_droplets
-      with_sequence: count="{{ number }}"
+      loop: "{{ range(1,count+1)|list }}"
 
     - name: create backend droplets
       digital_ocean_droplet:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         region:  nyc3
         image: debian-11-x64
         wait_timeout: 100
-        name: "mpdf{{item }}"
+        name: "mpdf{{ item }}"
         size_id: s-1vcpu-1gb
         state: present
         oauth_token: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'DO_API_TOKEN') }}"
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@
           - 'ansible'
           - 'mpdb'
       register: created_droplets
-      with_sequence: count="{{ number }}"
+      loop: "{{ range(1,count+1)|list }}"
      
diff --git a/playbooks/delete_droplet.yml b/playbooks/delete_droplet.yml
index c669745..c7d73f8 100644
--- a/playbooks/delete_droplet.yml
+++ b/playbooks/delete_droplet.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
   vars:
     mpdf:
       - 'nyc3-mpdf'
-    number:
-      - '1'
-      - '2'
+    count: 5
     mpdb:
       - 'nyc3-mpdb'
   tasks:
@@ -17,25 +15,31 @@
         region:  nyc3
         image: debian-11-x64
         wait_timeout: 100
-        name: "{{ item.0 }}{{item.1 }}"
+        name: "mpdb{{ item }}"
         size_id: s-1vcpu-1gb
         state: absent
         oauth_token: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'DO_API_TOKEN') }}"
         ssh_keys: [ '94:5e:bc:d4:fe:5a:b0:74:7f:06:fc:4e:3d:f7:3e:ea' ] # <---- put your numeric ssh key in here
+        tags: 
+          - 'ansible'
+          - 'mpdf'
       register: deleted_droplets
-      loop: "{{ mpdf | product(number) }}"
- 
-    - name: delete  backend droplets
+      loop: "{{ range(1,count+1)|list }}"
+
+    - name: delete 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: absent
         oauth_token: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'DO_API_TOKEN') }}"
         ssh_keys: [ '94:5e:bc:d4:fe:5a:b0:74:7f:06:fc:4e:3d:f7:3e:ea' ] # <---- put your numeric ssh key in here
+        tags: 
+          - 'ansible'
+          - 'mpdb'
       register: deleted_droplets
-      loop: "{{ mpdb | product(number) }}"
-      
+      loop: "{{ range(1,count+1)|list }}"
+