diff --git a/setup/aws-alias.sh b/setup/aws-alias.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 0b86d0b13..1724462dc
--- a/setup/aws-alias.sh
+++ b/setup/aws-alias.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-alias aws-get-p2='export instanceId=`aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=instance-state-name,Values=stopped,Name=instance-type,Values=p2.xlarge" --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].InstanceId"` && echo $instanceId'
-alias aws-get-t2='export instanceId=`aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=instance-state-name,Values=stopped,Name=instance-type,Values=t2.xlarge" --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].InstanceId"` && echo $instanceId'
+alias aws-get-p2='export instanceId=`aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=instance-state-name,Values=stopped,Name=instance-type,Values=p2.xlarge" --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].InstanceId" | sed "s/\"//g"` && echo $instanceId'
+alias aws-get-t2='export instanceId=`aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=instance-state-name,Values=stopped,Name=instance-type,Values=t2.xlarge" --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].InstanceId" | sed "s/\"//g"` && echo $instanceId'
 alias aws-start='aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids $instanceId && aws ec2 wait instance-running --instance-ids $instanceId && export instanceIp=`aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=instance-id,Values=$instanceId" --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].PublicIpAddress"` && echo $instanceIp'
-alias aws-ip='export instanceIp=`aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=instance-id,Values=$instanceId" --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].PublicIpAddress"` && echo $instanceIp'
+alias aws-ip='export instanceIp=`aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=instance-id,Values=$instanceId" --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].PublicIpAddress" | sed "s/\"//g"` && echo $instanceIp'
 alias aws-ssh='ssh -i ~/.ssh/aws-key-fast-ai.pem ubuntu@$instanceIp'
 alias aws-stop='aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids $instanceId'
 alias aws-state='aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids $instanceId --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].State.Name"'