diff --git a/aws/lambda/spot_instance/start.sh b/aws/lambda/spot_instance/start.sh
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+++ b/aws/lambda/spot_instance/start.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+lambda_function="spot_start"
+
+aws lambda invoke --function-name ${lambda_function} --cli-binary-format raw-in-base64-out --payload '{ "key": "value" }' response.json
+
+rm response.json
diff --git a/aws/lambda/spot_instance/stop.sh b/aws/lambda/spot_instance/stop.sh
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+++ b/aws/lambda/spot_instance/stop.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+lambda_function="spot_stop"
+
+aws lambda invoke --function-name ${lambda_function} --cli-binary-format raw-in-base64-out --payload '{ "key": "value" }' response.json
+
+rm response.json