diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-playground.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-playground.yml
index ad0df69b37..d7f52939c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-playground.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-playground.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ on:
         description: 'AWS EC2 instance type (t2.micro, t2.large)'
         required: false
         default: 't2.micro'
-
+      stackNamePrefix:
+        description: 'Additional identifier to include in stack name'
+        required: false
+        default: 'playground'
+      # TODO: customDomain instead of ip_address.nip.io
+      # customDomain:
+      #   description: 'DNS hostname to use for deployment'
+      #   required: false
+      #   default: ''
 defaults:
   run:
     working-directory: devops/aws
@@ -29,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Create an EC2 instance and configure docker-compose stack
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      STACK_NAME: joystream-playground-${{ github.event.inputs.branchName }}-${{ github.run_number }}
+      STACK_NAME: ${{ github.event.inputs.stackNamePrefix }}-${{ github.event.inputs.branchName }}-${{ github.run_number }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/devops/aws/deploy-playground-playbook.yml b/devops/aws/deploy-playground-playbook.yml
index e95ad1b029..ed0db31d35 100644
--- a/devops/aws/deploy-playground-playbook.yml
+++ b/devops/aws/deploy-playground-playbook.yml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
         chdir: '{{ remote_code_path }}'
       environment:
         PERSIST: 'true'
-        COLOSSUS_1_NODE_URI: 'https://{{ inventory_hostname }}.nip.io/colossus-1/'
-        DISTRIBUTOR_1_NODE_URI: 'https://{{ inventory_hostname }}.nip.io/distributor-1/'
+        COLOSSUS_1_URL: 'https://{{ inventory_hostname }}.nip.io/colossus-1/'
+        DISTRIBUTOR_1_URL: 'https://{{ inventory_hostname }}.nip.io/distributor-1/'
       async: 1800
       poll: 0
       register: compose_result
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 485949924f..da379569f4 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ docker-compose up -d joystream-node
 ## Init the chain with some state
 export SKIP_MOCK_CONTENT=true
 HOST_IP=$(tests/network-tests/get-host-ip.sh)
-export COLOSSUS_1_URL="http://${HOST_IP}:3333"
+export COLOSSUS_1_URL=${COLOSSUS_1_URL:="http://${HOST_IP}:3333"}
 export COLOSSUS_1_TRANSACTOR_KEY=$(docker run --rm --pull=always docker.io/parity/subkey:2.0.1 inspect ${COLOSSUS_1_TRANSACTOR_URI} --output-type json | jq .ss58Address -r)
-export DISTRIBUTOR_1_URL="http://${HOST_IP}:3334"
+export DISTRIBUTOR_1_URL=${DISTRIBUTOR_1_URL:="http://${HOST_IP}:3334"}
 ./tests/network-tests/run-test-scenario.sh ${INIT_CHAIN_SCENARIO}
 
 ## Set sudo as the membership screening authority