diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index a3481476d..416134b7f 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 ---
 :ems:
   :ems_amazon:
+    :event_handling:
+      :event_groups:
+        :addition:
+          :critical:
+          - AWS_EC2_Instance_CREATE
+          - AWS_EC2_Instance_UPDATE
+          - AWS_EC2_Instance_DELETE
+        :power:
+          :critical:
+          - AWS_EC2_Instance_running
+          - AWS_EC2_Instance_shutting-down
+          - AWS_EC2_Instance_stopped
     :blacklisted_event_names:
       - ConfigurationSnapshotDeliveryCompleted
       - ConfigurationSnapshotDeliveryStarted