diff --git a/src/routes/provision.js b/src/routes/provision.js
index cacf0cc4c..9a17910d6 100644
--- a/src/routes/provision.js
+++ b/src/routes/provision.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ var assert = require('assert'),
     HttpError = require('connect-lastmile').HttpError,
     HttpSuccess = require('connect-lastmile').HttpSuccess,
     provision = require('../provision.js'),
-    settings = require('../settings.js'),
-    superagent = require('superagent');
+    request = require('request'),
+    settings = require('../settings.js');
 
 function providerTokenAuth(req, res, next) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof req.body, 'object');
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ function providerTokenAuth(req, res, next) {
     if (settings.provider() === 'ami') {
         if (typeof req.body.providerToken !== 'string' || !req.body.providerToken) return next(new HttpError(400, 'providerToken must be a non empty string'));
 
-        superagent.get('http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id').timeout(30 * 1000).end(function (error, result) {
-            if (error && !error.response) return next(new HttpError(500, error));
-            if (result.statusCode !== 200) return next(new HttpError(500, 'Unable to get meta data'));
+        request.get('http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id', { timeout: 30 * 1000 }, function (error, result) {
+            if (error) return next(new HttpError(422, `Network error getting EC2 metadata: ${error.message}`));
+            if (result.statusCode !== 200) return next(new HttpError(422, `Unable to get EC2 meta data. statusCode: ${result.statusCode}`));
 
-            if (result.text !== req.body.providerToken) return next(new HttpError(401, 'Invalid providerToken'));
+            if (result.body !== req.body.providerToken) return next(new HttpError(422, 'Instance ID does not match'));
 
             next();
         });