diff --git a/hack/boskos.sh b/hack/boskos.sh
index c1496a82d..cf06f64bd 100644
--- a/hack/boskos.sh
+++ b/hack/boskos.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 
-USER="cluster-api-provider-ibmcloud"
+USER=${USER:-"cluster-api-provider-ibmcloud"}
 
 release_account(){
     url="http://${BOSKOS_HOST}/release?name=${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_NAME}&dest=dirty&owner=${USER}"
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ checkout_account(){
 
     if [[ ${status_code} == 200 ]]; then
         export BOSKOS_RESOURCE_NAME=$(jq -r '.name' < output.json)
-        export IBMCLOUD_API_KEY=$(jq -r '.userdata["api-key"]' < output.json)
-        export BOSKOS_RESOURCE_GROUP=$(jq -r '.userdata["resource-group"]' < output.json)
         export BOSKOS_REGION=$(jq -r '.userdata["region"]' < output.json)
-        if [[ ${resource_type} == "powervs-service" ]]; then
-            export BOSKOS_RESOURCE_ID=$(jq -r '.userdata["service-instance-id"]' < output.json)
+        api_key=$(jq -er '.userdata["api-key"]' < output.json 2>/dev/null) && export IBMCLOUD_API_KEY="$api_key"
+        if [[  ${resource_type} =~ "powervs" ]]; then
+            export BOSKOS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID=$(jq -r '.userdata["service-instance-id"]' < output.json)
             export BOSKOS_ZONE=$(jq -r '.userdata["zone"]' < output.json)
+        elif [[  ${resource_type} =~ "vpc" ]]; then
+            export BOSKOS_RESOURCE_GROUP=$(jq -r '.userdata["resource-group"]' < output.json)
         fi
         rm -rf output.json
     else
diff --git a/scripts/ci-e2e.sh b/scripts/ci-e2e.sh
index b591fd191..0e2b7ed2c 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-e2e.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ create_powervs_network_instance(){
     ibmcloud pi workspace target ${CRN}
 
     # Create the network instance
-    ${capibmadm} powervs network create --name ${IBMPOWERVS_NETWORK_NAME} --dns-servers 1.1.1.1,8.8.8.8,9.9.9.9 --service-instance-id ${IBMPOWERVS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID} --zone ${ZONE}
+    ${capibmadm} powervs network create --name ${IBMPOWERVS_NETWORK_NAME} --dns-servers 1.1.1.1,8.8.8.8,9.9.9.9 --service-instance-id ${IBMPOWERVS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID} --zone ${IBMPOWERVS_ZONE}
 
 }
 
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ init_network_powervs(){
     create_powervs_network_instance
 
     # Creating PowerVS network port 
-    ${capibmadm} powervs port create --network ${IBMPOWERVS_NETWORK_NAME} --description "capi-e2e" --service-instance-id ${IBMPOWERVS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID} --zone ${ZONE}
+    ${capibmadm} powervs port create --network ${IBMPOWERVS_NETWORK_NAME} --description "capi-e2e" --service-instance-id ${IBMPOWERVS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID} --zone ${IBMPOWERVS_ZONE}
 
     # Get and assign the IPs to the required variables
-    NEW_PORT=$(${capibmadm} powervs port list --service-instance-id ${IBMPOWERVS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID} --zone ${ZONE} --network ${IBMPOWERVS_NETWORK_NAME} -o json)
+    NEW_PORT=$(${capibmadm} powervs port list --service-instance-id ${IBMPOWERVS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID} --zone ${IBMPOWERVS_ZONE} --network ${IBMPOWERVS_NETWORK_NAME} -o json)
     no_of_ports=$(echo ${NEW_PORT} | jq '.items | length')
     if [[ ${no_of_ports} != 1 ]]; then
         echo "Failed to get the required number or ports, got - ${no_of_ports}"
@@ -125,9 +125,8 @@ prerequisites_powervs(){
     # Assigning PowerVS variables
     export IBMPOWERVS_SSHKEY_NAME=${IBMPOWERVS_SSHKEY_NAME:-"powercloud-bot-key"}
     export IBMPOWERVS_IMAGE_NAME=${IBMPOWERVS_IMAGE_NAME:-"capibm-powervs-centos-streams9-1-33-1"}
-    export IBMPOWERVS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID=${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_ID:-"d53da3bf-1f4a-42fa-9735-acf16b1a05cd"}
+    export IBMPOWERVS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID=${BOSKOS_SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID:-"d53da3bf-1f4a-42fa-9735-acf16b1a05cd"}
     export IBMPOWERVS_NETWORK_NAME="capi-net-$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | head --bytes 5)"
-    export ZONE=${BOSKOS_ZONE:-"osa21"}
     export IBMPOWERVS_REGION=${BOSKOS_REGION:-"osa"}
     export IBMPOWERVS_ZONE=${BOSKOS_ZONE:-"osa21"}
     init_network_powervs