diff --git a/terraform/scripts/start.sh b/terraform/scripts/start.sh
index 47eb482..97a6457 100755
--- a/terraform/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/terraform/scripts/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 REPO_ROOT=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/../..
 
 # Destroy the desktop environment cloud virtual machine
-$REPO_ROOT/terraform/scripts/terraform.sh apply
+$REPO_ROOT/terraform/scripts/terraform.sh apply -auto-approve
diff --git a/terraform/scripts/stop.sh b/terraform/scripts/stop.sh
index 4692598..b9bbaac 100755
--- a/terraform/scripts/stop.sh
+++ b/terraform/scripts/stop.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 REPO_ROOT=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/../..
 
 # Destroy the desktop environment cloud virtual machine
-$REPO_ROOT/terraform/scripts/terraform.sh destroy
+$REPO_ROOT/terraform/scripts/terraform.sh destroy -auto-approve