diff --git a/builtin/files/cluster.yaml.tmpl b/builtin/files/cluster.yaml.tmpl
index 16849ba23..923807061 100644
--- a/builtin/files/cluster.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/builtin/files/cluster.yaml.tmpl
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ clusterName: {{.ClusterName}}
 # The URI of the S3 bucket for the cluster
 s3URI: {{.S3URI}}
 
-# CoreOS release channel to use. Currently supported options: alpha, beta, stable
+# Flatcar release channel to use. Currently supported options: alpha, beta, stable
 # See coreos.com/releases for more information
 #releaseChannel: stable
 
-# The AMI ID of CoreOS.
+# The AMI ID of Flatcar.
 #
 # To update this to the latest AMI run the following command with the appropriate region and channel then place the resulting ID here
-#   REGION=eu-west-1 && CHANNEL=stable && curl -s https://coreos.com/dist/aws/aws-$CHANNEL.json | jq -r ".\"$REGION\".hvm"
+#   REGION=eu-west-1 CHANNEL=stable curl -s https://$CHANNEL.release.flatcar-linux.net/amd64-usr/current/flatcar_production_ami_all.json | jq  -r ".amis[] | select(.name==\"$REGION\") .hvm
 amiId: "{{.AmiId}}"
 
-# Container Linux has automatic updates https://coreos.com/os/docs/latest/update-strategies.html. This can be a risk in certain situations and this is why is disabled by default and you can enable it by setting this param to false.
+# Flatcar has automatic updates https://docs.flatcar-linux.org/os/update-strategies/#disable-automatic-updates-daemon. This can be a risk in certain situations and this is why is disabled by default and you can enable it by setting this param to false.
 disableContainerLinuxAutomaticUpdates: true
 
 # Customizes how kube-aws deals with CloudFormation
diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 47fa60ab7..47fb9344e 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/builtin"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/core/root/config"
-	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/coreos/amiregistry"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/filegen"
+	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/flatcar/amiregistry"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/logger"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
diff --git a/coreos/amiregistry/amiregistry.go b/coreos/amiregistry/amiregistry.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 805507908..000000000
--- a/coreos/amiregistry/amiregistry.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package amiregistry
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-)
-
-func GetAMI(region, channel string) (string, error) {
-
-	regions, err := GetAMIData(channel)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "uanble to fetch AMI for channel \"%s\": %v", channel, err)
-	}
-
-	amis, ok := regions[region]
-	if !ok {
-		return "", errors.Errorf("could not find region \"%s\" for channel \"%s\"", region, channel)
-	}
-
-	if ami, ok := amis["hvm"]; ok {
-		return ami, nil
-	}
-
-	return "", errors.Errorf("could not find \"hvm\" image for region \"%s\" and channel \"%s\"", region, channel)
-}
-
-func GetAMIData(channel string) (map[string]map[string]string, error) {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://coreos.com/dist/aws/aws-%s.json", channel)
-	r, err := newHttp().Get(url)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get AMI data from url \"%s\": %v", channel, err)
-	}
-
-	if r.StatusCode != 200 {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get AMI data from url \"%s\": invalid status code: %d", url, r.StatusCode)
-	}
-
-	output := map[string]map[string]string{}
-
-	err = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&output)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to parse AMI data from url \"%s\": %v", url, err)
-	}
-	r.Body.Close()
-
-	return output, nil
-}
diff --git a/flatcar/amiregistry/amiregistry.go b/flatcar/amiregistry/amiregistry.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5de60911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flatcar/amiregistry/amiregistry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package amiregistry
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func GetAMI(region, channel string) (string, error) {
+
+	amis, err := GetAMIData(channel)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("uanble to fetch AMI for channel \"%s\": %v", channel, err)
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range amis {
+		if v["name"] != region {
+			continue
+		}
+		if hvm, ok := v["hvm"]; ok {
+			return hvm, nil
+		} else {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("could not find \"hvm\" image for region \"%s\" in flatcar channel \"%s\"", region, channel)
+}
+
+func GetAMIData(channel string) ([]map[string]string, error) {
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s.release.flatcar-linux.net/amd64-usr/current/flatcar_production_ami_all.json", channel)
+	r, err := newHttp().Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get AMI data from url \"%s\": %v", channel, err)
+	}
+
+	if r.StatusCode != 200 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get AMI data from url \"%s\": invalid status code: %d", url, r.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	output := map[string][]map[string]string{}
+
+	err = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&output)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse AMI data from url \"%s\": %v", url, err)
+	}
+	r.Body.Close()
+
+	return output["amis"], nil
+}
diff --git a/coreos/amiregistry/reliable_http.go b/flatcar/amiregistry/reliable_http.go
similarity index 100%
rename from coreos/amiregistry/reliable_http.go
rename to flatcar/amiregistry/reliable_http.go
diff --git a/coreos/amiregistry/reliable_http_test.go b/flatcar/amiregistry/reliable_http_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from coreos/amiregistry/reliable_http_test.go
rename to flatcar/amiregistry/reliable_http_test.go
diff --git a/pkg/model/compiler.go b/pkg/model/compiler.go
index 3d9acbd3f..ef3795742 100644
--- a/pkg/model/compiler.go
+++ b/pkg/model/compiler.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/coreos/amiregistry"
+	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/flatcar/amiregistry"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/model/node_pool_compile.go b/pkg/model/node_pool_compile.go
index cd3767051..68add265f 100644
--- a/pkg/model/node_pool_compile.go
+++ b/pkg/model/node_pool_compile.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package model
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/coreos/amiregistry"
+	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/flatcar/amiregistry"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/logger"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"