diff --git a/examples/blueprint-construct/index.ts b/examples/blueprint-construct/index.ts
index 513be4169..3f9ec2491 100644
--- a/examples/blueprint-construct/index.ts
+++ b/examples/blueprint-construct/index.ts
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ function addCustomNodeGroup(): blueprints.ManagedNodeGroup {
 
     return {
         id: "mng2-customami",
+        amiType: NodegroupAmiType.AL2_X86_64,
         instanceTypes: [new ec2.InstanceType('t3.large')],
         nodeGroupCapacityType: CapacityType.SPOT,
         desiredSize: 0,
@@ -326,52 +327,20 @@ function addCustomNodeGroup(): blueprints.ManagedNodeGroup {
 }
 
 function addWindowsNodeGroup(): blueprints.ManagedNodeGroup {
-    
-    const windowsUserData = ec2.UserData.forWindows();
-    windowsUserData.addCommands(`
-      $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
-      $EKSBootstrapScriptPath = "C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Amazon\\\\EKS\\\\Start-EKSBootstrap.ps1"
-      Try {
-        & $EKSBootstrapScriptPath -EKSClusterName 'blueprint-construct-dev'
-      } Catch {
-        Throw $_
-      }
-    `);
-    const ebsDeviceProps: ec2.EbsDeviceProps = {
-        deleteOnTermination: false,
-        volumeType: ec2.EbsDeviceVolumeType.GP2
-    };
 
     return {
         id: "mng3-windowsami",
-        amiType: NodegroupAmiType.AL2_X86_64,
+        amiType: NodegroupAmiType.WINDOWS_CORE_2019_X86_64,
         instanceTypes: [new ec2.InstanceType('m5.4xlarge')],
         desiredSize: 0,
         minSize: 0, 
         nodeRole: blueprints.getNamedResource("node-role") as iam.Role,
-        launchTemplate: {
-            blockDevices: [
-                {
-                    deviceName: "/dev/sda1",
-                    volume: ec2.BlockDeviceVolume.ebs(50, ebsDeviceProps),
-                }
-            ],
-            machineImage: ec2.MachineImage.genericWindows({
-                'us-east-1': 'ami-0e80b8d281637c6c1',
-                'us-east-2': 'ami-039ecff89038848a6',
-                'us-west-1': 'ami-0c0815035bf1efb6e',
-                'us-west-2': 'ami-029e1340b254a7667',
-                'eu-west-1': 'ami-09af50f599f7f882c',
-                'eu-west-2': 'ami-0bf1fec1eaef78230',
-            }),
-            securityGroup: blueprints.getNamedResource("my-cluster-security-group") as ec2.ISecurityGroup,
-            tags: {
-                "Name": "Mng3",
-                "Type": "Managed-WindowsNode-Group",
-                "LaunchTemplate": "WindowsLT",
-                "kubernetes.io/cluster/blueprint-construct-dev": "owned"
-            },
-            userData: windowsUserData,
+        diskSize: 50,
+        tags: {
+            "Name": "Mng3",
+            "Type": "Managed-WindowsNode-Group",
+            "LaunchTemplate": "WindowsLT",
+            "kubernetes.io/cluster/blueprint-construct-dev": "owned"
         }
     };
 }
diff --git a/lib/cluster-providers/generic-cluster-provider.ts b/lib/cluster-providers/generic-cluster-provider.ts
index 6e600e6ca..983209542 100644
--- a/lib/cluster-providers/generic-cluster-provider.ts
+++ b/lib/cluster-providers/generic-cluster-provider.ts
@@ -393,8 +393,11 @@ export class GenericClusterProvider implements ClusterProvider {
             });
             const tags = Object.entries(nodeGroup.launchTemplate.tags ?? {});
             tags.forEach(([key, options]) => Tags.of(lt).add(key,options));
-            delete nodegroupOptions.amiType;
-            delete nodegroupOptions.releaseVersion;
+            if (nodeGroup.launchTemplate?.machineImage) {
+                delete nodegroupOptions.amiType;
+                delete nodegroupOptions.releaseVersion;
+                delete nodeGroup.amiReleaseVersion;
+            }
         }
 
         const result = cluster.addNodegroupCapacity(nodeGroup.id + "-ng", nodegroupOptions);