diff --git a/serverless.yml b/serverless.yml
index c194c70..39682a2 100644
--- a/serverless.yml
+++ b/serverless.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ provider:
   name: aws
   runtime: python3.12
   stage: dev
+  architecture: arm64
   iamRoleStatements:
     - Effect: Allow
       Action:
diff --git a/twitfix.py b/twitfix.py
index 0c14cb9..8bc082a 100644
--- a/twitfix.py
+++ b/twitfix.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 from weakref import finalize
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect, abort, Response, send_from_directory, url_for, send_file, make_response, jsonify
+
+from configHandler import config
+remoteCombine='combination_method' in config['config'] and config['config']['combination_method'] != "local"
+
+if not remoteCombine:
+    import combineImg
+
 from flask_cors import CORS
-import re
 import os
-import combineImg
 from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 import urllib
 import msgs
 import twExtract as twExtract
-from configHandler import config
 from cache import addVnfToLinkCache,getVnfFromLinkCache
 import vxlogging as log
 from utils import getTweetIdFromUrl, pathregex
@@ -314,10 +318,10 @@ def rendercombined():
     # get "imgs" from request arguments
     imgs = request.args.get("imgs", "")
 
-    if 'combination_method' in config['config'] and config['config']['combination_method'] != "local":
+    if remoteCombine:
+        # Redirecting here instead of setting the embed URL directly to this because if the config combination_method changes in the future, old URLs will still work
         url = config['config']['combination_method'] + "/rendercombined.jpg?imgs=" + imgs
         return redirect(url, 302)
-    # Redirecting here instead of setting the embed URL directly to this because if the config combination_method changes in the future, old URLs will still work
 
     imgs = imgs.split(",")
     if (len(imgs) == 0 or len(imgs)>4):