diff --git a/.github/workflows/ecs_deployment_apply.yaml b/.github/workflows/ecs_deployment_apply.yaml
index 6ee9ad09..c409543d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ecs_deployment_apply.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ecs_deployment_apply.yaml
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ on:
       workspace:
         description: "The workspace to terraform against"
         required: true
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - " "
-          - prod
+        type: string
+        default: "dev"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.event.inputs.workspace }}-terraform
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
-  workspace: ${{ github.event.inputs.workspace }}
+  workspace: dev
   terraform_action: apply
 
 jobs:
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup Terraform
-        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3
+        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3.1.2
         with:
           terraform_version: "1.9.8"
 
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           DYNAMODB_TABLE: ${{ secrets.TFSTATE_DYNAMODB_TABLE }}
           OWNER: ${{ vars.OWNER }}
           PROJECT: ${{ vars.PROJECT }}
-          REGION: ${{ vars.AWS_REGION }}
+          REGION: ${{ vars.region }}
           WORKSPACE: ${{ env.workspace }}
           UMLS_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.UMLS_API_KEY }}
           ERSD_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ERSD_API_KEY}}
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "owner = \"$OWNER\"" >> $WORKSPACE.tfvars
           echo "project = \"$PROJECT\"" >> $WORKSPACE.tfvars
           echo "region = \"$REGION\"" >> $WORKSPACE.tfvars               
-          terraform init \
+          terraform init -reconfigure \
             -var-file="$WORKSPACE.tfvars" \
             -backend-config "bucket=$BUCKET" \
             -backend-config "dynamodb_table=$DYNAMODB_TABLE" \