diff --git a/terraform/mash-setup-staging/main.tf b/terraform/mash-setup-staging/main.tf
index f731247..2dbf213 100644
--- a/terraform/mash-setup-staging/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/mash-setup-staging/main.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 provider "aws" {
   region = "eu-west-2"
 }
+terraform {
+  backend "s3" {}
+}
 module "mash_data_processing" {
   source = "../modules/api-proxy-s3-sqs"
 
diff --git a/terraform/modules/api-proxy-s3-sqs/providers.tf b/terraform/modules/api-proxy-s3-sqs/providers.tf
index 5752c6b..ed4a9b2 100644
--- a/terraform/modules/api-proxy-s3-sqs/providers.tf
+++ b/terraform/modules/api-proxy-s3-sqs/providers.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 terraform {
-  backend "s3" {}
   required_providers {
     aws = {
       source  = "hashicorp/aws"