diff --git a/migration-readme.md b/migration-readme.md
index 0328319c..539cbec5 100644
--- a/migration-readme.md
+++ b/migration-readme.md
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ func (b *blahResource) Create(ctx context.Context, request resource.CreateReques
     newResource := ...
 
     // call client for create
-    blah := blahResources.Add(b.Client, util.GetSpace(), newResource)
+	// the space id here should come from the plan. 
+	// If the user doesn't provide a space_id on the plan, this will return an empty string, which the client will replace with the 
+	// space_id configured on the provider, otherwise the API will assume the default space.
+    blah := blahResources.Add(b.Client, plan.SpaceID.ValueString(), newResource)
 
     // map result to state
     plan.Name := types.StringValue(blah.Name)
diff --git a/octopusdeploy_framework/resource_variable.go b/octopusdeploy_framework/resource_variable.go
index e8ecd944..96a842f1 100644
--- a/octopusdeploy_framework/resource_variable.go
+++ b/octopusdeploy_framework/resource_variable.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (r *variableTypeResource) Create(ctx context.Context, req resource.CreateRe
 
 	tflog.Info(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("creating variable: %#v", newVariable))
 
-	variableSet, err := variables.AddSingle(r.Config.Client, r.Config.SpaceID, variableOwnerId.ValueString(), newVariable)
+	variableSet, err := variables.AddSingle(r.Config.Client, data.SpaceID.ValueString(), variableOwnerId.ValueString(), newVariable)
 	if err != nil {
 		resp.Diagnostics.AddError("create variable failed", err.Error())
 		return