diff --git a/terraform/s3-web-files.tf b/terraform/s3-web-files.tf
index 95dbc1d2..34e45220 100644
--- a/terraform/s3-web-files.tf
+++ b/terraform/s3-web-files.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 locals {
   # a local to determine if our workspace is "prod"
-  is_prod = var.workspace == "prod"
+  is_prod = terraform.workspace == "prod"
 
   # set the_files to and empty map in the non-prod workspace
   # and to a map of files in the prod workspace