diff --git a/api/README.md b/api/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d19351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# API Server for Pare Cloud
+
+Responsible for managing the lifecycle of a Pare endpoint.
+
+Handles user authentication, routing based on the git hash, and deploying/updating Lambdas.
diff --git a/api/src/deploy/lambda_deploy.py b/api/src/deploy/lambda_deploy.py
index bbc347d..fd7a02e 100644
--- a/api/src/deploy/lambda_deploy.py
+++ b/api/src/deploy/lambda_deploy.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import json
-from typing import Callable, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Callable, TypeVar
 
 import boto3
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
@@ -11,7 +11,26 @@
 from src import settings
 
 
-def create_ecr_repository(repository_name: str) -> bool:
+def generate_ecr_repo_policy(function_name: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return {
+        "Version": "2012-10-17",
+        "Statement": [
+            {
+                "Sid": "LambdaECRImageRetrievalPolicy",
+                "Effect": "Allow",
+                "Principal": {"Service": "lambda.amazonaws.com"},
+                "Action": ["ecr:BatchGetImage", "ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer"],
+                "Condition": {
+                    "StringLike": {
+                        "aws:sourceArn": f"arn:aws:lambda:{settings.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}:{settings.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:function:{function_name}"
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+def create_ecr_repository(repository_name: str, function_name: str) -> bool:
     ecr_client = boto3.client("ecr", region_name=settings.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION)  # type: ignore
 
     try:
@@ -30,7 +49,7 @@ def create_ecr_repository(repository_name: str) -> bool:
 
     ecr_client.set_repository_policy(  # type: ignore
         repositoryName=repository_name,
-        policyText=json.dumps(settings.ECR_REPO_POLICY),
+        policyText=json.dumps(generate_ecr_repo_policy(function_name)),
     )
     print(f"Repository policy set for '{repository_name}'")
     return True
diff --git a/api/src/deploy/routes.py b/api/src/deploy/routes.py
index 04dd964..0caaf8a 100644
--- a/api/src/deploy/routes.py
+++ b/api/src/deploy/routes.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ async def deploy_image(
 ) -> bool:
     repo_name = build_ecr_repo_name(user, service_config.name)
     tag = deploy_config.git_hash
-    repo_created = create_ecr_repository(repo_name)
+    function_name = build_lambda_function_name(repo_name, tag)
+    repo_created = create_ecr_repository(repo_name, function_name=function_name)
     if not repo_created:
         print(f"Failed to create ECR repository for {repo_name}")
         return False
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ async def deploy_image(
         return False
 
     return await deploy_python_lambda_function_from_ecr(
-        function_name=build_lambda_function_name(repo_name, tag),
+        function_name=function_name,
         image_name=build_result.image_name,
         environment_variables=deploy_config.environment_variables,
     )
diff --git a/api/src/settings.py b/api/src/settings.py
index 6389970..53900fc 100644
--- a/api/src/settings.py
+++ b/api/src/settings.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
 
 from environs import Env
 
@@ -36,23 +35,6 @@
 AWS_LAMBDA_UPDATE_INITIAL_BACKOFF: int = env.int("AWS_LAMBDA_UPDATE_INITIAL_BACKOFF", 1)
 AWS_LAMBDA_UPDATE_MAX_RETRIES: int = env.int("AWS_LAMBDA_UPDATE_MAX_RETRIES", 8)
 
-ECR_REPO_POLICY: dict[str, Any] = {
-    "Version": "2012-10-17",
-    "Statement": [
-        {
-            "Sid": "LambdaECRImageRetrievalPolicy",
-            "Effect": "Allow",
-            "Principal": {"Service": "lambda.amazonaws.com"},
-            "Action": ["ecr:BatchGetImage", "ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer"],
-            "Condition": {
-                "StringLike": {
-                    "aws:sourceArn": f"arn:aws:lambda:{AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}:{AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:function:*"
-                }
-            },
-        }
-    ],
-}
-
 PARE_ATOMIC_DEPLOYMENT_HEADER: str = env.str(
     "PARE_ATOMIC_DEPLOYMENT_HEADER", "X-Pare-Atomic-Deployment"
 )