diff --git a/state_machines/email_form_fill/state_machine.json b/state_machines/email_form_fill/state_machine.json
index 542ef83..3a785cb 100644
--- a/state_machines/email_form_fill/state_machine.json
+++ b/state_machines/email_form_fill/state_machine.json
@@ -223,4 +223,4 @@
         "Type": "Parallel"
       }
     }
-  }
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/state_machines/email_form_fill/state_machine.tf b/state_machines/email_form_fill/state_machine.tf
index 8c53340..f54a9d4 100644
--- a/state_machines/email_form_fill/state_machine.tf
+++ b/state_machines/email_form_fill/state_machine.tf
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "sfn_lambda_invoke_access" {
 resource "aws_sfn_state_machine" "sfn_state_machine" {
   name     = "esta-rfp-form-filler"
   role_arn = aws_iam_role.iam_for_sfn.arn
-  definition = jsonencode("${path.module}/state_machine.json")
+  definition = jsonencode(file("${path.module}/state_machine.json"))
 }