diff --git a/terraform/environment/region.tf b/terraform/environment/region.tf
index 71eb807395..b98b76cbe4 100644
--- a/terraform/environment/region.tf
+++ b/terraform/environment/region.tf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module "eu_west_1" {
   autoscaling                                      = local.environment.autoscaling
   associate_alb_with_waf_web_acl_enabled           = local.environment.associate_alb_with_waf_web_acl_enabled
   capacity_provider                                = local.capacity_provider
-  cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled          = local.environment.cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled
+  cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled          = var.cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled
   container_version                                = var.container_version
   cookie_expires_use                               = local.environment.cookie_expires_use
   cookie_expires_view                              = local.environment.cookie_expires_view
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ module "eu_west_2" {
   autoscaling                                      = local.environment.autoscaling
   associate_alb_with_waf_web_acl_enabled           = local.environment.associate_alb_with_waf_web_acl_enabled
   capacity_provider                                = local.capacity_provider
-  cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled          = local.environment.cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled
+  cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled          = var.cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled
   container_version                                = var.container_version
   cookie_expires_use                               = local.environment.cookie_expires_use
   cookie_expires_view                              = local.environment.cookie_expires_view
diff --git a/terraform/environment/terraform.tfvars.json b/terraform/environment/terraform.tfvars.json
index 52cf10c37a..a11c8dd048 100644
--- a/terraform/environment/terraform.tfvars.json
+++ b/terraform/environment/terraform.tfvars.json
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
           "minimum": 2
         }
       },
-      "cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled": false,
+      "cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled": true,
       "cookie_expires_use": 1440,
       "cookie_expires_view": 1440,
       "create_dashboard": false,
diff --git a/terraform/environment/variables.tf b/terraform/environment/variables.tf
index 74f7afa8e2..b48a22d6a5 100644
--- a/terraform/environment/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/environment/variables.tf
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ variable "container_version" {
   description = "The version of the ECS container images to deploy"
 }
 
+variable "cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled" {
+  type        = bool
+  description = "Enable CloudWatch Application Insights"
+}
+
 variable "admin_container_version" {
   type        = string
   default     = "latest"
@@ -46,7 +51,6 @@ variable "environments" {
       })
       cookie_expires_use                               = number
       cookie_expires_view                              = number
-      cloudwatch_application_insights_enabled          = bool
       create_dashboard                                 = bool
       create_onelogin_dashboard                        = bool
       google_analytics_id_use                          = string