diff --git a/backend.tf b/backend.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa514fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+terraform {
+  backend "s3" {
+    bucket         = "inf-tfstate-229685449397"
+    key            = "csvd-dev-gov/common/apps/terraform-repos"
+    region         = "us-gov-east-1"
+    dynamodb_table = "tf_remote_state"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 57b5f0f..f87f0e1 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ locals {
     naray007 = "write",
     morga471 = "write",
     lolli001 = "write",
-    gomez385 = "write"
+    # gomez385 = "write"
   }
 }