diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5f52ed..3150f69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Developer NOTE: We should automate this configuration.
 
 | Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
 |------|-------------|------|---------|:--------:|
+| <a name="input_account_id"></a> [account\_id](#input\_account\_id) | The account\_id holding these resources (for the s3 bucket.) | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_cluster_name"></a> [cluster\_name](#input\_cluster\_name) | EKS cluster name name component used through out the EKS cluster describing its purpose (ex: dice-dev) | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_namespace"></a> [namespace](#input\_namespace) | The namespace into which tempo will be deployed | `string` | `"tempo"` | no |
 | <a name="input_oidc_provider_arn"></a> [oidc\_provider\_arn](#input\_oidc\_provider\_arn) | The ARN in the EKS cluster for the OpenID Connect identity provider. | `string` | n/a | yes |
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index fa70175..e609b91 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 locals {
-  oidc_arn = var.oidc_provider_arn
-  tags     = var.tags
+  oidc_arn   = var.oidc_provider_arn
+  tags       = var.tags
+  account_id = var.account_id
 }
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index ce7152f..e824a9d 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ variable "region" {
   type        = string
 }
 
+variable "account_id" {
+  description = "The account_id holding these resources (for the s3 bucket.)"
+  type        = string
+}
+
 variable "cluster_name" {
   description = "EKS cluster name name component used through out the EKS cluster describing its purpose (ex: dice-dev)"
   type        = string