diff --git a/permissionset/settings.tf b/permissionset/settings.tf
index 244b57d..421067f 100644
--- a/permissionset/settings.tf
+++ b/permissionset/settings.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 locals {
-  settings           = var.settings_file != null && fileexists(var.settings_file) ? yamldecode(file(var.settings_file)) : null
+  settings           = var.settings_file != null ? (fileexists(var.settings_file) ? yamldecode(file(var.settings_file)) : null) : null
   name               = coalesce(var.name, try(local.settings.group, null))
   description        = coalesce(var.description, try(local.settings.description, null), local.name)
   auto_policy_acount = try(local.settings.auto_policy_count, var.auto_policy_count)