diff --git a/local-app/tf-directory-setup/remote_state.data.tf.j2 b/local-app/tf-directory-setup/remote_state.data.tf.j2
index 57cefb34..a498a532 100644
--- a/local-app/tf-directory-setup/remote_state.data.tf.j2
+++ b/local-app/tf-directory-setup/remote_state.data.tf.j2
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ data "terraform_remote_state" "{{ data.directory_replaced }}" {
   config = {
     profile        = var.profile
     bucket         = var.tfstate_bucket
-    key            = join("/",compact([var.tfstate_key_prefix,{{ data.directory }},var.tfstate_key_suffix]))
+    key            = join("/",compact([var.tfstate_key_prefix,"{{ data.directory }}",var.tfstate_key_suffix]))
     region         = var.tfstate_region
     dynamodb_table = var.tfstate_table
   }
diff --git a/local-app/tf-directory-setup/remote_state.data.tf.s3.j2 b/local-app/tf-directory-setup/remote_state.data.tf.s3.j2
index 57cefb34..a498a532 100644
--- a/local-app/tf-directory-setup/remote_state.data.tf.s3.j2
+++ b/local-app/tf-directory-setup/remote_state.data.tf.s3.j2
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ data "terraform_remote_state" "{{ data.directory_replaced }}" {
   config = {
     profile        = var.profile
     bucket         = var.tfstate_bucket
-    key            = join("/",compact([var.tfstate_key_prefix,{{ data.directory }},var.tfstate_key_suffix]))
+    key            = join("/",compact([var.tfstate_key_prefix,"{{ data.directory }}",var.tfstate_key_suffix]))
     region         = var.tfstate_region
     dynamodb_table = var.tfstate_table
   }