diff --git a/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf b/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf
index 2e6c86a34a7..53367cbc0fe 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf
+++ b/terraform/environments/apex/ec2.tf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cd /etc
 mkdir cloudwatch_agent
 cd cloudwatch_agent
 echo '${data.local_file.cloudwatch_agent.content}' > cloudwatch_agent_config.json
-/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -s -c file:cloudwatch_agent_config.json
+/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -s -c file:/etc/cloudwatch_agent/cloudwatch_agent_config.json
 
 EOF
 }