diff --git a/.github/workflows/terraform.yml b/.github/workflows/terraform.yml
index 0e5c867e7..b33c9b109 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/terraform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/terraform.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # terraform_version: 0.13.0:
           cli_config_credentials_token: ${{ secrets.TF_API_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-2
+      
+      - name: Test var
+        id: testvar
+        run: echo "${{ vars.TF_VAR_STATE_BUCKET }}" 
+
+      - name: Download backend
+        id: s3d
+        run: aws s3api get-object --bucket ${{ vars.TF_VAR_STATE_BUCKET }} --key backend.personal.tfvars backend.personal.tfvars
 
       - name: Terraform Format
         id: fmt
@@ -28,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Terraform Init
         id: init
-        run: terraform init
+        run: terraform init -backend-config="backend.personal.tfvars"
       
       - name: Terraform Validate
         id: validate
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 15ab5efe7..71c2d32d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ crash.*.log
 # password, private keys, and other secrets. These should not be part of version
 # control as they are data points which are potentially sensitive and subject
 # to change depending on the environment.
-*.tfvars
-*.tfvars.json
+# *.tfvars
+# *.tfvars.json
 
 # Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
 # are not checked in
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index cacd40f1d..81c365363 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@ terraform {
     }
   }
   required_version = ">= 1.1.0"
+  # cloud {
+  #   organization = "cornebester"
 
-  cloud {
-    organization = "REPLACE_ME"
+  #   workspaces {
+  #     name = "gh-actions-demo"
+  #   }
+  # }
 
-    workspaces {
-      name = "gh-actions-demo"
-    }
+  backend "s3" {
+    bucket = var.state_bucket
   }
 }