diff --git a/cloud/terraform/README.md b/cloud/terraform/README.md
index 661276511cc209e9901bded627c19a1458c9c539..743f9d89b7ebc4fc5a58832dfc640f8d62469de9 100644
--- a/cloud/terraform/README.md
+++ b/cloud/terraform/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ The script is available in the cloud/lambda directory of this project.
 The following operations need to be performed (adapting the region you are using):
 
 ```
-zip lambda-jsonapi.zip ../lambda/lambda-jsonapi.js
+cp ../lambda/lambda-jsonapi.js .
+zip lambda-jsonapi.zip lambda-jsonapi.js
 aws s3api create-bucket --bucket=lambda-jsonapi-code-bucket --region=us-east-1
 aws s3 cp lambda-jsonapi.zip s3://lambda-jsonapi-code-bucket/v1.0.0/lambda-jsonapi.zip
 ```