diff --git a/infra/backend.tf b/infra/backend.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3564cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/backend.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 0.13"
+  backend "s3" {
+      bucket  = "project-athens"
+      key     = "infra/state/build.tfstate"
+      region  = "us-west-1"
+      encrypt = true
+  }
+  required_providers {
+    aws = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
+      version = "4.13.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Base config for using AWS features w/ Terraform
+provider "aws" {
+  access_key = var.aws_key
+  secret_key = var.aws_secret
+  region = var.aws_region
+  max_retries = 1
+}
+
diff --git a/infra/provider.tf b/infra/provider.tf
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index ac07ecb..0000000
--- a/infra/provider.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-provider "aws" {
-  access_key = var.aws_key
-  secret_key = var.aws_secret
-  region = var.aws_region
-  max_retries = 1
-}