diff --git a/apigw-lambda-rekognition/README.md b/apigw-lambda-rekognition/README.md
index 7dd0d0594..faa6701d4 100644
--- a/apigw-lambda-rekognition/README.md
+++ b/apigw-lambda-rekognition/README.md
@@ -47,13 +47,17 @@ Important: this application uses various AWS services and there are costs associ
 
 1. Make a POST request to the API using the following cURL command:
 
+    ```
     curl --location 'https://<api-id>.execute-api.<region>.amazonaws.com/dev/generate-presigned-url' --header 'Content-Type: text/plain' --data '{"object_name": "image.png", "content_type": "image/png"}'
+    ```
 
     Note: Replace 'api-id' with the generated API ID from Terraform, 'region' with the region where the API is deployed (refer to the Terraform Outputs section) 'object_name' with your desired name for the S3 object and 'content_type' with the content type of the image, for ex, png or jpeg
 
 1. Get the pre-signed URL from the previous step and use the following cURL command to upload the object in S3:
 
-    curl -v --location --request PUT '<presigned-url>' --header 'Content-Type: image/png' --data '<path-of-the-object>.png'
+    ```
+    curl -v --location --request PUT '<presigned-url>' --header 'Content-Type: image/png' --data-binary @image.png
+    ```
 
     Note: Replace 'presigned-url' with pre-signed URL generated in the previous step. 'Content-Type' should match the content type used to generate the pre-signed URL in the previous step. Make sure you are passing the correct path of the object in the --data parameter.
 
@@ -96,4 +100,4 @@ Important: this application uses various AWS services and there are costs associ
 ----
 Copyright 2024 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 
-SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
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+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
diff --git a/apigw-lambda-rekognition/main.tf b/apigw-lambda-rekognition/main.tf
index 80aa360cd..59135cf17 100644
--- a/apigw-lambda-rekognition/main.tf
+++ b/apigw-lambda-rekognition/main.tf
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ resource "aws_s3_bucket_notification" "s3_bucket_notification" {
     lambda_function_arn = aws_lambda_function.process_s3_event.arn
     events              = ["s3:ObjectCreated:*"]
   }
+
+  depends_on = [aws_lambda_permission.allow_s3]
 }
 resource "aws_lambda_permission" "allow_s3" {
   statement_id  = "${lower(var.prefix)}-allow-s3-invoke-lambda"
@@ -145,8 +147,14 @@ resource "aws_lambda_permission" "allow_api_gateway" {
 resource "aws_api_gateway_deployment" "deployment" {
   depends_on  = [aws_api_gateway_integration.integration]
   rest_api_id = aws_api_gateway_rest_api.api.id
-  stage_name  = "dev"
 }
+
+resource "aws_api_gateway_stage" "stage" {
+  deployment_id = aws_api_gateway_deployment.deployment.id
+  rest_api_id   = aws_api_gateway_rest_api.api.id
+  stage_name    = "dev"
+}
+
 output "api_id" {
   description = "The ID of the API Gateway REST API"
   value       = aws_api_gateway_rest_api.api.id
@@ -178,4 +186,4 @@ output "lambda_generate_presigned_url_log_group" {
 output "lambda_process_s3_event_log_group" {
   description = "The name of the CloudWatch log group for the process_s3_event Lambda function"
   value       = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.lambda_log_group[1].name
-}
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+}