diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 963cb0f..69bc1d0 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1750811787,
-        "narHash": "sha256-rD/978c35JXz6JLAzciTIOCMenPumF6zrQOj4rVZeHE=",
+        "lastModified": 1751180975,
+        "narHash": "sha256-BKk4yDiXr4LdF80OTVqYJ53Q74rOcA/82EClXug8xsY=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "992f916556fcfaa94451ebc7fc6e396134bbf5b1",
+        "rev": "a48741b083d4f36dd79abd9f760c84da6b4dc0e5",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/modules/deploy/destroy.sh.tpl b/modules/deploy/destroy.sh.tpl
index 23010d7..66f912c 100644
--- a/modules/deploy/destroy.sh.tpl
+++ b/modules/deploy/destroy.sh.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TF_CLI_ARGS_init=""
 TF_CLI_ARGS_apply=""
 export TF_DATA_DIR="${tf_data_dir}"
 if [ -z "${skip_destroy}" ]; then
-  timeout -k 1m ${timeout} terraform init -upgrade
+  timeout -k 1m ${timeout} terraform init -upgrade -reconfigure
   timeout -k 1m ${timeout} terraform destroy -var-file="${deploy_path}/inputs.tfvars" -auto-approve -state="${deploy_path}/tfstate" || true
 else
   echo "Not destroying deployed module, it will no longer be managed here."
diff --git a/modules/deploy/main.tf b/modules/deploy/main.tf
index 59b56c3..caf3371 100644
--- a/modules/deploy/main.tf
+++ b/modules/deploy/main.tf
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ locals {
   interval     = var.interval
   timeout      = var.timeout
   init         = var.init
-  init_script  = (local.init ? "terraform init -upgrade" : "")
+  init_script  = (local.init ? "terraform init -reconfigure -upgrade" : "")
   tf_data_dir  = var.data_path != null ? var.data_path : path.root
   skip_destroy = (var.skip_destroy ? "true" : "")
 }
diff --git a/test/tests/three/basic_test.go b/test/tests/three/basic_test.go
index 831b581..46e7006 100644
--- a/test/tests/three/basic_test.go
+++ b/test/tests/three/basic_test.go
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ func TestThreeBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	sshAgent := ssh.SshAgentWithKeyPair(t, keyPair.KeyPair)
 	t.Logf("Key %s created and added to agent", keyPair.Name)
 
-	var tfOptions []*terraform.Options
 	backendTerraformOptions, err := util.CreateObjectStorageBackend(t, testDir, id, owner, region)
-	tfOptions = append(tfOptions, backendTerraformOptions)
+	tfOptions := []*terraform.Options{backendTerraformOptions}
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Log("Test failed, tearing down...")
 		util.Teardown(t, testDir, exampleDir, tfOptions, keyPair, sshAgent)
@@ -93,29 +92,25 @@ func TestThreeBasic(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// Environment variables to set when running Terraform
 		EnvVars: map[string]string{
-			"AWS_DEFAULT_REGION":  region,
-			"AWS_REGION":          region,
-			"TF_DATA_DIR":         testDir,
-			"TF_IN_AUTOMATION":    "1",
-			"TF_CLI_ARGS_init":    "-backend-config=\"bucket=" + strings.ToLower(id) + "\"",
-			"TF_CLI_ARGS_plan":    "-no-color",
-			"TF_CLI_ARGS_apply":   "-no-color",
-			"TF_CLI_ARGS_destroy": "-no-color",
-			"TF_CLI_ARGS_output":  "-no-color",
+			"AWS_DEFAULT_REGION": region,
+			"AWS_REGION":         region,
+			"TF_DATA_DIR":        testDir,
+			"TF_IN_AUTOMATION":   "1",
+			"TF_CLI_ARGS_init":   "-backend-config=\"bucket=" + strings.ToLower(id) + "\"",
 		},
 		RetryableTerraformErrors: util.GetRetryableTerraformErrors(),
 		NoColor:                  true,
 		SshAgent:                 sshAgent,
+		Reconfigure:              true,
 		Upgrade:                  true,
 	})
 	// we need to prepend the main options because we need to destroy it before the backend
-	tfOptions = append([]*terraform.Options{terraformOptions}, tfOptions...)
-	t.Logf("tfOptions: %v", tfOptions)
+	newTfOptions := []*terraform.Options{terraformOptions, backendTerraformOptions}
 	_, err = terraform.InitAndApplyE(t, terraformOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Log("Test failed, tearing down...")
 		util.GetErrorLogs(t, testDir+"/kubeconfig")
-		util.Teardown(t, testDir, exampleDir, tfOptions, keyPair, sshAgent)
+		util.Teardown(t, testDir, exampleDir, newTfOptions, keyPair, sshAgent)
 		t.Fatalf("Error creating cluster: %s", err)
 	}
 	util.CheckReady(t, testDir+"/kubeconfig")
@@ -125,5 +120,5 @@ func TestThreeBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	} else {
 		t.Log("Test passed...")
 	}
-	util.Teardown(t, testDir, exampleDir, tfOptions, keyPair, sshAgent)
+	util.Teardown(t, testDir, exampleDir, newTfOptions, keyPair, sshAgent)
 }
diff --git a/test/tests/util.go b/test/tests/util.go
index 03bac3f..dfd5faa 100644
--- a/test/tests/util.go
+++ b/test/tests/util.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package tests
 import (
 	"cmp"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -399,6 +400,11 @@ func Teardown(t *testing.T, dataDir string, exampleDir string, options []*terraf
 	if directoryExists {
 		for _, option := range options {
 			t.Logf("Tearing down %v", option.TerraformDir)
+			jsonOptions, err := json.Marshal(option)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Logf("Failed to marshal options for destroy log: %v", err)
+			}
+			fmt.Println(string(jsonOptions))
 			_, err = terraform.InitE(t, option)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Logf("Failed to init for destroy: %v", err)
@@ -514,15 +520,15 @@ func CreateObjectStorageBackend(t *testing.T, testDir string, id string, owner s
 		EnvVars: map[string]string{
 			"AWS_DEFAULT_REGION":  region,
 			"AWS_REGION":          region,
-			"TF_DATA_DIR":         testDir,
+			"TF_DATA_DIR":         testDir + "/backend",
 			"TF_IN_AUTOMATION":    "1",
-			"TF_CLI_ARGS_init":    "-reconfigure",
 			"TF_CLI_ARGS_plan":    "-state=" + testDir + "/backend/tfstate",
 			"TF_CLI_ARGS_apply":   "-state=" + testDir + "/backend/tfstate",
 			"TF_CLI_ARGS_destroy": "-state=" + testDir + "/backend/tfstate",
 			"TF_CLI_ARGS_output":  "-state=" + testDir + "/backend/tfstate",
 		},
 		RetryableTerraformErrors: GetRetryableTerraformErrors(),
+		Reconfigure:              true,
 		NoColor:                  true,
 		Upgrade:                  true,
 	})