diff --git a/backend/serverless.yml b/backend/serverless.yml
index 6aea706c..201f73ba 100644
--- a/backend/serverless.yml
+++ b/backend/serverless.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ provider:
   region: eu-west-2
   # arm64 causes issues with pycryptography - TODO: fix this so we can use arm64
   #  architecture: arm64
+  architecture: x86_64
   environment:
     API_KEY: ${env:API_KEY}
     ENVIRONMENT: ${env:ENVIRONMENT}