diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf
index a402a386..6e30dd8e 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+data "aws_secretsmanager_secret_version" "db_credentials" {
+  secret_id = "${var.stage}/assessment_model/db_credentials"
+}
+
 data "terraform_remote_state" "shared" {
   backend = "s3"
   config = {
@@ -7,6 +11,10 @@ data "terraform_remote_state" "shared" {
   }
 }
 
+locals {
+  db_credentials = jsondecode(data.aws_secretsmanager_secret_version.db_credentials.secret_string)
+}
+
 module "lambda" {
   source = "../modules/lambda_with_sqs"