diff --git a/lib/aws/cloud-formation.js b/lib/aws/cloud-formation.js
index 46719c6..9c3bc27 100644
--- a/lib/aws/cloud-formation.js
+++ b/lib/aws/cloud-formation.js
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ CloudFormation.prototype.createStack = function(name, templatePath) {
 
   return fsp.readFile(templatePath)
     .then(function(template) {
-      template = template.toString();
+      var newTemplate = JSON.parse(template);
+      newTemplate.Resources.LambdaFunction.Properties.Code.S3Bucket = name;
+      template = JSON.stringify(newTemplate).toString();
 
       debug('creating stack; name=', name, '; template=', template);