diff --git a/src/lambda_codebase/initial_commit/bootstrap_repository/adf-build/shared/generate_params.py b/src/lambda_codebase/initial_commit/bootstrap_repository/adf-build/shared/generate_params.py
index e19e2d584..7d6272037 100644
--- a/src/lambda_codebase/initial_commit/bootstrap_repository/adf-build/shared/generate_params.py
+++ b/src/lambda_codebase/initial_commit/bootstrap_repository/adf-build/shared/generate_params.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def _is_account_id(value):
     def create_parameter_files(self):
         for account, ou in self.account_ous.items():
             for region in self.regions:
-                compare_params = {}
+                compare_params = {'Parameters': {}, 'Tags': {}}
                 compare_params = self._param_updater(
                     Parameters._parse("{0}/params/{1}".format(self.cwd, "{0}_{1}".format(account, region))),
                     compare_params,