diff --git a/provider/legal-aws/pom.xml b/provider/legal-aws/pom.xml
index cf1bbc782c6a2fff349dbbef3f44023464444d58..35f0029dc9114d5cc7d9e29542df46fc4981f484 100644
--- a/provider/legal-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/legal-aws/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <aws.version>1.11.651</aws.version>
+        <aws.version>1.11.1018</aws.version>
         <deployment.environment>dev</deployment.environment>
         <version.number>0.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version.number>
     </properties>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
                 </property>
             </activation>
             <properties>
-                <aws.version>1.11.651</aws.version>
+                <aws.version>1.11.1018</aws.version>
             </properties>
         </profile>
         <profile>
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
                 </property>
             </activation>
             <properties>
-                <aws.version>1.11.632</aws.version>
+                <aws.version>1.11.1018</aws.version>
             </properties>
         </profile>
         <profile>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
                 </property>
             </activation>
             <properties>
-                <aws.version>1.11.632</aws.version>
+                <aws.version>1.11.1018</aws.version>
             </properties>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
diff --git a/provider/legal-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/aws/countries/StorageReaderImpl.java b/provider/legal-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/aws/countries/StorageReaderImpl.java
index d4d54be607812b8c1a23b85caf6c75dc217e3422..12acb716b7a822187d1b49350a95c274a90cd498 100644
--- a/provider/legal-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/aws/countries/StorageReaderImpl.java
+++ b/provider/legal-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/aws/countries/StorageReaderImpl.java
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ package org.opengroup.osdu.legal.aws.countries;
 import com.amazonaws.AmazonServiceException;
 import com.amazonaws.SdkClientException;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3;
+import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.AmazonS3Exception;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.aws.s3.IS3ClientFactory;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.core.aws.s3.S3ClientFactory;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.aws.s3.S3ClientWithBucket;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.http.AppException;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.http.DpsHeaders;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.tenant.TenantInfo;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.legal.provider.interfaces.IStorageReader;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
@@ -51,18 +50,36 @@ public class StorageReaderImpl implements IStorageReader {
 
     public String getConfigFile(){
         S3ClientWithBucket s3ClientWithBucket = s3ClientFactory.getS3ClientForPartition(
-                dpsHeaders.getPartitionId(), s3ConfigBucketParameterRelativePath);
+                dpsHeaders.getPartitionIdWithFallbackToAccountId(), s3ConfigBucketParameterRelativePath);
         AmazonS3 s3 = s3ClientWithBucket.getS3Client();
         String legalConfigBucketName = s3ClientWithBucket.getBucketName();
 
         String contents = "";
         try {
-            contents = s3.getObjectAsString(legalConfigBucketName, legalConfigFileName);
-        } catch (AmazonServiceException e) {
+            contents = s3.getObjectAsString(legalConfigBucketName, String.format("%s/%s", dpsHeaders.getPartitionId(), legalConfigFileName));
+        } catch (AmazonS3Exception e){
+            if(e.getStatusCode() == 404){
+                contents = createDefaultConfigFile(s3, legalConfigBucketName);
+            } else {
+                throw new AppException(500, "Amazon service exception getting config file", e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+        catch (AmazonServiceException e) {
             throw new AppException(500, "Amazon service exception getting config file", e.getMessage());
         } catch (SdkClientException e) {
             throw new AppException(500, "Amazon Sdk client exception getting config file", e.getMessage());
         }
         return contents;
     }
+
+    private String createDefaultConfigFile(AmazonS3 s3, String legalConfigBucketName){
+        String contents = "[]";
+        try {
+            s3.putObject(legalConfigBucketName, String.format("%s/%s",
+                    dpsHeaders.getPartitionId(), legalConfigFileName), contents);
+        } catch (Exception e){
+            throw new AppException(500, "Exception creating default config file", e.getMessage());
+        }
+        return contents;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/testing/legal-test-aws/pom.xml b/testing/legal-test-aws/pom.xml
index 1b252c7a7d8103ce890280127ff6a4473305b650..fa9fd399153677912b0b8b5fce5578937d31909e 100644
--- a/testing/legal-test-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/legal-test-aws/pom.xml
@@ -52,18 +52,18 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-java-sdk</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.651</version>
+            <version>1.11.1018</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-bom</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.651</version>
+            <version>1.11.1018</version>
             <type>pom</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-dynamodb</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.651</version>
+            <version>1.11.1018</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- third party Apache 2.0 license packages -->
diff --git a/testing/legal-test-aws/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/util/AwsLegalTagUtils.java b/testing/legal-test-aws/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/util/AwsLegalTagUtils.java
index 9f84b54a99b104158d247c400f0ca0262e4e0294..2ed3b8f6060fbbeed48c8c165a52294e25dd2e65 100644
--- a/testing/legal-test-aws/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/util/AwsLegalTagUtils.java
+++ b/testing/legal-test-aws/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/util/AwsLegalTagUtils.java
@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ public class AwsLegalTagUtils extends LegalTagUtils {
     public synchronized void uploadTenantTestingConfigFile() {
         String amazonS3Endpoint = System.getProperty("AWS_S3_ENDPOINT", System.getenv("AWS_S3_ENDPOINT"));
         String amazonS3Region = System.getProperty("AWS_S3_REGION", System.getenv("AWS_S3_REGION"));
+        String dataPartitionId = System.getProperty("MY_TENANT", System.getenv("MY_TENANT"));
 
         S3Config s3Config = new S3Config(amazonS3Endpoint, amazonS3Region);
         AmazonS3 s3Client = s3Config.amazonS3();
 
         try {
-            s3Client.putObject(BUCKET_NAME_AWS, FILE_NAME, readTestFile("TenantConfigTestingPurpose.json"));
+            s3Client.putObject(BUCKET_NAME_AWS, String.format("%s/%s", dataPartitionId, FILE_NAME), readTestFile("TenantConfigTestingPurpose.json"));
         } catch(IOException e){
             throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
         }