diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a7ac54..33fc590 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ override.tf.json
 terraform.rc
 
 # Artifacts
-*.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+*.zip
+tfplan
diff --git a/modules/function-app/function-app.tf b/modules/function-app/function-app.tf
index aaafc71..7fe4578 100644
--- a/modules/function-app/function-app.tf
+++ b/modules/function-app/function-app.tf
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ resource "azurerm_windows_function_app" "function_app" {
     "WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE"                    = "1",
     "FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME"                    = "node",
     "AzureWebJobsDisableHomepage"                 = "true",
-    "WEBSITE_NODE_DEFAULT_VERSION"                = "~18",
+    "WEBSITE_NODE_DEFAULT_VERSION"                = "~20",
     "EventHubConnection__credential"              = "managedidentity",
     "EventHubConnection__fullyQualifiedNamespace" = format("%s.servicebus.windows.net", var.event_hub_namespace_name),
     "DD_API_KEY"                                  = var.datadog_api_key,
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ locals {
 resource "null_resource" "function_app_publish" {
   depends_on = [local.publish_code_command, azurerm_role_assignment.role_assignment_storage, azurerm_role_assignment.role_assignment_event_hub]
   triggers = {
-    input_json                  = filemd5(data.archive_file.functions_zip.output_path)
+    # input_json                  = filemd5(data.archive_file.functions_zip.output_path)
+    publish_has                 = data.archive_file.functions_zip.output_base64sha256
     publish_code_command        = local.publish_code_command
     allow_public_access_command = local.allow_public_access_command
     deny_public_access_command  = local.deny_public_access_command
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index e962ad7..c14431e 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ variable "subscription_id" {
 
 variable "location" {
   description = "The location/region where the resources will be created."
-  default = "West Europe"
   type = string  
 }