diff --git a/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/README.md b/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/README.md
index c80a7756..fcfad1e7 100644
--- a/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/README.md
+++ b/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Labels are set with project id (which may differ from the monitoring workspace p
 
 <img src="explorer.png" width="640px" alt="GCP Metrics Explorer, usage, limit and utilization view sample">
 
-The solution also creates a basic monitoring alert policy, to demonstrate how to raise alerts when quotas utilization goes over a predefined threshold.
+The solution can also create a basic monitoring alert policy, to demonstrate how to raise alerts when quotas utilization goes over a predefined threshold, to enable it, set variable `alert_create` to true and reapply main.tf after main.py has run at least one and quota monitoring metrics have been creaed.
 
 ## Running the blueprint
 
diff --git a/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/main.tf b/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/main.tf
index 0593f4fd..674482c8 100644
--- a/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/main.tf
+++ b/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/main.tf
@@ -106,39 +106,40 @@ resource "google_project_iam_member" "quota_viewer" {
   member   = module.cf.service_account_iam_email
 }
 
-var.create_alert ? {
-  resource "google_monitoring_alert_policy" "alert_policy" {
-    project      = module.project.project_id
-    display_name = "Quota monitor"
-    combiner     = "OR"
-    conditions {
-      display_name = "simple quota threshold for cpus utilization"
-      condition_threshold {
-        filter          = "metric.type=\"custom.googleapis.com/quota/cpus_utilization\" resource.type=\"global\""
-        threshold_value = 0.75
-        comparison      = "COMPARISON_GT"
-        duration        = "0s"
-        aggregations {
-          alignment_period   = "60s"
-          group_by_fields    = []
-          per_series_aligner = "ALIGN_MEAN"
-        }
-        trigger {
-          count   = 1
-          percent = 0
-        }
+
+resource "google_monitoring_alert_policy" "alert_policy" {
+  count        = var.alert_create ? 1 : 0 
+  project      = module.project.project_id
+  display_name = "Quota monitor"
+  combiner     = "OR"
+  conditions {
+    display_name = "simple quota threshold for cpus utilization"
+    condition_threshold {
+      filter          = "metric.type=\"custom.googleapis.com/quota/cpus_utilization\" resource.type=\"global\""
+      threshold_value = 0.75
+      comparison      = "COMPARISON_GT"
+      duration        = "0s"
+      aggregations {
+        alignment_period   = "60s"
+        group_by_fields    = []
+        per_series_aligner = "ALIGN_MEAN"
+      }
+      trigger {
+        count   = 1
+        percent = 0
       }
     }
-    enabled = false
-    user_labels = {
-      name = var.name
-    }
-    documentation {
-      content = "GCE cpus quota over threshold."
-    }
+  }
+  enabled = false
+  user_labels = {
+    name = var.name
+  }
+  documentation {
+    content = "GCE cpus quota over threshold."
   }
 }
 
+
 resource "random_pet" "random" {
   length = 1
 }
diff --git a/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/variables.tf b/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/variables.tf
index cce24ca4..53ca0f63 100644
--- a/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/variables.tf
+++ b/blueprints/cloud-operations/quota-monitoring/variables.tf
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+variable "alert_create" {
+  description = "Enables the creation of a sample monitoring alert, false by default."
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "bundle_path" {
   description = "Path used to write the intermediate Cloud Function code bundle."
   type        = string
   default     = "./bundle.zip"
 }
 
-variable "create_alert" {
-  description = "Enables the creation of a sample monitoring alert, false by default."
-  type        = bool
-  default     = false
-}
-
 variable "name" {
   description = "Arbitrary string used to name created resources."
   type        = string
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ variable "name" {
 }
 
 variable "project_create" {
-  description = "Create project instead ofusing an existing one."
+  description = "Create project instead of using an existing one."
   type        = bool
   default     = false
 }