diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/components/app/amplify_branch_deploy.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/components/app/amplify_branch_deploy.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b279061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/components/app/amplify_branch_deploy.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+resource "null_resource" "amplify_branch_deploy" {
+  # Using triggers to force execution on every apply
+  triggers = {
+    always_run = timestamp()
+  }
+
+  depends_on = [module.amplify_branch]
+
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    command = "aws amplify start-job --app-id ${aws_amplify_app.main.id} --branch-name ${var.branch_name} --commit-message \"${replace(var.deployment_description, "\"", "\\\"")}\" --commit-id ${var.commit_id} --job-type RELEASE"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/components/app/variables.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/components/app/variables.tf
index eda7050..52cb0ad 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/components/app/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/components/app/variables.tf
@@ -99,8 +99,20 @@ variable "branch_name" {
   default     = "main"
 }
 
+variable "commit_id" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "The commit to deploy. Must be in the tree for branch_name"
+  default     = "HEAD"
+}
+
+variable "deployment_description" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "A message describing the deployment"
+  default     = "Deploy HEAD"
+}
+
 variable "disable_content" {
   type        = string
-  description = "Value for turning switching disable conten true/false"
+  description = "Value for turning switching disable content true/false"
   default     = "false"
 }