diff --git a/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/lib/compileMethods.js b/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/lib/compileMethods.js
index eaceba978..b939ec7b3 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/lib/compileMethods.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/awsCompileApigEvents/lib/compileMethods.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module.exports = {
             }
           #end
           {
-            "body": $input.path("$"),
+            "body": $input.json("$"),
             "method": "$context.httpMethod",
             
             #set( $map = $input.params().header )
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports = {
                 "IntegrationHttpMethod" : "${method.toUpperCase()}",
                 "Type" : "AWS",
                 "Uri" : "${lambdaUri}",
-                "RequestTemplates": {
+                "RequestTemplates" : {
                   "application/json" : ${JSON.stringify(DEFAULT_JSON_REQUEST_TEMPLATE)}
                 }
               },