diff --git a/services/app-api/src/handlers/apollo_gql.ts b/services/app-api/src/handlers/apollo_gql.ts
index b40a763e3f..8fda74db01 100644
--- a/services/app-api/src/handlers/apollo_gql.ts
+++ b/services/app-api/src/handlers/apollo_gql.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function contextForRequestForFetcher(userFetcher: userFromAuthProvider): ({
         const requestSpan = anyContext[requestSpanKey]
         const authProvider =
             event.requestContext.identity.cognitoAuthenticationProvider
-        const ipAddress = context.requestContext.identity.sourceIp
+        const ipAddress = event.requestContext.identity.sourceIp
         // This handler is shared with the third_party_API_authorizer
         // when called from the 3rd party authorizer the cognito auth provider
         // is not valid for instead the authorizer returns a user ID