diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5897d71..84a3e7c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -580,11 +580,11 @@ class ServerlessAmplifyPlugin {
      * @param {String} contents the contents of the file
      */
     writeConfigurationFile(filename, contents) {
-        fs.writeFile(filename, contents, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
-            if (err) {
-                this.log('error', `Writing to ${filename}: ${err}`);
-            }
-        });
+        try {
+            fs.writeFileSync(filename, contents, 'utf8');
+        } catch (err) {
+            this.log('error', `Writing to ${filename}: ${err}`);
+        }
     }
 }