diff --git a/core/terraform/outputs.sh b/core/terraform/outputs.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index e00090bbc1..078b20be53
--- a/core/terraform/outputs.sh
+++ b/core/terraform/outputs.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-if [ ! -f ../tre_output.json ]; then
+if [ ! -f ../tre_output.json ] || [ ! -s ../tre_output.json ]; then
   # Connect to the remote backend of Terraform
   export TF_LOG=""
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154