diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli/src/context-manager.ts b/packages/amplify-cli/src/context-manager.ts
index aa2eec0cfac..eb1bd778a05 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli/src/context-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli/src/context-manager.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const getProjectSettings = (): ProjectSettings => {
     const projectConfig = stateManager.getProjectConfig();
     const frontend = projectConfig['frontend'];
     projectSettings.frontend = frontend;
-    projectSettings.framework = projectConfig?.[frontend].framework;
+    projectSettings.framework = projectConfig?.frontend?.framework;
   }
 
   if (stateManager.localEnvInfoExists()) {