diff --git a/lib/templates/initializer.rb b/lib/templates/initializer.rb
index 9abde06..d6fb457 100644
--- a/lib/templates/initializer.rb
+++ b/lib/templates/initializer.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Outboxable
           specversion: '1.0',
           type: resource.routing_key,
           datacontenttype: 'application/json',
-          data: @resource.payload
+          data: resource.payload
         }.to_json
       end
     end
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ Outboxable.configure do |config|
   config.rabbitmq_password = ENV.fetch('RABBITMQ__PASSWORD')
   config.rabbitmq_vhost = ENV.fetch('RABBITMQ__VHOST')
   config.rabbitmq_event_bus_exchange = ENV.fetch('EVENTBUS__EXCHANGE_NAME')
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end