diff --git a/src/constructs/autoscaling/asg.ts b/src/constructs/autoscaling/asg.ts
index 261514435..21679f7da 100644
--- a/src/constructs/autoscaling/asg.ts
+++ b/src/constructs/autoscaling/asg.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { AutoScalingGroup } from "@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling";
 import type { ISecurityGroup, MachineImage, MachineImageConfig } from "@aws-cdk/aws-ec2";
 import { InstanceType, OperatingSystemType, UserData } from "@aws-cdk/aws-ec2";
 import type { ApplicationTargetGroup } from "@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2";
-import type { GuStack, GuStageVariable } from "../core";
+import type { GuStack, GuStageDependentValue } from "../core";
 import { GuAmiParameter, GuInstanceTypeParameter } from "../core";
 
 // Since we want to override the types of what gets passed in for the below props,
@@ -55,24 +55,24 @@ interface AwsAsgCapacityProps {
   maxCapacity: number;
 }
 
-function wireCapacityProps(scope: GuStack, capacity: GuAsgCapacityProps): AwsAsgCapacityProps {
+function wireCapacityProps(stack: GuStack, capacity: GuAsgCapacityProps): AwsAsgCapacityProps {
   const minInstancesKey = "minInstances";
   const maxInstancesKey = "maxInstances";
-  const minInstances: GuStageVariable = {
+  const minInstances: GuStageDependentValue = {
     variableName: minInstancesKey,
     codeValue: capacity.minimumCodeInstances,
     prodValue: capacity.minimumProdInstances,
   };
-  const maxInstances: GuStageVariable = {
+  const maxInstances: GuStageDependentValue = {
     variableName: maxInstancesKey,
     codeValue: capacity.maximumCodeInstances ?? capacity.minimumCodeInstances * 2,
     prodValue: capacity.maximumProdInstances ?? capacity.minimumProdInstances * 2,
   };
-  scope.mappings.addStageVariable(minInstances);
-  scope.mappings.addStageVariable(maxInstances);
+  stack.setStageDependentValue(minInstances);
+  stack.setStageDependentValue(maxInstances);
   return {
-    minCapacity: (scope.mappings.findInMap(scope.stage, minInstancesKey) as unknown) as number,
-    maxCapacity: (scope.mappings.findInMap(scope.stage, maxInstancesKey) as unknown) as number,
+    minCapacity: stack.getStageDependentValue(minInstancesKey),
+    maxCapacity: stack.getStageDependentValue(maxInstancesKey),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/constructs/core/mappings.ts b/src/constructs/core/mappings.ts
index 1dc3300eb..123881efd 100644
--- a/src/constructs/core/mappings.ts
+++ b/src/constructs/core/mappings.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 import { CfnMapping } from "@aws-cdk/core";
 import type { GuStack } from "./stack";
 
-export interface GuStageVariable {
+export interface GuStageDependentValue {
   variableName: string;
   codeValue: unknown;
   prodValue: unknown;
 }
 
 export class GuStageMapping extends CfnMapping {
-  addStageVariable(stageVariable: GuStageVariable): void {
-    this.setValue("CODE", stageVariable.variableName, stageVariable.codeValue);
-    this.setValue("PROD", stageVariable.variableName, stageVariable.prodValue);
-  }
   constructor(scope: GuStack, id: string = "stage-mapping") {
     super(scope, id);
   }
diff --git a/src/constructs/core/stack.ts b/src/constructs/core/stack.ts
index 19e6a4846..53a08b238 100644
--- a/src/constructs/core/stack.ts
+++ b/src/constructs/core/stack.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { App, StackProps } from "@aws-cdk/core";
 import { Stack, Tags } from "@aws-cdk/core";
 import { TrackingTag } from "../../constants/library-info";
+import type { GuStageDependentValue } from "./mappings";
 import { GuStageMapping } from "./mappings";
 import { GuStackParameter, GuStageParameter } from "./parameters";
 
@@ -63,6 +64,15 @@ export class GuStack extends Stack {
     return this._mappings ?? (this._mappings = new GuStageMapping(this));
   }
 
+  setStageDependentValue(stageVariable: GuStageDependentValue): void {
+    this.mappings.setValue("CODE", stageVariable.variableName, stageVariable.codeValue);
+    this.mappings.setValue("PROD", stageVariable.variableName, stageVariable.prodValue);
+  }
+
+  getStageDependentValue<T>(key: string): T {
+    return (this.mappings.findInMap(this.stage, key) as unknown) as T;
+  }
+
   /**
    * A helper function to add a tag to all resources in a stack.
    *