diff --git a/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonLogSymbolsComponent.cpp b/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonLogSymbolsComponent.cpp
index d39ca83000..0be51909f4 100644
--- a/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonLogSymbolsComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonLogSymbolsComponent.cpp
@@ -739,6 +739,11 @@ namespace EditorPythonBindings
         moduleParts.pop_back();
         AzFramework::StringFunc::Append(targetModule, ".pyi");
 
+        // create an __init__.py file as the base module path
+        AZStd::string initModule;
+        AzFramework::StringFunc::Join(initModule, moduleParts.begin(), moduleParts.end(), '.');
+        OpenInitFileAt(initModule);
+
         AZStd::string modulePath;
         AzFramework::StringFunc::Append(modulePath, m_basePath.c_str());
         AzFramework::StringFunc::Append(modulePath, AZ_CORRECT_FILESYSTEM_SEPARATOR_STRING);
diff --git a/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonProxyObject.cpp b/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonProxyObject.cpp
index df246d230d..120e0de220 100644
--- a/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonProxyObject.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EditorPythonBindings/Code/Source/PythonProxyObject.cpp
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ namespace EditorPythonBindings
                         {
                             return ConstructPythonProxyObjectByTypename(behaviorClassName, pythonArgs);
                         });
-                        PythonSymbolEventBus::QueueBroadcast(&PythonSymbolEventBus::Events::LogClassWithName, subModuleName, behaviorClass, properSyntax);
+                        PythonSymbolEventBus::QueueBroadcast(&PythonSymbolEventBus::Events::LogClassWithName, subModuleName, behaviorClass, syntaxName.value());
                     }
                     else
                     {