diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 29ae8410..dafc5be6 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ MAILBOX_SECRET = FLASK_SECRET + "mailbox"
 CUSTOM_ALIAS_SECRET = FLASK_SECRET + "custom_alias"
 
 # AWS
-AWS_REGION = "eu-west-3"
+AWS_REGION = os.environ.get("AWS_REGION") or "eu-west-3"
 BUCKET = os.environ.get("BUCKET")
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.environ.get("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = os.environ.get("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index 165587bd..bff764e5 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ FLASK_SECRET=secret
 BUCKET=to_fill
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=to_fill
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=to_fill
+AWS_REGION=to_fill
 
 # Cloudwatch
 # ENABLE_CLOUDWATCH=true