diff --git a/s3/s3.go b/s3/s3.go
index 819cddd8f1ab7b23d4c9e9165eec5a449c5c3e41..17ca5223a4cbe6787dec5030e6b7dd11484b8144 100644
--- a/s3/s3.go
+++ b/s3/s3.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -87,8 +88,7 @@ type SessionWithHelpers struct {
 }
 
 func GetSession(region ...string) *SessionWithHelpers {
-
-	s3Region := "af-south-1"
+	s3Region := os.Getenv("AWS_REGION")
 
 	// Set custom region
 	if region != nil && len(region) > 0 {