diff --git a/src/main/scala/fi/oph/koski/omaopintopolkuloki/AuditLogDynamoDB.scala b/src/main/scala/fi/oph/koski/omaopintopolkuloki/AuditLogDynamoDB.scala
index 91eb5c7677..22107a8289 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/fi/oph/koski/omaopintopolkuloki/AuditLogDynamoDB.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/fi/oph/koski/omaopintopolkuloki/AuditLogDynamoDB.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import fi.oph.koski.config.Environment
 import fi.oph.koski.log.Logging
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.{AwsBasicCredentials, StaticCredentialsProvider}
+import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.DynamoDbClient
 
 object AuditLogDynamoDB extends Logging {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ object AuditLogDynamoDB extends Logging {
     } else {
       val client = DynamoDbClient.builder()
         .endpointOverride(new java.net.URI("http://localhost:8000"))
+        .region(Region.EU_WEST_1)
         .credentialsProvider(StaticCredentialsProvider.create(AwsBasicCredentials.create("mock", "mock")))
         .build()