diff --git a/conf/settings.py b/conf/settings.py
index da9a7578..a401944c 100644
--- a/conf/settings.py
+++ b/conf/settings.py
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = env.str('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID')
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = env.str('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')
 AWS_S3_HOST = env.str('AWS_S3_HOST', 's3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com')  # NB this USED to be 's3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com'
+AWS_REGION = env.str('AWS_REGION', 'eu-west-2')
+
 
 # Email and notifications
 EMAIL_BACKED_CLASSES = {