diff --git a/src/Dmyers/Storage/Adapter/AmazonS3.php b/src/Dmyers/Storage/Adapter/AmazonS3.php
index 0d50cc3..f4e6bc7 100644
--- a/src/Dmyers/Storage/Adapter/AmazonS3.php
+++ b/src/Dmyers/Storage/Adapter/AmazonS3.php
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ public function __construct()
 			throw new \RuntimeException('AmazonS3 secret config required.');
 		}
 		
+		$region = $this->config('region');
+
+		if (empty($region)) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException('AmazonS3 region config required.');
+		}
+
 		$bucket = $this->config('bucket');
 		
 		if (empty($bucket)) {
@@ -33,6 +39,7 @@ public function __construct()
 		$this->client = S3Client::factory(array(
 			'key'    => $key,
 			'secret' => $secret,
+			'region' => $region,
 		));
 	}
 	
@@ -247,4 +254,4 @@ protected function computePath($path)
 		
 		return S3Client::encodeKey($path);
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/config/config.php b/src/config/config.php
index b750aaf..90907be 100644
--- a/src/config/config.php
+++ b/src/config/config.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 	'amazons3' => array(
 		'key'    => '',
 		'secret' => '',
+		'region' => 'us-east-1',
 		'bucket' => '',
 		'acl'    => 'public-read',
 	),
@@ -53,4 +54,4 @@
 	*/
 	'route_path' => false,
 	
-);
\ No newline at end of file
+);