diff --git a/.env b/.env
index a5eb496..07cf96b 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ DATABASE_URL="mysql://vultradmin:AVNS_jn444_0nHCHAvnZkTFN@vultr-prod-a6de266e-e9
 # Console login credentials
 CONSOLE_USER=admin
 CONSOLE_PASS=changeMe
+
+# Default region for S3 service
+APP_REGION=us-east-1
diff --git a/config/services.yaml b/config/services.yaml
index ee1d2b0..e05ea91 100644
--- a/config/services.yaml
+++ b/config/services.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # https://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices.html#use-parameters-for-application-configuration
 parameters:
     s3.storage_path: '%kernel.project_dir%/var/s3storage'
+    app.region: '%env(APP_REGION)%'
 
 services:
     # default configuration for services in *this* file
@@ -24,4 +25,5 @@ services:
     # please note that last definitions always *replace* previous ones
     App\Service\S3Service:
         arguments:
-            $storageBasePath: '%s3.storage_path%'
\ No newline at end of file
+            $storageBasePath: '%s3.storage_path%'
+            $region: '%app.region%'
diff --git a/src/Controller/ConsoleApiController.php b/src/Controller/ConsoleApiController.php
index 8890554..0bc7b2c 100644
--- a/src/Controller/ConsoleApiController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/ConsoleApiController.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class ConsoleApiController extends AbstractController
             
             $bucketName = $data['name'] ?? null;
             $ownerId = $data['owner_id'] ?? null;
-            $region = $data['region'] ?? 'us-east-1';
+            $region = $data['region'] ?? ($_ENV['APP_REGION'] ?? 'us-east-1');
 
             if (!$bucketName || !$ownerId) {
                 return new JsonResponse(['error' => 'Missing bucket name or owner'], 400);
diff --git a/src/Service/S3Service.php b/src/Service/S3Service.php
index 2c55dc8..ee9ba57 100644
--- a/src/Service/S3Service.php
+++ b/src/Service/S3Service.php
@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@ class S3Service
 {
     public function __construct(
         private EntityManagerInterface $entityManager,
-        private string $storageBasePath = '/var/s3storage'
+        private string $storageBasePath = '/var/s3storage',
+        private string $region = 'us-east-1'
     ) {}
 
+    public function getRegion(): string
+    {
+        return $this->region;
+    }
+
     // Credential Management
     public function findCredentialByAccessKey(string $accessKey): ?S3Credential
     {
@@ -47,12 +53,13 @@ class S3Service
             ->findOneBy(['name' => $name]);
     }
 
-    public function createBucket(string $name, S3Credential $owner, string $region = 'us-east-1'): S3Bucket
+    public function createBucket(string $name, S3Credential $owner, ?string $region = null): S3Bucket
     {
         $bucket = new S3Bucket();
+        $bucketRegion = $region ?? $this->region;
         $bucket->setName($name)
                ->setOwner($owner)
-               ->setRegion($region);
+               ->setRegion($bucketRegion);
 
         $this->entityManager->persist($bucket);
         $this->entityManager->flush();
@@ -412,7 +419,7 @@ class S3Service
 
         $amzDate = $presignedUrl->getCreatedAt()->format('Ymd\THis\Z');
         $shortDate = $presignedUrl->getCreatedAt()->format('Ymd');
-        $scope = $shortDate . '/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request';
+        $scope = $shortDate . '/' . $this->region . '/s3/aws4_request';
 
         $params = [
             'X-Amz-Algorithm' => 'AWS4-HMAC-SHA256',
@@ -426,7 +433,7 @@ class S3Service
         $canonicalRequest = sprintf("%s\n/%s/%s\n%s\nhost:%s\n\nhost\nUNSIGNED-PAYLOAD", $method, $bucketName, $objectKey, $canonicalQuery, 'localhost');
 
         $stringToSign = "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256\n" . $amzDate . "\n" . $scope . "\n" . hash('sha256', $canonicalRequest);
-        $signingKey = $this->deriveSigningKey($credential->getSecretKey(), $shortDate, 'us-east-1', 's3');
+        $signingKey = $this->deriveSigningKey($credential->getSecretKey(), $shortDate, $this->region, 's3');
         $signature = hash_hmac('sha256', $stringToSign, $signingKey);
 
         $params['X-Amz-Signature'] = $signature;
@@ -489,4 +496,4 @@ class S3Service
 
         rmdir($dir);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}