diff --git a/vectorizing/server/s3.py b/vectorizing/server/s3.py
index a002585..2e942e8 100644
--- a/vectorizing/server/s3.py
+++ b/vectorizing/server/s3.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import cuid
 import boto3
 
-S3 = boto3.client("s3")
+S3 = boto3.client("s3", region_name="eu-central-1")
 
 def upload_markup (markup, s3_bucket_name):
     cuid_str = cuid.cuid()
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def get_object_url(s3_file_key, s3_bucket_name):
             Key=s3_file_key,
             Bucket=s3_bucket_name
         )
-    
+
     except(Exception):
         return None
 
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ def upload_file(
         s3_bucket_name,
         s3_file_key,
     )
-    return get_object_url(s3_file_key, s3_bucket_name)
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+    return get_object_url(s3_file_key, s3_bucket_name)