diff --git a/config/app_config.yml.example b/config/app_config.yml.example
index 243dddf87..7be76f8a3 100644
--- a/config/app_config.yml.example
+++ b/config/app_config.yml.example
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ default:
   #s3_key: 'key'
   #s3_secret: 'secret'
   #s3_bucket: 'my_photos'
+  #s3_region: 'us-east-1'
 
   # If you want normal Rails logs, set this to false in the appropriate environment.
   # It is false by default in development and test.
diff --git a/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb b/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
index c350a1a2f..41c59c186 100644
--- a/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/carrierwave.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 CarrierWave.configure do |config|
-  if AppConfig[:s3_key] && AppConfig[:s3_secret] && AppConfig[:s3_bucket]
+  if AppConfig[:s3_key] && AppConfig[:s3_secret] && AppConfig[:s3_bucket] && AppConfig[:s3_region]
     config.storage = :s3
     config.s3_access_key_id = AppConfig[:s3_key]
     config.s3_secret_access_key = AppConfig[:s3_secret]
     config.s3_bucket = AppConfig[:s3_bucket]
+	config.s3_region = AppConfig[:s3_region]
     config.s3_use_ssl = true
     config.cache_dir = "#{Rails.root}/tmp/uploads"
   else