diff --git a/streamlit/interface_2.py b/streamlit/interface_2.py
index 78f66eb..9a27c78 100644
--- a/streamlit/interface_2.py
+++ b/streamlit/interface_2.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ for page in range(page_count+1):
 # Setup bedrock
 bedrock_runtime = boto3.client(
     service_name="bedrock-runtime",
+    region_name="us-east-1"
 )
 
 embeddings = BedrockEmbeddings(