diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index b0097df..4150706 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_access_key_here
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret_key_here
 AWS_REGION=us-east-1
+AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
 S3_BUCKET=your-bedrock-finetune-bucket
 BEDROCK_ROLE_ARN=arn:aws:iam::YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID:role/BedrockFineTuneRole
 HF_DATASET=Taylor658/deep-space-optical-chip-thermal-dataset