diff --git a/functions/src/utils/emailService.ts b/functions/src/utils/emailService.ts
index 1bb4e06..713061c 100644
--- a/functions/src/utils/emailService.ts
+++ b/functions/src/utils/emailService.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface EmailRequest {
 
 interface Attachment {
   filename: string;
-  content: string | Buffer; // Base64 encoded string or Buffer
+  content: string | Buffer;
   contentType?: string;
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const stripHtml = (html: string): string => {
 
 async function sendSimpleEmail(data: EmailRequest, recipients: string[]) {
   const ses = new SESClient({
-    region: 'ap-south-1',
+    region: process.env.AWS_REGION,
     credentials: {
       accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID || '',
       secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY || ''
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async function sendSimpleEmail(data: EmailRequest, recipients: string[]) {
 
 async function sendEmailWithAttachments(data: EmailRequest, recipients: string[]) {
   const ses = new SESClient({
-    region: 'ap-south-1',
+    region: process.env.AWS_REGION,
     credentials: {
       accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID || '',
       secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY || ''
@@ -72,26 +72,21 @@ async function sendEmailWithAttachments(data: EmailRequest, recipients: string[]
   rawMessage += `MIME-Version: 1.0\n`;
   rawMessage += `Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="${boundary}"\n\n`;
 
-  // Add email body (multipart/alternative)
   rawMessage += `--${boundary}\n`;
   rawMessage += `Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="alt_${boundary}"\n\n`;
 
-  // Text part
   if (data.text) {
     rawMessage += `--alt_${boundary}\n`;
     rawMessage += `Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n\n`;
     rawMessage += `${data.text}\n\n`;
   }
 
-  // HTML part
   rawMessage += `--alt_${boundary}\n`;
   rawMessage += `Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\n\n`;
   rawMessage += `${data.html}\n\n`;
 
-  // Close alternative part
   rawMessage += `--alt_${boundary}--\n\n`;
 
-  // Add attachments
   for (const attachment of data.attachments || []) {
     const contentType = attachment.contentType ||
       mime.lookup(attachment.filename) ||
@@ -109,7 +104,6 @@ async function sendEmailWithAttachments(data: EmailRequest, recipients: string[]
     rawMessage += contentBuffer.toString('base64') + '\n\n';
   }
 
-  // Close message
   rawMessage += `--${boundary}--`;
 
   const command = new SendRawEmailCommand({
@@ -140,7 +134,6 @@ export async function sendEmailWithAttachmentUtil(
   try {
     logger.info(`Sending email with attachment to: ${toAddress}`);
     
-    // Initialize data with basic fields
     const data: EmailRequest = {
       to: toAddress,
       html: message,
@@ -151,13 +144,11 @@ export async function sendEmailWithAttachmentUtil(
       attachments: []
     };
     
-    // Handle file URL if provided
     if (fileUrl && fileName) {
       logger.info(`Downloading attachment from URL: ${fileUrl}`);
       try {
         const fileContent = await downloadFileFromUrl(fileUrl);
         
-        // Add the downloaded file as an attachment
         data.attachments!.push({
           filename: fileName,
           content: fileContent,