diff --git a/functions/src/email/sendEmailSES.ts b/functions/src/email/sendEmailSES.ts
index 6d04267..d461557 100644
--- a/functions/src/email/sendEmailSES.ts
+++ b/functions/src/email/sendEmailSES.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const stripHtml = (html: string): string => {
 
 async function sendSimpleEmail(data: EmailRequest, recipients: string[]) {
     const ses = new SESClient({
-        region: 'ap-south-1',
+        region: '#{AWS_REGION}#',
         credentials: {
             accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID || '',
             secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY || ''