diff --git a/functions/src/email/sendEmailSES.ts b/functions/src/email/sendEmailSES.ts
index d461557..ff486be 100644
--- a/functions/src/email/sendEmailSES.ts
+++ b/functions/src/email/sendEmailSES.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ interface EmailRequest {
 
 interface Attachment {
     filename: string;
-    content: string | Buffer; // Base64 encoded string or Buffer
+    content: string | Buffer;
     contentType?: string;
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const stripHtml = (html: string): string => {
 
 async function sendSimpleEmail(data: EmailRequest, recipients: string[]) {
     const ses = new SESClient({
-        region: '#{AWS_REGION}#',
+        region: process.env.AWS_REGION,
         credentials: {
             accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID || '',
             secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY || ''
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ 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 || ''