diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/s3/S3ClientFactory.java b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/s3/S3ClientFactory.java
index ae0a1e2c..3c27538e 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/s3/S3ClientFactory.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/s3/S3ClientFactory.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class S3ClientFactory {
 		Region region = Region.getRegion(cloud.s3Region());
 
 		if (region == null) {
-			region = Region.getRegion(Regions.DEFAULT_REGION);
+			region = new Region(cloud.s3Region(), null);
 		}
 
 		AmazonS3Client client = new AmazonS3Client(new BasicAWSCredentials(decrypt(cloud.accessKey(), context), decrypt(cloud.secretKey(), context)), region);