diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abb6ccf..426d43d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.ing.ranger</groupId>
     <artifactId>ranger-s3-plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>v0.1.0</version>
+    <version>v0.1.1</version>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ing/ranger/s3/client/S3Client.java b/src/main/java/com/ing/ranger/s3/client/S3Client.java
index 0e64e31..516157e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ing/ranger/s3/client/S3Client.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ing/ranger/s3/client/S3Client.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public S3Client(Map<String, String> configs) throws Exception {
         this.endpoint = configs.get("endpoint");
         this.accessKey = configs.get("accesskey");
         this.secretKey = PasswordUtils.decryptPassword(configs.get("password"));
-        this.awsRegion = configs.getOrDefault("region", "us-east-1");
+        this.awsRegion = configs.getOrDefault("region", "eu-west-1");
 
         if (this.endpoint == null || this.endpoint.isEmpty() || !this.endpoint.startsWith("http")) {
             logError("Incorrect value found for configuration `endpoint`. Please provide url in format http://host:port");