diff --git a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/AmazonS3Client.java b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/AmazonS3Client.java
index 078c3d0..cd90934 100644
--- a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/AmazonS3Client.java
+++ b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/AmazonS3Client.java
@@ -53,10 +53,17 @@ public class AmazonS3Client implements AmazonS3 {
 
 	public static AmazonS3Client get(String accessKeyId, String secretAccessKey, String host, org.lucee.extension.resource.s3.region.RegionFactory.Region region, long liveTimeout,
 			boolean pathStyleAccess, Log log) throws S3Exception {
+
 		String key = accessKeyId + ":" + secretAccessKey + ":" + host + ":" + (region == null ? "default-region" : S3.toString(region)) + ":" + pathStyleAccess;
 		AmazonS3Client client = pool.get(key);
 		if (client == null || client.isExpired()) {
-			pool.put(key, client = new AmazonS3Client(accessKeyId, secretAccessKey, host, region, key, liveTimeout, pathStyleAccess, log));
+			synchronized (pool) {
+				client = pool.get(key);
+				if (client == null || client.isExpired()) {
+					pool.put(key, client = new AmazonS3Client(accessKeyId, secretAccessKey, host, region, key, liveTimeout, pathStyleAccess, log));
+				}
+			}
+
 		}
 		return client;
 	}
diff --git a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3.java b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3.java
index 31574a0..a8113ab 100755
--- a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3.java
+++ b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3.java
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ public S3(S3Properties props, long cacheTimeout, long liveTimeout, boolean cache
 				defaultRegion = props.getDefaultLocation();
 			}
 		}
+		defaultRegion = S3Util.extractLocationFromHostIfNecessary(defaultRegion, host);
 
 		if (cacheRegions) {
 			new CacheRegions().start();
 		}
 		this.log = log;
-
 	}
 
 	public String getHost() {
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ public Region toRegion(String bucketName, String strRegion) throws S3Exception {
 		else if (!Util.isEmpty(bucketName)) {
 			return getBucketRegion(bucketName, true);
 		}
-		return null;
+		return Util.isEmpty(defaultRegion, true) ? null : RegionFactory.getInstance(defaultRegion);
 	}
 
 	public static String toString(Region region) {
diff --git a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3Properties.java b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3Properties.java
index c7ea2af..3323602 100644
--- a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3Properties.java
+++ b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3Properties.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public void setDefaultLocation(String defaultLocation) {
 	}
 
 	public String getDefaultLocation() {
+		if (defaultLocation == null) this.defaultLocation = S3Util.extractLocationFromHostIfNecessary(this.defaultLocation, this.host);
 		return defaultLocation;
 	}
 
@@ -112,9 +113,8 @@ public String getMapping() {
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return new StringBuilder().append("host:").append(host).append(";").append("accessKeyId:").append(accessKeyId).append(";").append("secretAccessKey:")
-				.append(secretAccessKey).append(";").append("custom:").append(hasCustomCredentials).append(";acl:").append(acl).append(";location:").append(this.defaultLocation)
-				.append(";").toString();
+		return new StringBuilder().append("host:").append(getHost()).append(";").append("accessKeyId:").append(accessKeyId).append(";").append("secretAccessKey:")
+				.append(secretAccessKey).append(";acl:").append(acl).append(";location:").append(getDefaultLocation()).append(";").toString();
 	}
 
 	public void setACL(Object acl) {
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ private static S3Properties toS3(CFMLEngine eng, Struct sct) throws S3Exception
 	private static S3Properties toS3(String accessKeyId, String awsSecretKey, String defaultLocation, String host, String bucket, String acl, TimeSpan cache) throws S3Exception {
 
 		S3Properties s3 = new S3Properties();
+		defaultLocation = S3Util.extractLocationFromHostIfNecessary(defaultLocation, host);
 
 		if (!Util.isEmpty(accessKeyId)) s3.setAccessKeyId(accessKeyId);
 		if (!Util.isEmpty(awsSecretKey)) s3.setSecretAccessKey(awsSecretKey);
diff --git a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3ResourceProvider.java b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3ResourceProvider.java
index 224af3b..014124d 100755
--- a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3ResourceProvider.java
+++ b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3ResourceProvider.java
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ public static String loadWithNewPattern(S3Properties properties, RefString stora
 			if (Util.isEmpty(defaultLocation, true)) defaultLocation = S3Util.getSystemPropOrEnvVar("lucee.s3.defaultLocation", null);
 			if (Util.isEmpty(defaultLocation, true)) defaultLocation = S3Util.getSystemPropOrEnvVar("lucee.s3.region", null);
 
+			defaultLocation = S3Util.extractLocationFromHostIfNecessary(defaultLocation, host);
+
 			bucket = S3Util.getSystemPropOrEnvVar("lucee.s3.bucket", null);
 			if (Util.isEmpty(bucket, true)) bucket = S3Util.getSystemPropOrEnvVar("lucee.s3.bucketname", null);
 
@@ -182,6 +184,9 @@ public static String loadWithNewPattern(S3Properties properties, RefString stora
 				}
 				if (!Util.isEmpty(prop.getDefaultLocation())) defaultLocation = prop.getDefaultLocation();
 				if (prop.getACL() != null) defaultACL = prop.getACL();
+
+				defaultLocation = S3Util.extractLocationFromHostIfNecessary(defaultLocation, host);
+
 			}
 		}
 		if (defaultACL != null) properties.setACL(defaultACL);
@@ -228,6 +233,7 @@ public static String loadWithNewPattern(S3Properties properties, RefString stora
 					secretAccessKey = prop.getSecretAccessKey();
 					defaultLocation = prop.getDefaultLocation();
 					defaultACL = prop.getACL();
+					defaultLocation = S3Util.extractLocationFromHostIfNecessary(defaultLocation, host);
 
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3Util.java b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3Util.java
index 47c7514..fc9aa0d 100644
--- a/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3Util.java
+++ b/source/java/src/org/lucee/extension/resource/s3/S3Util.java
@@ -19,4 +19,19 @@ public static String getSystemPropOrEnvVar(String name, String defaultValue) {
 
 		return defaultValue;
 	}
+
+	public static String extractLocationFromHostIfNecessary(String location, String host) {
+		if (!Util.isEmpty(location, true)) return location.trim();
+		if (!Util.isEmpty(host, true) && host.startsWith("s3.")) {
+			for (String p: S3.PROVIDERS) {
+				host = host.trim();
+				if (host.endsWith(p)) {
+					if (host.length() - p.length() < 3) continue;
+					return host.substring(3, host.length() - p.length());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
 }