diff --git a/.env_file.example b/.env_file.example
index b63810a3..46d48f51 100644
--- a/.env_file.example
+++ b/.env_file.example
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ PROVIDER_IMAGE_CLASSIFICATION=google
 # AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
 # AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
 # AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=
+S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio:9000
+AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
 
 
 # Service host URLs
diff --git a/.env_file.test b/.env_file.test
index 1bc83068..291d6d46 100644
--- a/.env_file.test
+++ b/.env_file.test
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ DATABASE_HOST=postgres
 DATABASE_USER=postgres
 DATABASE_PASS=postgres
 S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio:9000
-AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=eu-west-1
+AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY