diff --git a/terraform/aws/bastion-aws/provider.tf b/terraform/aws/bastion-aws/provider.tf
index 0c28776..d7c130e 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/bastion-aws/provider.tf
+++ b/terraform/aws/bastion-aws/provider.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 provider "aws" {
-    region                  = "us-west-2"
+    region                  = "${var.user_region}"
 }
diff --git a/terraform/aws/bastion-aws/vars.tf b/terraform/aws/bastion-aws/variables.tf
similarity index 64%
rename from terraform/aws/bastion-aws/vars.tf
rename to terraform/aws/bastion-aws/variables.tf
index 2a32f6e..128d6f5 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/bastion-aws/vars.tf
+++ b/terraform/aws/bastion-aws/variables.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+variable "user_region" {
+    type                    = "string"
+    description             = "AWS region in which all resources will be created"
+}
+
 variable "keypair" {
     type                    = "string"
     description             = "AWS SSH keypair to use to connect to instances"