diff --git a/rowsandall_app/settings.py b/rowsandall_app/settings.py
index 04a621a1..aea004aa 100644
--- a/rowsandall_app/settings.py
+++ b/rowsandall_app/settings.py
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SECONDS = 900
 
 EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses.SESBackend'
 
-AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = CFG['aws_smtp']
+AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = CFG['aws_region']
 AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = CFG['aws_smtp']
 
 AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID = CFG['aws_access_key_id']