diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 258f418..4d1abf8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ ENV DYNAMO_DB_TABLE ""
 ENV LOCAL_DYNAMO_DB_ENDPOINT ""
 ENV AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="none"
 ENV AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="none"
+ENV AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="none"
 
 # TRANSACTOR DDB Backend
 ENV AWS_DYNAMO_DB_REGION ""
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dac419..ec12e09 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 | LOCAL_DYNAMO_DB_ENDPOINT            | `TRANSACTOR`, `PEER`, `BACKUP_DB`, `RESTORE_DB`, `CONSOLE` WITH PROTOCOL `DDB` OR `DDB-LOCAL` |                                                                                             | **None, provided by user** |
 | AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID                   | `TRANSACTOR`, `PEER`, `BACKUP_DB`, `RESTORE_DB`, `CONSOLE` WITH PROTOCOL `DDB` OR `DDB-LOCAL` |                                                                                             | `none`                     |
 | AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY               | `TRANSACTOR`, `PEER`, `BACKUP_DB`, `RESTORE_DB`, `CONSOLE` WITH PROTOCOL `DDB` OR `DDB-LOCAL` |                                                                                             | `none`                     |
+| AWS_DEFAULT_REGION                  | `TRANSACTOR`, `PEER`, `BACKUP_DB`, `RESTORE_DB`, `CONSOLE` WITH PROTOCOL `DDB` OR `DDB-LOCAL` |                                                                                             | `none`                     |
 | PEER_HOST                           | `PEER`                                                                                        |                                                                                             | `0.0.0.0`                  |
 | PEER_PORT                           | `PEER`                                                                                        |                                                                                             | `8998`                     |
 | PEER_ACCESSKEY                      | `PEER`                                                                                        |                                                                                             | `myaccesskey`              |