diff --git a/src/db-wrapper.js b/src/db-wrapper.js
index c51de1e4..31e716ed 100644
--- a/src/db-wrapper.js
+++ b/src/db-wrapper.js
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ import createDynamoDBService from './db.js';
 import serviceWrap from './service-wrap.js';
 
 function wrapper(func) {
+  const region = process.env.AWS_REGION;
+  if (!region) {
+    throw Error('Please define region in secrets');
+  }
   return (request, context) => serviceWrap(
     func,
     request,
-    context,
+    { ...context, region },
     '__ow_dynamodb',
     createDynamoDBService,
   );
diff --git a/src/db.js b/src/db.js
index 787818a4..ce895556 100644
--- a/src/db.js
+++ b/src/db.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import { log } from './util.js';
 const TABLE_SITES = 'spacecat-site';
 const TABLE_AUDITS = 'spacecat-audit-index';
 
-function DB() {
-  const client = new DynamoDBClient({ region: process.env.REGION });
+function DB(context) {
+  const client = new DynamoDBClient({ region: context.region });
   const docClient = DynamoDBDocumentClient.from(client);
 
   /**
@@ -136,6 +136,6 @@ function DB() {
   };
 }
 
-const createDynamoDBService = () => DB();
+const createDynamoDBService = (context) => DB(context);
 
 export default { createDynamoDBService };