diff --git a/contracts/sh/upload-tally.sh b/contracts/sh/upload-tally.sh
index 2348176d5..ebb3262f5 100755
--- a/contracts/sh/upload-tally.sh
+++ b/contracts/sh/upload-tally.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ set -e
 #
 # sh/upload-tally.sh
 #
-# Make sure the PINATA_JWT secret is set in the AWS secrets manager
+# Make sure the PINATA_JWT secret is set in the AWS secrets manager in the us-east-1 region
 #   aws scretsmanager create-secret --name PINATA_JWT --secret-string "SECRET_VALUE"
 #
 
-PINATA_JWT=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id PINATA_JWT | jq -r '.SecretString')
+PINATA_JWT=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --region us-east-1 --secret-id PINATA_JWT | jq -r '.SecretString')
 curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pinata.cloud/pinning/pinFileToIPFS' \
           --header "Authorization: Bearer ${PINATA_JWT}" \
           --form 'file=@"tally.json"'