diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/values.yaml
index 7d044db58..44a8436da 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/values.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ directus:
                 configMapKeyRef:
                   name: ceph-bucket-directus
                   key: BUCKET_NAME
+            - name: STORAGE_S3_REGION
+              value: us-east-1
             - name: STORAGE_S3_ENDPOINT
               value: rook-ceph-rgw-ceph-objectstore.rook-ceph
             - name: STORAGE_S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE