diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/audiobookshelf/templates/external-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/audiobookshelf/templates/external-secret.yaml
index fe6e42939..403b8e64b 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/audiobookshelf/templates/external-secret.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/audiobookshelf/templates/external-secret.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ spec:
         key: /cl01tl/volsync/restic/config
         metadataPolicy: None
         property: RESTIC_PASSWORD
+    - secretKey: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /cl01tl/volsync/restic/config
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
     - secretKey: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
       remoteRef:
         conversionStrategy: Default
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ spec:
     name: vault
   target:
     template:
-      mergePolicy: Merge    
+      mergePolicy: Merge
       engineVersion: v2
       data:
         RESTIC_REPOSITORY: "{{ `{{ .BUCKET_ENDPOINT }}` }}/audiobookshelf/audiobookshelf-metadata"
@@ -86,6 +93,13 @@ spec:
         key: /cl01tl/volsync/restic/config
         metadataPolicy: None
         property: RESTIC_PASSWORD
+    - secretKey: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /cl01tl/volsync/restic/config
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
     - secretKey: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
       remoteRef:
         conversionStrategy: Default