diff --git a/Frontend/src/services/ApiService.js b/Frontend/src/services/ApiService.js
index 66f038c04a2b7fa272ae3a0218a7a8fde46e7d60..f399b434a573faf46d8dac45efa21138b6616949 100644
--- a/Frontend/src/services/ApiService.js
+++ b/Frontend/src/services/ApiService.js
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ const putAsset = async (url, file, setLoading) => {
 const postAsset = async (raw) => {
   console.log(JSON.stringify(raw));
 
-  await fetch("${REACT_APP_API}/works/register", {
+  await fetch(`${REACT_APP_API}/works/register`, {
     method: "POST",
     headers: {
       "Content-Type": "application/json",
diff --git a/faircommons-services/api-service/src/main/resources/application.yml b/faircommons-services/api-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
index b26e24556dc9072df98f3a4ee057f8471e1812e4..fbcb101f1920b53e4779740702d77e0a2aded18f 100644
--- a/faircommons-services/api-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/faircommons-services/api-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ server:
 
 minio:
   bucketPrefix: fairregister-
+  region: eu-central-1
 
 security:
   web:
diff --git a/faircommons-services/common/src/main/java/eu/fairkom/faircommons/common/minio/MinioConfiguration.java b/faircommons-services/common/src/main/java/eu/fairkom/faircommons/common/minio/MinioConfiguration.java
index 49a18e0a1039a55cae73595e41e671c02877d117..0afb0d28ab0c098c36277a8475d40a741e0f262c 100644
--- a/faircommons-services/common/src/main/java/eu/fairkom/faircommons/common/minio/MinioConfiguration.java
+++ b/faircommons-services/common/src/main/java/eu/fairkom/faircommons/common/minio/MinioConfiguration.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class MinioConfiguration {
     public MinioClient minioClient() {
         return MinioClient.builder()
                 .endpoint(properties.getUrl())
+                .region(properties.getRegion())
                 .credentials(properties.getAccessKey(), properties.getSecretKey())
                 .build();
     }
diff --git a/faircommons-services/common/src/main/lombok/eu/fairkom/faircommons/common/minio/models/MinioConfigurationProperties.java b/faircommons-services/common/src/main/lombok/eu/fairkom/faircommons/common/minio/models/MinioConfigurationProperties.java
index d4e7e38d03f9268b6566b6133d689778cc6b1593..ce5ef44a8e9867fb4e35a33f005d89105b0aa829 100644
--- a/faircommons-services/common/src/main/lombok/eu/fairkom/faircommons/common/minio/models/MinioConfigurationProperties.java
+++ b/faircommons-services/common/src/main/lombok/eu/fairkom/faircommons/common/minio/models/MinioConfigurationProperties.java
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ public class MinioConfigurationProperties {
     private String secretKey;
     private boolean secure;
     private String bucketPrefix;
+    private String region;
 
 }
diff --git a/faircommons-services/hashing-service/src/main/resources/application.yml b/faircommons-services/hashing-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 0cb96f15912d8cd7372765286763ed4e73846ec9..06d4f2850483e3a632f18efa9e9e31e041758dc0 100644
--- a/faircommons-services/hashing-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/faircommons-services/hashing-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ server:
 
 minio:
   bucketPrefix: fairregister-
+  region: eu-central-1
 
 security:
   web:
diff --git a/faircommons-services/ipfs-service/src/main/resources/application.yml b/faircommons-services/ipfs-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
index d397e0ad7ef834cc1f415d8d92d0fd5c544ea055..7c39f322a16dd99cd44053a369ba13940a9adffc 100644
--- a/faircommons-services/ipfs-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/faircommons-services/ipfs-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ server:
 
 minio:
   bucketPrefix: fairregister-
+  region: eu-central-1
 
 security:
   web:
diff --git a/faircommons-services/post-registration-service/src/main/resources/application.yml b/faircommons-services/post-registration-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 2a53948e06931c75b896470509145559ec5aa1d1..cc67ec53d241a77e741fde5023a3c87c1d1fe31e 100644
--- a/faircommons-services/post-registration-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/faircommons-services/post-registration-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ server:
 
 minio:
   bucketPrefix: fairregister-
+  region: eu-central-1
 
 security:
   web: