diff --git a/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/BasicChaosMonkeyContext.java b/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/BasicChaosMonkeyContext.java
index 296b12cb..f8f5038e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/BasicChaosMonkeyContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/BasicChaosMonkeyContext.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package com.netflix.simianarmy.basic;
 
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Region;
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
 import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient;
 import com.netflix.simianarmy.MonkeyConfiguration;
 import com.netflix.simianarmy.basic.chaos.BasicChaosEmailNotifier;
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ public BasicChaosMonkeyContext() {
         setChaosCrawler(new ASGChaosCrawler(awsClient()));
         setChaosInstanceSelector(new BasicChaosInstanceSelector());
         MonkeyConfiguration cfg = configuration();
-        setChaosEmailNotifier(new BasicChaosEmailNotifier(cfg, new AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient(), null));
+        AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient sesClient = new AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient();
+        sesClient.setRegion(Region.getRegion(Regions.fromName(region())));
+        setChaosEmailNotifier(new BasicChaosEmailNotifier(cfg, sesClient, null));
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/conformity/BasicConformityMonkeyContext.java b/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/conformity/BasicConformityMonkeyContext.java
index e08c9983..bedad458 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/conformity/BasicConformityMonkeyContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/conformity/BasicConformityMonkeyContext.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 // CHECKSTYLE IGNORE MagicNumberCheck
 package com.netflix.simianarmy.basic.conformity;
 
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Region;
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
 import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ public BasicConformityMonkeyContext() {
 
         clusterCrawler = new AWSClusterCrawler(regionToAwsClient, configuration());
         sesClient = new AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient();
+        sesClient.setRegion(Region.getRegion(Regions.fromName(region())));
         defaultEmail = configuration().getStrOrElse("simianarmy.conformity.notification.defaultEmail", null);
         ccEmails = StringUtils.split(
                 configuration().getStrOrElse("simianarmy.conformity.notification.ccEmails", ""), ",");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/janitor/BasicJanitorMonkeyContext.java b/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/janitor/BasicJanitorMonkeyContext.java
index f0860a7c..c6d4f47c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/janitor/BasicJanitorMonkeyContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/basic/janitor/BasicJanitorMonkeyContext.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 // CHECKSTYLE IGNORE MagicNumberCheck
 package com.netflix.simianarmy.basic.janitor;
 
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Region;
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
 import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient;
 import com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryManager;
 import com.netflix.simianarmy.MonkeyCalendar;
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ public BasicJanitorMonkeyContext() {
 
         janitorEmailBuilder = new BasicJanitorEmailBuilder();
         sesClient = new AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient();
+        sesClient.setRegion(Region.getRegion(Regions.fromName(monkeyRegion)));
         defaultEmail = configuration().getStrOrElse("simianarmy.janitor.notification.defaultEmail", "");
         ccEmails = StringUtils.split(
                 configuration().getStrOrElse("simianarmy.janitor.notification.ccEmails", ""), ",");