diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 750d4302c..4a433a8cb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ generate-manifest:
 
 .PHONY: upload-static ## Upload the static files to be served from S3
 upload-static:
-	aws s3 cp --region eu-west-1 --recursive --cache-control max-age=315360000,immutable ./app/static s3://${DNS_NAME}-static
+	aws s3 cp --region us-west-2 --recursive --cache-control max-age=315360000,immutable ./app/static s3://${DNS_NAME}-static
 
 .PHONY: cf-deploy
 cf-deploy: ## Deploys the app to Cloud Foundry
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 041e17ada..64742664e 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Config(object):
     ANTIVIRUS_API_KEY = os.environ.get('ANTIVIRUS_API_KEY')
 
     ASSETS_DEBUG = False
-    AWS_REGION = 'eu-west-1'
+    AWS_REGION = 'us-west-2'
     DEFAULT_SERVICE_LIMIT = 50
 
     EMAIL_EXPIRY_SECONDS = 3600  # 1 hour
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ class Development(Config):
     DEBUG = True
     SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = False
     SESSION_PROTECTION = None
-    CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'development-notifications-csv-upload'
-    CONTACT_LIST_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'development-contact-list'
+    CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'local-notifications-csv-upload'
+    CONTACT_LIST_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'local-contact-list'
     LOGO_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'public-logos-tools'
     LOGO_CDN_DOMAIN = 'static-logos.notify.tools'
     MOU_BUCKET_NAME = 'notify.tools-mou'
diff --git a/scripts/run_app_paas.sh b/scripts/run_app_paas.sh
index 9abb9fcae..3016f2db1 100755
--- a/scripts/run_app_paas.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_app_paas.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function start_application {
 }
 
 function start_aws_logs_agent {
-  exec aws logs push --region eu-west-1 --config-file /home/vcap/app/awslogs.conf &
+  exec aws logs push --region us-west-2 --config-file /home/vcap/app/awslogs.conf &
   AWSLOGS_AGENT_PID=$!
   echo "AWS logs agent pid: ${AWSLOGS_AGENT_PID}"
 }
diff --git a/tests/app/s3_client/test_s3_letter_upload_client.py b/tests/app/s3_client/test_s3_letter_upload_client.py
index 86aadb2d1..e65327572 100644
--- a/tests/app/s3_client/test_s3_letter_upload_client.py
+++ b/tests/app/s3_client/test_s3_letter_upload_client.py
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ def test_get_letter_s3_object_raises_custom_error(
     expected_exception
 ):
     bucket_name = current_app.config['TRANSIENT_UPLOADED_LETTERS']
-    s3 = boto3.client('s3', region_name='eu-west-1')
+    s3 = boto3.client('s3', region_name='us-west-2')
 
     # bucket not existing will trigger some other error
     if will_raise_custom_error:
         s3.create_bucket(
             Bucket=bucket_name,
-            CreateBucketConfiguration={'LocationConstraint': 'eu-west-1'}
+            CreateBucketConfiguration={'LocationConstraint': 'us-west-2'}
         )
 
     with pytest.raises(expected_exception):
diff --git a/tests/app/s3_client/test_s3_logo_client.py b/tests/app/s3_client/test_s3_logo_client.py
index 630943d79..580c5f17a 100644
--- a/tests/app/s3_client/test_s3_logo_client.py
+++ b/tests/app/s3_client/test_s3_logo_client.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ data = {'data': 'some_data'}
 filename = 'test.png'
 svg_filename = 'test.svg'
 upload_id = 'test_uuid'
-region = 'eu-west1'
+region = 'us-west-2'
 
 
 @pytest.fixture