diff --git a/src/CognitoSyncManager.js b/src/CognitoSyncManager.js
index a2ecee7..690f245 100644
--- a/src/CognitoSyncManager.js
+++ b/src/CognitoSyncManager.js
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ if (AWS === undefined) {
 
         var USER_AGENT = 'CognitoJavaScriptSDK/1';
 
-        this.provider = AWS.config.credentials;
+        this.provider = options.credentials || AWS.config.credentials;
         this.identityPoolId = this.provider.params.IdentityPoolId;
-        this.region = AWS.config.region;
+        this.region = options.region || AWS.config.region;
 
         // Setup logger.
         this.logger = options.log;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if (AWS === undefined) {
         this.local = new AWS.CognitoSyncManager.LocalStorage({DataStore: options.DataStore ? options.DataStore : AWS.CognitoSyncManager.StoreLocalStorage});
 
         // Initialize remote store.
-        this.remote = new AWS.CognitoSyncManager.RemoteStorage(this.identityPoolId, this.provider);
+        this.remote = new AWS.CognitoSyncManager.RemoteStorage(this.identityPoolId, this.provider, this.region);
         this.remote.setUserAgent(USER_AGENT);
 
     };
diff --git a/src/CognitoSyncRemoteStorage.js b/src/CognitoSyncRemoteStorage.js
index a1b7360..653bf68 100644
--- a/src/CognitoSyncRemoteStorage.js
+++ b/src/CognitoSyncRemoteStorage.js
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ AWS.CognitoSyncManager.RemoteStorage = (function() {
      * @constructor
      */
 
-    var CognitoSyncRemoteStorage = function (identityPoolId, provider) {
+    var CognitoSyncRemoteStorage = function (identityPoolId, provider, region) {
 
         this.identityPoolId = identityPoolId;
         this.provider = provider;
-        this.client = new AWS.CognitoSync();
-
+        this.client = new AWS.CognitoSync({region: region, credentials: provider});
+        
     };
 
     CognitoSyncRemoteStorage.prototype.userAgent = '';
@@ -274,4 +274,4 @@ AWS.CognitoSyncManager.RemoteStorage = (function() {
 
     return CognitoSyncRemoteStorage;
 
-})();
\ No newline at end of file
+})();