diff --git a/modules/runners/templates/install-config-runner.sh b/modules/runners/templates/install-config-runner.sh
index d6d715e325..4bc42d2d72 100644
--- a/modules/runners/templates/install-config-runner.sh
+++ b/modules/runners/templates/install-config-runner.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 cd /home/$USER_NAME
 mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
 
-aws s3 cp ${s3_location_runner_distribution} actions-runner.tar.gz
+REGION=$(curl -s 169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | jq -r .region)
+
+aws s3 cp ${s3_location_runner_distribution} actions-runner.tar.gz --region $REGION
 tar xzf ./actions-runner.tar.gz
 rm -rf actions-runner.tar.gz
 
 ${arm_patch}
 
 INSTANCE_ID=$(wget -q -O - http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)
-REGION=$(curl -s 169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | jq -r .region)
+
 
 echo wait for configuration
 while [[ $(aws ssm get-parameters --names ${environment}-$INSTANCE_ID --with-decryption --region $REGION | jq -r ".Parameters | .[0] | .Value") == null ]]; do