diff --git a/packages/pockethost/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/instances-create.pb.js b/packages/pockethost/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/instances-create.pb.js
index 10abc93d..eddeecea 100644
--- a/packages/pockethost/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/instances-create.pb.js
+++ b/packages/pockethost/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/instances-create.pb.js
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ routerAdd(
     // This is necessary for destructuring to work correctly
     data = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data))
 
-    const { subdomain } = data
+    const { subdomain, region } = data
 
-    log(`***vars`, JSON.stringify({ subdomain }))
+    log(`***vars`, JSON.stringify({ subdomain, region }))
 
     if (!subdomain) {
       throw new BadRequestError(
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ routerAdd(
     const collection = dao.findCollectionByNameOrId('instances')
     const record = new Record(collection)
     record.set('uid', authRecord.getId())
+    record.set('region', region || `sfo-1`)
     record.set('subdomain', subdomain)
     record.set('status', 'idle')
     record.set('version', versions[0])
diff --git a/packages/pockethost/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/signup.pb.js b/packages/pockethost/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/signup.pb.js
index d95cc02d..4cae7322 100644
--- a/packages/pockethost/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/signup.pb.js
+++ b/packages/pockethost/src/mothership-app/pb_hooks/src/signup.pb.js
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ routerAdd(
     const email = parsed.email?.trim()
     const password = parsed.password?.trim()
     const desiredInstanceName = parsed.instanceName?.trim()
+    const region = parsed.region?.trim()
 
     /**
      * @param {string} fieldName
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ routerAdd(
       try {
         const instance = new Record(instanceCollection)
         instance.set('subdomain', desiredInstanceName)
+        instance.set('region', region || `sfo-1`)
         instance.set('uid', user.get('id'))
         instance.set('status', 'idle')
         instance.set('notifyMaintenanceMode', true)