diff --git a/utils/deploy_task.js b/utils/deploy_task.js
index fd6c675..c5bfbfc 100644
--- a/utils/deploy_task.js
+++ b/utils/deploy_task.js
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ deployTask.getHandler = function (grunt) {
             AWS.config.loadFromPath(options.credentialsJSON);
         }
 
-        AWS.config.update({region: options.region});
 
         if (typeof options.aliases === 'string') {
             options.aliases = [options.aliases];
@@ -96,6 +95,8 @@ deployTask.getHandler = function (grunt) {
             }
         }
 
+        AWS.config.update({region: options.region});
+
         var done = this.async();
 
         var lambda = new AWS.Lambda({