diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 978bee3..c833212 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Initial setup w/ Laravel
 After installing via `php artisan bundle:install zencoder` and running the zencoder migration(s) `php artisan migrate zencoder` you'll need to add a section to your /application/bundles.php file:
 
 	'zencoder' => array(
-		'hanldes' => 'zencoder',
+		'handles' => 'zencoder',
 		'auto' => true
 	),
 	
diff --git a/config/api.php b/config/api.php
index 75cec23..f108923 100644
--- a/config/api.php
+++ b/config/api.php
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 	//Default encoding profile to use
 	'default_encoding_profile' => 1,
 
+	//What region do you want the files to be transcoded in? (Generally the same as the S3 region)
+	'region' => 'us-n-virginia',
+
 	/**
 	 *   OUTPUTS
 	 *
diff --git a/models/zencoderfile.php b/models/zencoderfile.php
index f4363c2..6fa9ef6 100644
--- a/models/zencoderfile.php
+++ b/models/zencoderfile.php
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ private function buildRequest()
 
 		$request->input = $this->input_path;
 
+		//Set the region
+		$request->region = Config::get('zencoder::api.region');
+
         //Check to see if the encoding preset was set at run time, else we'll get the default encoding profile from config
 		$encodeWith = $this->getEncodingPreset();
 		if(!$this->encodeWith)