diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/environment/aws.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/environment/aws.py
index a004a2540..2d62079e6 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/environment/aws.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/environment/aws.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ class AwsEnvironment(Environment):
     def _get_region(self):
         return self.aws_info.get_region()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_region():
+        return urllib2.urlopen('http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone').read()[:-1]
+
     def is_auth_enabled(self):
         return True