diff --git a/profiles/base/main.tf b/profiles/base/main.tf
index f3da8a2..de0bf22 100644
--- a/profiles/base/main.tf
+++ b/profiles/base/main.tf
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ module "fd_waf_acl" {
   count  = var.deploy_waf_rule ? 1 : 0
   source = "../../modules/cloudfront/waf"
 
+  providers = {
+    aws = aws.east
+  }
+
   logging_bucket_name = var.deploy_log_archive ? module.filmdrop_log_archive[0].s3_logs_archive_bucket : var.s3_logs_archive_bucket
   whitelist_ips       = var.whitelist_ips
   ip_blocklist        = var.ip_blocklist
diff --git a/profiles/base/providers.tf b/profiles/base/providers.tf
index d782dd6..4d4e2cf 100644
--- a/profiles/base/providers.tf
+++ b/profiles/base/providers.tf
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ terraform {
     aws = {
       source  = "hashicorp/aws"
       version = "~> 5.22"
+      configuration_aliases = [
+        aws.east
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/profiles/core/main.tf b/profiles/core/main.tf
index 6128106..f354e40 100644
--- a/profiles/core/main.tf
+++ b/profiles/core/main.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 module "base_infra" {
   source = "../base"
 
+  providers = {
+    aws.east = aws.east
+  }
+
   deploy_vpc                     = var.deploy_vpc
   deploy_vpc_search              = var.deploy_vpc_search
   deploy_alarms                  = var.deploy_alarms