diff --git a/ci/deploy.sh b/ci/deploy.sh
index 78fbd93..a45d0a1 100755
--- a/ci/deploy.sh
+++ b/ci/deploy.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fi
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]]
 then
 
-    export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=eu-west-1
+    export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=auto
     # Upload image
     # The put is done via a temporary filename in order to prevent outage on the
     # production file for a longer period of time.
diff --git a/lib/core/build.sh b/lib/core/build.sh
index 8406c97..45f3631 100644
--- a/lib/core/build.sh
+++ b/lib/core/build.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function build_image_env(){
     info "Installing pacman and its dependencies..."
     # All the essential executables (ln, mkdir, chown, etc) are in coreutils
     # bwrap command belongs to bubblewrap
-    sudo pacstrap -G -M -d "${maindir}"/root pacman coreutils bubblewrap
+    sudo pacstrap -G -M "${maindir}"/root pacman coreutils bubblewrap
 
     if [[ ${ARCH} != "arm" ]]
     then