diff --git a/src/pkg/cli/client/byoc/aws/byoc.go b/src/pkg/cli/client/byoc/aws/byoc.go
index a3ee6daba..180a2be34 100644
--- a/src/pkg/cli/client/byoc/aws/byoc.go
+++ b/src/pkg/cli/client/byoc/aws/byoc.go
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ func (e ErrMissingAwsCreds) Unwrap() error {
 	return e.err
 }
 
+type ErrMissingAwsRegion struct {
+	err error
+}
+
+func (e ErrMissingAwsRegion) Error() string {
+	return "missing AWS region: set AWS_REGION or edit your AWS profile (https://docs.defang.io/docs/providers/aws#region)"
+}
+
+func (e ErrMissingAwsRegion) Unwrap() error {
+	return e.err
+}
+
 func AnnotateAwsError(err error) error {
 	if err == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -82,6 +94,9 @@ func AnnotateAwsError(err error) error {
 	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "get credentials:") {
 		return connect.NewError(connect.CodeUnauthenticated, ErrMissingAwsCreds{err})
 	}
+	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "missing AWS region:") {
+		return connect.NewError(connect.CodeUnauthenticated, ErrMissingAwsRegion{err})
+	}
 	if cerr := new(aws.ErrNoSuchKey); errors.As(err, &cerr) {
 		return connect.NewError(connect.CodeNotFound, err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/protos/io/defang/v1/fabric.pb.go b/src/protos/io/defang/v1/fabric.pb.go
index 1bdfc3a49..220ab13f1 100644
--- a/src/protos/io/defang/v1/fabric.pb.go
+++ b/src/protos/io/defang/v1/fabric.pb.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// 	protoc-gen-go v1.35.1
+// 	protoc-gen-go v1.35.2
 // 	protoc        (unknown)
 // source: io/defang/v1/fabric.proto