diff --git a/examples/simple/providers.tf b/examples/simple/providers.tf
index 5501296..ce03e7a 100644
--- a/examples/simple/providers.tf
+++ b/examples/simple/providers.tf
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ terraform {
 }
 
 provider "aws" {
-  profile = "107742151971-do2-govcloud"
-  region  = "us-gov-east-1"
+  profile = var.profile
+  region  = var.region
 }
diff --git a/examples/simple/variables.tf b/examples/simple/variables.tf
index d426407..3728eda 100644
--- a/examples/simple/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/simple/variables.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+variable "region" {
+  description = "AWS region"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "profile" {
+  description = "AWS config profile"
+  type        = string
+}
+
 variable "cluster_name" {
   description = "EKS cluster name name component used through out the EKS cluster describing its purpose (ex: dice-dev)"
   type        = string