diff --git a/common/common.tf b/common/common.tf
index f225c95..238c469 100644
--- a/common/common.tf
+++ b/common/common.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 locals {
   account_id          = var.account_id != "" ? var.account_id : data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id
   account_environment = data.aws_arn.current.partition == "aws-us-gov" ? "gov" : "ew"
-  region = var.region
+  region              = data.aws_region.current.name
 
   base_tags = {
     "boc:tf_module_version" = local._module_version
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ locals {
 
 locals {
   name_parts              = split(".", var.name)
-  host_name               = var.name_parts[0]
+  host_name               = local.name_parts[0]
   zone                    = trimprefix(var.name, format("%v.", local.host_name))
   private_zone            = local.account_environment == "gov" ? true : var.private_zone
   rr_type                 = upper(local.record_type)
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ locals {
   default_heritage_prefix = lookup(local._defaults.heritage_prefix, local.record_type, "") != "" ? format("%v.", lookup(local._defaults.heritage_prefix, local.record_type)) : ""
   values                  = type(var.values) == "string" ? [var.values] : var.values
 }
-  
+
 resource "time_static" "timestamp" {}