diff --git a/examples/full-setup/apps/test-instances/show-tunnel-status.sh b/examples/full-setup/apps/test-instances/show-tunnel-status.sh
index 09011b9..7185f31 100755
--- a/examples/full-setup/apps/test-instances/show-tunnel-status.sh
+++ b/examples/full-setup/apps/test-instances/show-tunnel-status.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,19 @@ then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-VPC=$2
-if [ -z $VPC ]
+REGION=$2
+if [ -z $REGION ]
+then
+  echo "* missing region"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+VPC=$3
+if [ -z "$VPC" ]
 then
   VPC="*vpc3*"
 fi
 
-aws --profile $PROFILE ec2 describe-vpn-connections --filters Name=tag:Name,Values="*vpc3*" --output text|grep -iE "VGW|TAG.*Name|customer.*cgw-"
+echo "* using profile $PROFILE region $REGION for VPC filter $VPC"
+
+aws --profile $PROFILE --region $REGION ec2 describe-vpn-connections --filters Name=tag:Name,Values="$VPC" --output text|grep -iE "VGW|TAG.*Name|customer.*cgw-"