diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index ecc2c3e512b1..de11c6bbc02c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Tuyển Vũ Xuân <netsoft1985@gmail.com>
 Sarthak Verma <sarthak@artiosys.com>
 Mike Diarmid <mike@invertase.io>
 Invertase <oss@invertase.io>
+Rishab Nayak <rishab@bu.edu>
diff --git a/packages/cloud_functions/lib/cloud_functions.dart b/packages/cloud_functions/lib/cloud_functions.dart
index 92ede2c33184..7f18d08d074d 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_functions/lib/cloud_functions.dart
+++ b/packages/cloud_functions/lib/cloud_functions.dart
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class CloudFunctionsException implements Exception {
 class CloudFunctions {
   CloudFunctions({FirebaseApp app, String region})
       : _app = app ?? FirebaseApp.instance,
-        _region = region;
+        _region = region ?? "us-central1";
 
   @visibleForTesting
   static const MethodChannel channel = MethodChannel('cloud_functions');
diff --git a/packages/cloud_functions/test/cloud_functions_test.dart b/packages/cloud_functions/test/cloud_functions_test.dart
index 8fc18cb6db65..d7650891915d 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_functions/test/cloud_functions_test.dart
+++ b/packages/cloud_functions/test/cloud_functions_test.dart
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void main() {
             'CloudFunctions#call',
             arguments: <String, dynamic>{
               'app': '[DEFAULT]',
-              'region': null,
+              'region': 'us-central1',
               'functionName': 'baz',
               'parameters': null,
             },