diff --git a/examples/simple_example/main.tf b/examples/simple_example/main.tf
index a3e7f28..ad6a3a3 100644
--- a/examples/simple_example/main.tf
+++ b/examples/simple_example/main.tf
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module "dataflow-job" {
   name                  = "wordcount-terraform-example"
   on_delete             = "cancel"
   region                = "${var.region}"
-  zone                  = "${var.region}-a"
+  zone                  = "${var.zone}"
   max_workers           = 1
   template_gcs_path     = "gs://dataflow-templates/latest/Word_Count"
   temp_gcs_location     = "${module.dataflow-bucket.name}"
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module "dataflow-job-2" {
   name                  = "wordcount-terraform-example-2"
   on_delete             = "cancel"
   region                = "${var.region}"
-  zone                  = "${var.region}-a"
+  zone                  = "${var.zone}"
   max_workers           = 1
   template_gcs_path     = "gs://dataflow-templates/latest/Word_Count"
   temp_gcs_location     = "${module.dataflow-bucket.name}"
diff --git a/examples/simple_example/variables.tf b/examples/simple_example/variables.tf
index 06df9db..ee8736e 100644
--- a/examples/simple_example/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/simple_example/variables.tf
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ variable "project_id" {
 }
 
 variable "region" {
-  description = "The region in which the bucket and the dataflow job will be deployed"
+  description = "The region in which the bucket will be deployed"
+}
+
+variable "zone" {
+  description = "The zone in which the dataflow job will be deployed"
 }
 
 variable "service_account_email" {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/simple_example/main.tf b/test/fixtures/simple_example/main.tf
index 293b8db..932c0f2 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/simple_example/main.tf
+++ b/test/fixtures/simple_example/main.tf
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module "example" {
   source                = "../../../examples/simple_example"
   project_id            = "${var.project_id}"
   region                = "${var.region}"
+  zone                  = "${var.zone}"
   service_account_email = "${var.service_account_email}"
   force_destroy         = "true"
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/simple_example/variables.tf b/test/fixtures/simple_example/variables.tf
index 4cbaa16..0ee2894 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/simple_example/variables.tf
+++ b/test/fixtures/simple_example/variables.tf
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ variable "project_id" {
 
 variable "region" {
   description = "The region to deploy to"
+  default     = "us-east1"
+}
+
+variable "zone" {
+  description = "The zone to deploy to"
+  default     = "us-central1-a"
 }
 
 variable "service_account_email" {
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index b12e362..a44e2ac 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ variable "on_delete" {
 }
 
 variable "region" {
-  description = "The region in which the created job should run."
+  description = "The region in which the created job should run. Also determines the location of the staging bucket if created."
   default     = "us-central1"
 }
 
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ variable "service_account_email" {
   default     = ""
 }
 
-variable "region" {
-  description = "The bucket's region location"
-  default     = "us-central1"
-}
-
 variable "subnetwork_self_link" {
   description = "The subnetwork self link to which VMs will be assigned."
   default     = ""