diff --git a/examples/dlp_api_example/main.tf b/examples/dlp_api_example/main.tf
index 3368a12..2741895 100644
--- a/examples/dlp_api_example/main.tf
+++ b/examples/dlp_api_example/main.tf
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ provider "google" {
   region  = "${var.region}"
 }
 
-resource "random_id" "random_suffix" { byte_length = 4 }
+resource "random_id" "random_suffix" {
+  byte_length = 4
+}
 
 locals {
   gcs_bucket_name = "tmp-dir-bucket-${random_id.random_suffix.hex}"
@@ -105,11 +107,12 @@ module "dataflow-job" {
   project_id            = "${var.project_id}"
   name                  = "dlp_example_${null_resource.download_sample_cc_into_gcs.id}_${null_resource.deinspection_template_setup.id}"
   on_delete             = "cancel"
+  region                = "${var.region}"
   zone                  = "${var.region}-a"
   template_gcs_path     = "gs://dataflow-templates/latest/Stream_DLP_GCS_Text_to_BigQuery"
   temp_gcs_location     = "${module.dataflow-bucket.name}"
   service_account_email = "${var.service_account_email}"
-  max_workers		= 5
+  max_workers           = 5
 
   parameters = {
     inputFilePattern       = "gs://${module.dataflow-bucket.name}/cc_records.csv"
@@ -120,11 +123,12 @@ module "dataflow-job" {
   }
 }
 
-resource "null_resource" "destroy_deidentify_template"{
-provisioner "local-exec" {
-  when    = "destroy"
-  command = <<EOF
+resource "null_resource" "destroy_deidentify_template" {
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    when = "destroy"
+
+    command = <<EOF
   curl -s -X DELETE "https://dlp.googleapis.com/v2/projects/${var.project_id}/deidentifyTemplates/15" -H "Authorization:Bearer $(gcloud auth application-default print-access-token)"
   EOF
+  }
 }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/simple_example/main.tf b/examples/simple_example/main.tf
index 539cb6e..ad6a3a3 100644
--- a/examples/simple_example/main.tf
+++ b/examples/simple_example/main.tf
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ module "dataflow-job" {
   project_id            = "${var.project_id}"
   name                  = "wordcount-terraform-example"
   on_delete             = "cancel"
-  zone                  = "${var.region}-a"
+  region                = "${var.region}"
+  zone                  = "${var.zone}"
   max_workers           = 1
   template_gcs_path     = "gs://dataflow-templates/latest/Word_Count"
   temp_gcs_location     = "${module.dataflow-bucket.name}"
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ module "dataflow-job-2" {
   project_id            = "${var.project_id}"
   name                  = "wordcount-terraform-example-2"
   on_delete             = "cancel"
-  zone                  = "${var.region}-a"
+  region                = "${var.region}"
+  zone                  = "${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/main.tf b/main.tf
index 84eb0c7..66443b2 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 resource "google_dataflow_job" "dataflow_job" {
   provider              = "google"
   project               = "${var.project_id}"
+  region                = "${var.region}"
   zone                  = "${var.zone}"
   name                  = "${var.name}"
   on_delete             = "${var.on_delete}"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/simple_example/main.tf b/test/fixtures/simple_example/main.tf
index 293b8db..932c0f2 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/simple_example/main.tf
+++ b/test/fixtures/simple_example/main.tf
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module "example" {
   source                = "../../../examples/simple_example"
   project_id            = "${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 046572b..a44e2ac 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@ variable "on_delete" {
   default     = "cancel"
 }
 
+variable "region" {
+  description = "The region in which the created job should run. Also determines the location of the staging bucket if created."
+  default     = "us-central1"
+}
+
 variable "zone" {
-  description = "The zone in which the created job should run. If it is not provided, the provider zone is used."
+  description = "The zone in which the created job should run."
   default     = "us-central1-a"
 }
 
@@ -54,11 +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     = ""