diff --git a/flask_fs/backends/s3.py b/flask_fs/backends/s3.py
index cb84d7f..9ce63a2 100644
--- a/flask_fs/backends/s3.py
+++ b/flask_fs/backends/s3.py
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ def __init__(self, name, config):
                                         aws_secret_access_key=config.secret_key)
         self.bucket = self.s3.Bucket(name)
 
-        try:
-            self.bucket.create()
-        except self.s3.meta.client.exceptions.BucketAlreadyOwnedByYou:
-            pass
+        if self.bucket.creation_date is None:
+            # Boto3 does not automatically get the region from the conneciton information
+            # They use the default US Standard region.
+            # Ref: https://github.com/boto/boto3/issues/781
+            self.bucket.create(CreateBucketConfiguration={
+                'LocationConstraint': self.s3.meta.client.meta.region_name
+            })
 
     def exists(self, filename):
         try:
diff --git a/tests/test_s3_backend.py b/tests/test_s3_backend.py
index 8cb82d9..906d461 100644
--- a/tests/test_s3_backend.py
+++ b/tests/test_s3_backend.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import logging
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from .test_backend_mixin import BackendTestCase
 
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@
 from flask_fs.storage import Config
 
 import boto3
+import hashlib
+import six
 
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 
@@ -68,6 +71,18 @@ def file_exists(self, filename):
         except ClientError:
             return False
 
+    def test_metadata(self, app, faker):
+        content = six.text_type(faker.sentence())
+        hasher = getattr(hashlib, self.hasher)
+        hashed = hasher(content.encode('utf8')).hexdigest()
+        self.put_file('file.txt', content)
+
+        metadata = self.backend.metadata('file.txt')
+        assert metadata['checksum'] == '{0}:{1}'.format(self.hasher, hashed)
+        assert metadata['size'] == len(content)
+        assert metadata['mime'] == 'application/octet-stream'
+        assert isinstance(metadata['modified'], datetime)
+
     # def test_root(self):
     #     self.assertEqual(self.backend.root, self.test_dir)