diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
index 019adc2b0..7dd940b6e 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@
                             <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="configureBackup.prefix" id="inputConfigureBackupPrefix" name="prefix" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" required>
                         </div>
 
-                        <div class="form-group">
+                        <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': configureBackup.error.region }">
                             <label class="control-label" for="inputConfigureBackupRegion">S3 Region</label>
-                            <select class="form-control" id="inputConfigureBackupRegion" ng-model="configureBackup.region" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in s3Regions" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" required></select>
+                            <select class="form-control" name="region" id="inputConfigureBackupRegion" ng-model="configureBackup.region" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in s3Regions" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" required></select>
                         </div>
 
                         <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': configureBackup.error.accessKeyId }">
diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
index 15b572911..8f496f60d 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
@@ -328,7 +328,11 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', '$loca
                         } else if (error.message.indexOf('ECONNREFUSED') !== -1) {
                             $scope.configureBackup.error.generic = 'Unknown region';
                             $scope.configureBackup.error.region = true;
-                            $scope.configureBackup.region = '';
+                            $scope.configureBackupForm.region.$setPristine();
+                            $('#inputConfigureBackupRegion').focus();
+                        } else if (error.message.toLowerCase() === 'wrong region') {
+                            $scope.configureBackup.error.generic = 'Wrong S3 Region';
+                            $scope.configureBackup.error.region = true;
                             $scope.configureBackupForm.region.$setPristine();
                             $('#inputConfigureBackupRegion').focus();
                         } else {