diff --git a/eksawshelper/client.go b/eksawshelper/client.go
index b0a8ec5..e2f86c1 100644
--- a/eksawshelper/client.go
+++ b/eksawshelper/client.go
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ import (
 
 // NewAuthenticatedSession gets an AWS Session, checking that the user has credentials properly configured in their environment.
 func NewAuthenticatedSession(region string) (*session.Session, error) {
-	sess, err := session.NewSession(aws.NewConfig().WithRegion(region))
+	opts := session.Options{
+		Config:            *(aws.NewConfig().WithRegion(region)),
+		SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
+	}
+	sess, err := session.NewSessionWithOptions(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}