diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 705add87..212527cf 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ CELERY_BROKER_URL                       CELERY_BROKER_URL           auto w/ Dock
 DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID                AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID           n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY            AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY       n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME          AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME     n/a                                            raises error
+DJANGO_AWS_S3_REGION_NAME               AWS_S3_REGION_NAME          n/a                                            None
 SENTRY_DSN                              SENTRY_DSN                  n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL                 SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL            n/a                                            logging.INFO
 MAILGUN_API_KEY                         MAILGUN_ACCESS_KEY          n/a                                            raises error
diff --git a/tests/test_docker.sh b/tests/test_docker.sh
index 018ad85f..55771c14 100755
--- a/tests/test_docker.sh
+++ b/tests/test_docker.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,17 @@ cd .cache/docker
 cookiecutter ../../ --no-input --overwrite-if-exists use_docker=y $@
 cd my_awesome_project
 
-# run migrations
-docker-compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py migrate
+# run the project's type checks
+docker-compose -f local.yml run django mypy my_awesome_project
 
-# view backups
-docker-compose -f local.yml exec postgres backups
+# Run black with --check option
+docker-compose -f local.yml run django black --check --diff  --exclude 'migrations' ./
 
+# run the project's tests
+docker-compose -f local.yml run django pytest
+
+# return non-zero status code if there are migrations that have not been created
+docker-compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py makemigrations --dry-run --check || { echo "ERROR: there were changes in the models, but migration listed above have not been created and are not saved in version control"; exit 1; }
+
+# Test support for translations
+docker-compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py makemessages
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
index 3db964b6..236c6c9f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ AWS_S3_OBJECT_PARAMETERS = {
 }
 #  https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html#settings
 AWS_DEFAULT_ACL = None
+# https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html#settings
+AWS_S3_REGION_NAME = env("DJANGO_AWS_S3_REGION_NAME", default=None)
 
 # STATIC
 # ------------------------