diff --git a/cmd/lk/agent.go b/cmd/lk/agent.go
index 4f169105..1f433245 100644
--- a/cmd/lk/agent.go
+++ b/cmd/lk/agent.go
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ func createAgent(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 				Run(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Using region [%s]\n", util.Accented(region))
 		} else {
 			// we shouldn't ever get here, but if we do, just default to us-east
 			logger.Debugw("no available regions found, defaulting to us-east. please contact LiveKit support if this is unexpected.")