diff --git a/ebs-snapshot.sh b/ebs-snapshot.sh
index 89c9b64..7dcca25 100644
--- a/ebs-snapshot.sh
+++ b/ebs-snapshot.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 ## Variable Declartions ##
 
+AWS_PROFILE="default"
+
 # Get Instance Details
 instance_id=$(wget -q -O- http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)
 region=$(wget -q -O- http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone | sed -e 's/\([1-9]\).$/\1/g')
@@ -73,34 +75,34 @@ snapshot_volumes() {
 		log "Volume ID is $volume_id"
 
 		# Get the attched device name to add to the description so we can easily tell which volume this is.
-		device_name=$(aws ec2 describe-volumes --region $region --output=text --volume-ids $volume_id --query 'Volumes[0].{Devices:Attachments[0].Device}')
+		device_name=$(aws ec2 --profile $AWS_PROFILE describe-volumes --region $region --output=text --volume-ids $volume_id --query 'Volumes[0].{Devices:Attachments[0].Device}')
 
 		# Take a snapshot of the current volume, and capture the resulting snapshot ID
 		snapshot_description="$(hostname)-$device_name-backup-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
 
-		snapshot_id=$(aws ec2 create-snapshot --region $region --output=text --description $snapshot_description --volume-id $volume_id --query SnapshotId)
+		snapshot_id=$(aws ec2 --profile $AWS_PROFILE create-snapshot --region $region --output=text --description $snapshot_description --volume-id $volume_id --query SnapshotId)
 		log "New snapshot is $snapshot_id"
 	 
 		# Add a "CreatedBy:AutomatedBackup" tag to the resulting snapshot.
 		# Why? Because we only want to purge snapshots taken by the script later, and not delete snapshots manually taken.
-		aws ec2 create-tags --region $region --resource $snapshot_id --tags Key=CreatedBy,Value=AutomatedBackup
+		aws ec2 --profile $AWS_PROFILE create-tags --region $region --resource $snapshot_id --tags Key=CreatedBy,Value=AutomatedBackup
 	done
 }
 
 # Function: Cleanup all snapshots associated with this instance that are older than $retention_days
 cleanup_snapshots() {
 	for volume_id in $volume_list; do
-		snapshot_list=$(aws ec2 describe-snapshots --region $region --output=text --filters "Name=volume-id,Values=$volume_id" "Name=tag:CreatedBy,Values=AutomatedBackup" --query Snapshots[].SnapshotId)
+		snapshot_list=$(aws ec2 --profile $AWS_PROFILE describe-snapshots --region $region --output=text --filters "Name=volume-id,Values=$volume_id" "Name=tag:CreatedBy,Values=AutomatedBackup" --query Snapshots[].SnapshotId)
 		for snapshot in $snapshot_list; do
 			log "Checking $snapshot..."
 			# Check age of snapshot
-			snapshot_date=$(aws ec2 describe-snapshots --region $region --output=text --snapshot-ids $snapshot --query Snapshots[].StartTime | awk -F "T" '{printf "%s\n", $1}')
+			snapshot_date=$(aws ec2 --profile $AWS_PROFILE describe-snapshots --region $region --output=text --snapshot-ids $snapshot --query Snapshots[].StartTime | awk -F "T" '{printf "%s\n", $1}')
 			snapshot_date_in_seconds=$(date "--date=$snapshot_date" +%s)
-			snapshot_description=$(aws ec2 describe-snapshots --snapshot-id $snapshot --region $region --query Snapshots[].Description)
+			snapshot_description=$(aws ec2 --profile $AWS_PROFILE describe-snapshots --snapshot-id $snapshot --region $region --query Snapshots[].Description)
 
 			if (( $snapshot_date_in_seconds <= $retention_date_in_seconds )); then
 				log "DELETING snapshot $snapshot. Description: $snapshot_description ..."
-				aws ec2 delete-snapshot --region $region --snapshot-id $snapshot
+				aws ec2 --profile $AWS_PROFILE delete-snapshot --region $region --snapshot-id $snapshot
 			else
 				log "Not deleting snapshot $snapshot. Description: $snapshot_description ..."
 			fi
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ log_setup
 prerequisite_check
 
 # Grab all volume IDs attached to this instance
-volume_list=$(aws ec2 describe-volumes --region $region --filters Name=attachment.instance-id,Values=$instance_id --query Volumes[].VolumeId --output text)
+volume_list=$(aws ec2 --profile $AWS_PROFILE describe-volumes --region $region --filters Name=attachment.instance-id,Values=$instance_id --query Volumes[].VolumeId --output text)
 
 snapshot_volumes
 cleanup_snapshots