diff --git a/.changeset/rotten-clocks-report.md b/.changeset/rotten-clocks-report.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e0189e5bde8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rotten-clocks-report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@astrojs/db": patch
+---
+
+Fix an issue where short-lived tokens were not being authorized
diff --git a/packages/db/src/core/tokens.ts b/packages/db/src/core/tokens.ts
index e7f9c630ff0e..ea284c067caa 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/core/tokens.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/core/tokens.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import { MISSING_PROJECT_ID_ERROR, MISSING_SESSION_ID_ERROR } from './errors.js';
-import { getAstroStudioEnv, getAstroStudioUrl, safeFetch } from './utils.js';
+import { getAstroStudioEnv, getAstroStudioUrl, getRemoteDatabaseUrl, safeFetch } from './utils.js';
 
 export const SESSION_LOGIN_FILE = pathToFileURL(join(homedir(), '.astro', 'session-token'));
 export const PROJECT_ID_FILE = pathToFileURL(join(process.cwd(), '.astro', 'link'));
@@ -26,11 +26,20 @@ class ManagedLocalAppToken implements ManagedAppToken {
 class ManagedRemoteAppToken implements ManagedAppToken {
 	token: string;
 	session: string;
+	region: string | undefined;
 	projectId: string;
 	ttl: number;
 	renewTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
 
+	static async getRegionCode(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+		const pingResponse = await safeFetch(new URL(`${getRemoteDatabaseUrl()}/ping`));
+		const pingResult = await pingResponse.json() as {success: true, data: {region: string} };
+		return pingResult.data.region;
+	}
+
+
 	static async create(sessionToken: string, projectId: string) {
+		const region = await ManagedRemoteAppToken.getRegionCode();
 		const response = await safeFetch(
 			new URL(`${getAstroStudioUrl()}/auth/cli/token-create`),
 			{
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@ class ManagedRemoteAppToken implements ManagedAppToken {
 				headers: new Headers({
 					Authorization: `Bearer ${sessionToken}`,
 				}),
-				body: JSON.stringify({ projectId }),
+				body: JSON.stringify({ projectId, region }),
 			},
 			(res) => {
 				throw new Error(`Failed to create token: ${res.status} ${res.statusText}`);
@@ -49,20 +58,22 @@ class ManagedRemoteAppToken implements ManagedAppToken {
 		return new ManagedRemoteAppToken({
 			token: shortLivedAppToken,
 			session: sessionToken,
+			region,
 			projectId,
 			ttl,
 		});
 	}
 
-	constructor(options: { token: string; session: string; projectId: string; ttl: number }) {
+	constructor(options: { token: string; session: string; region: string | undefined; projectId: string; ttl: number }) {
 		this.token = options.token;
 		this.session = options.session;
+		this.region = options.region;
 		this.projectId = options.projectId;
 		this.ttl = options.ttl;
 		this.renewTimer = setTimeout(() => this.renew(), (1000 * 60 * 5) / 2);
 	}
 
-	private async fetch(url: string, body: unknown) {
+	private async fetch(url: string, body: Record<string, unknown>) {
 		return safeFetch(
 			`${getAstroStudioUrl()}${url}`,
 			{
@@ -71,9 +82,9 @@ class ManagedRemoteAppToken implements ManagedAppToken {
 					Authorization: `Bearer ${this.session}`,
 					'Content-Type': 'application/json',
 				},
-				body: JSON.stringify(body),
+				body: JSON.stringify({...body, region: this.region}),
 			},
-			() => {
+			() => { 
 				throw new Error(`Failed to fetch ${url}.`);
 			}
 		);