diff --git a/catalog/consul.go b/catalog/consul.go
index 16f1db2..fe5c20b 100644
--- a/catalog/consul.go
+++ b/catalog/consul.go
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ package catalog
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
+	hclog "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -302,11 +303,18 @@ func (c *consul) create(services map[string]service) int {
 					meta[ConsulSourceKey] = ConsulAWSTag
 					meta[ConsulAWSNS] = ns
 					meta[ConsulAWSID] = n.awsID
+
+					p, err := strconv.Atoi(n.attributes["Port"])
+					if err != nil {
+						panic("Bad port")
+					}
+
 					service := api.AgentService{
 						ID:      id,
 						Service: name,
 						Tags:    []string{ConsulAWSTag},
-						Address: h,
+						Address: n.attributes["Address"],
+						Port:    p,
 						Meta:    meta,
 					}
 					if n.port != 0 {
@@ -314,12 +322,12 @@ func (c *consul) create(services map[string]service) int {
 					}
 					reg := api.CatalogRegistration{
 						Node:           ConsulAWSNodeName,
-						Address:        h,
+						Address:        "127.0.0.1",
 						NodeMeta:       map[string]string{ConsulSourceKey: ConsulAWSTag},
 						SkipNodeUpdate: true,
 						Service:        &service,
 					}
-					_, err := c.client.Catalog().Register(&reg, nil)
+					_, err = c.client.Catalog().Register(&reg, nil)
 					if err != nil {
 						c.log.Error("cannot create service", "error", err.Error())
 					} else {
diff --git a/subcommand/auth.go b/subcommand/auth.go
index bcd3cd9..c49d2c0 100644
--- a/subcommand/auth.go
+++ b/subcommand/auth.go
@@ -2,9 +2,43 @@ package subcommand
 
 import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/ec2metadata"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/external"
+	hclog "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
+	"os"
+	"time"
 )
 
+type WithEC2MetadataRegion struct {
+	Client *ec2metadata.EC2Metadata
+}
+
+func (p WithEC2MetadataRegion) GetRegion() (string, error) {
+	return p.Client.Region()
+}
+
 func AWSConfig() (aws.Config, error) {
-	return external.LoadDefaultAWSConfig()
+	cfg, err := external.LoadDefaultAWSConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("unable to load SDK config, " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	region, ok := os.LookupEnv("AWS_REGION")
+	if !ok {
+
+		originalTimeout := cfg.HTTPClient.Timeout
+		cfg.HTTPClient.Timeout = 2 * time.Second
+		metaClient := ec2metadata.New(cfg)
+
+		if !metaClient.Available() {
+			panic("Metadata service cannot be reached.")
+		}
+
+		cfg.HTTPClient.Timeout = originalTimeout
+		hclog.Default().Info("Autodetected region")
+		region, _ = metaClient.Region()
+	}
+
+	cfg.Region = region
+	return cfg, err
 }
diff --git a/subcommand/sync-catalog/command.go b/subcommand/sync-catalog/command.go
index 4d2699e..4d5406b 100644
--- a/subcommand/sync-catalog/command.go
+++ b/subcommand/sync-catalog/command.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul-aws/catalog"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul-aws/subcommand"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/flags"
+	hclog "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 )
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ type Command struct {
 	http                          *flags.HTTPFlags
 	flagToConsul                  bool
 	flagToAWS                     bool
+	flagAWSNamespace              string
 	flagAWSNamespaceID            string
 	flagAWSServicePrefix          string
 	flagAWSDeprecatedPullInterval string
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ func (c *Command) init() {
 		"If true, AWS services will be synced to Consul. (Defaults to false)")
 	c.flags.BoolVar(&c.flagToAWS, "to-aws", false,
 		"If true, Consul services will be synced to AWS. (Defaults to false)")
+	c.flags.StringVar(&c.flagAWSNamespace, "aws-namespace",
+		"", "The AWS namespace to sync with Consul services.")
 	c.flags.StringVar(&c.flagAWSNamespaceID, "aws-namespace-id",
 		"", "The AWS namespace to sync with Consul services.")
 	c.flags.StringVar(&c.flagAWSServicePrefix, "aws-service-prefix",
@@ -78,8 +82,12 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 		c.UI.Error("Should have no non-flag arguments.")
 		return 1
 	}
-	if len(c.flagAWSNamespaceID) == 0 {
-		c.UI.Error("Please provide -aws-namespace-id.")
+	if len(c.flagAWSNamespaceID) == 0 && len(c.flagAWSNamespace) == 0 {
+		c.UI.Error("Please provide -aws-namespace or -aws-namespace-id.")
+		return 1
+	}
+	if len(c.flagAWSNamespaceID) > 0 && len(c.flagAWSNamespace) > 0 {
+		c.UI.Error("Please provide -aws-namespace or -aws-namespace-id.")
 		return 1
 	}
 	config, err := subcommand.AWSConfig()
@@ -89,6 +97,28 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 	awsClient := sd.New(config)
 
+	if len(c.flagAWSNamespace) > 0 {
+
+		resp := awsClient.ListNamespacesRequest(&sd.ListNamespacesInput{})
+		pager := resp.Paginate()
+		for pager.Next() {
+			page := pager.CurrentPage()
+			for _, namespace := range page.Namespaces {
+				if c.flagAWSNamespace == *namespace.Name {
+					hclog.Default().Info("NamespaceId found", *namespace.Id)
+					c.flagAWSNamespaceID = *namespace.Id
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if err := pager.Err(); err != nil {
+			panic("paging failed, " + err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(c.flagAWSNamespaceID) == 0 {
+		panic("Namespace not found, aborting...")
+	}
+
 	consulClient, err := c.http.APIClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error connecting to Consul agent: %s", err))