diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 889c32e..6a4693b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ nextcloud_admin_user: admin
 nextcloud_admin_password: mynextcloud
 nextcloud_trusted_domains: localhost
 nextcloud_trusted_proxies: [ '172.18.0.0/16' ]
+nextcloud_default_phone_region: DE
 nextcloud_database_utils:
   - nextcloud-mysql-innodb-convert-row-format.sh
 virtual_host: localhost
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index f1e1173..04fbfcb 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@
   debug:
     var: "{{ nextcloud_app_install_result }}"
 
+- name: "docker-compose: Set default_phone_region using occ"
+  shell:
+    chdir: /home/{{ docker_user }}/nextcloud/
+    cmd: docker-compose exec -T -u www-data nextcloud-app /bin/sh -c './occ config:system:set default_phone_region --value="{{ nextcloud_default_phone_region }}"'
+
 - name: "docker-compose: Run database utils"
   shell:
     chdir: /home/{{ docker_user }}/nextcloud/