diff --git a/plugins/action/simplevpn.py b/plugins/action/simplevpn.py
index 7722556515cf0a7f34ed5a6d13f989b5dcb3238e..c3f8f3ad2265c94b3b5df11940d03712515c9d3a 100644
--- a/plugins/action/simplevpn.py
+++ b/plugins/action/simplevpn.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def produce_eip_config(config, obfs4_state_dir, public_domain, transports, hostv
             "ip_address": first_ipv4(v.get("ips")),
             "ip_address6": first_ipv6(v.get("ips")),
             "location": v.get("location", "Unknown"),
-            "bucket": v.get("bucket", ""),
+            "bucket": v.get("bucket", "public"),
             "capabilities": {
                 "adblock": False,
                 "filter_dns": False,