diff --git a/prowler b/prowler
index f30a0ab1..34b587a8 100755
--- a/prowler
+++ b/prowler
@@ -254,23 +254,6 @@ unset AWS_DEFAULT_OUTPUT
 . $PROWLER_DIR/include/securityhub_integration
 . $PROWLER_DIR/include/junit_integration
 
-if [[ $ACCOUNT_TO_ASSUME ]]; then
-  assume_role
-fi
-
-# Get list of regions based on include/whoami
-REGIONS=$($AWSCLI ec2 describe-regions --query 'Regions[].RegionName' --output text $PROFILE_OPT --region $REGION_FOR_STS --region-names $FILTERREGION 2>&1)
-if [[ $(echo "$REGIONS" | grep 'AccessDenied\|UnauthorizedOperation') ]]; then
-  if [[ $PRINTCHECKSONLY || $PRINTGROUPSONLY ]]; then
-    echo Listing... 
-  else
-    # Failed to get own identity ... exit
-    echo "Access Denied trying to describe regions"
-    EXITCODE=1
-    exit $EXITCODE
-  fi
-fi
-
 # Pre-process whitelist file if supplied
 if [[ -n "$WHITELIST_FILE" ]]; then
   # ignore lines starting with # (comments)
@@ -308,6 +291,17 @@ done
 #       6th character is the section number, 7th character onwards is the individual ID (e.g. check110 = check 1 10)
 TOTAL_CHECKS=($(echo "${TOTAL_CHECKS[*]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | awk '!seen[$0]++' | sort -k 1.6,1.6n -k 1.7n))
 
+# Function to get all regions
+get_regions() {
+  # Get list of regions based on include/whoami
+  REGIONS=$($AWSCLI ec2 describe-regions --query 'Regions[].RegionName' --output text $PROFILE_OPT --region $REGION_FOR_STS --region-names $FILTERREGION 2>&1)
+  if [[ $(echo "$REGIONS" | grep 'AccessDenied\|UnauthorizedOperation') ]]; then
+    echo "Access Denied trying to describe regions"
+    EXITCODE=1
+    exit $EXITCODE
+  fi
+}
+
 # Function to show the title of the check, and optionally which group(s) it belongs to
 # using this way instead of arrays to keep bash3 (osx) and bash4(linux) compatibility
 show_check_title() {
@@ -586,6 +580,9 @@ if [[ $ACCOUNT_TO_ASSUME ]]; then
   assume_role
 fi
 
+# List regions
+get_regions
+
 # Execute group of checks if called with -g
 if [[ $GROUP_ID_READ ]];then
   if [[ " ${GROUP_ID[@]} " =~ " ${GROUP_ID_READ} " ]]; then