diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts b/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts
index f7baae2699..3120b6a8ea 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ async function resolvePullRegion(
 
 // Extracts region from redirected node URL, e.g. "sto" from "https://sto-prod-catalyst-0.lp-playback.studio:443/hls/video+foo/index.m3u8"
 export function extractRegionFrom(playbackUrl: string): string {
+  return "non-existing-region";
   const regionRegex =
     /https?:\/\/(.+)-\w+-catalyst.+not-used-playback\/index.m3u8/;
   const matches = playbackUrl.match(regionRegex);