diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/manifest.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/manifest.cr
index d89e752c..1a851a9b 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/manifest.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/manifest.cr
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::Manifest
 
     local = env.params.query["local"]?.try &.== "true"
     id = env.params.url["id"]
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
 
     # Since some implementations create playlists based on resolution regardless of different codecs,
     # we can opt to only add a source to a representation if it has a unique height within that representation
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/channels.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/channels.cr
index 7faf200a..2368010d 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/channels.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/channels.cr
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Channels
 
   def self.search(env)
     locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
 
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/feeds.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/feeds.cr
index 41865f34..d55605f7 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/feeds.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/feeds.cr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Feeds
 
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
     trending_type = env.params.query["type"]?
 
     begin
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr
index 2922b060..a85daf9d 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Search
   def self.search(env)
     locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
 
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Search
 
   def self.search_suggestions(env)
     preferences = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
-    region = env.params.query["region"]? || preferences.region
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?) || preferences.region
 
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Search
     page = env.params.query["page"]?.try &.to_i? || 1
 
     locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
     begin
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/videos.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/videos.cr
index 9281f4dd..7d22522f 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/videos.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/videos.cr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Videos
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
     id = env.params.url["id"]
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
     proxy = {"1", "true"}.any? &.== env.params.query["local"]?
 
     begin
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Videos
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
     id = env.params.url["id"]
-    region = env.params.query["region"]? || env.params.body["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]? || env.params.body["region"]?)
 
     if id.nil? || id.size != 11 || !id.matches?(/^[\w-]+$/)
       return error_json(400, "Invalid video ID")
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Videos
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
     id = env.params.url["id"]
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
 
     begin
       video = get_video(id, region: region)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Videos
 
   def self.comments(env)
     locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
 
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/feeds.cr b/src/invidious/routes/feeds.cr
index e20a7139..04bccf81 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/feeds.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/feeds.cr
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Feeds
     trending_type = env.params.query["type"]?
     trending_type ||= "Default"
 
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
     region ||= env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).region
 
     begin
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr b/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr
index 9c6843e9..abd0e945 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Playlists
     prefs = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
     locale = prefs.locale
 
-    region = env.params.query["region"]? || prefs.region
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?) || prefs.region
 
     user = env.get? "user"
     sid = env.get? "sid"
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/preferences.cr b/src/invidious/routes/preferences.cr
index 112535bd..61856515 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/preferences.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/preferences.cr
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::PreferencesRoute
     automatic_instance_redirect ||= "off"
     automatic_instance_redirect = automatic_instance_redirect == "on"
 
-    region = env.params.body["region"]?.try &.as(String)
+    region = find_region(env.params.body["region"]?)
 
     locale = env.params.body["locale"]?.try &.as(String)
     locale ||= CONFIG.default_user_preferences.locale
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/search.cr b/src/invidious/routes/search.cr
index 5be33533..859e5ded 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/search.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/search.cr
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Search
     prefs = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences)
     locale = prefs.locale
 
-    region = env.params.query["region"]? || prefs.region
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?) || prefs.region
 
     query = Invidious::Search::Query.new(env.params.query, :regular, region)
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/video_playback.cr b/src/invidious/routes/video_playback.cr
index ec18f3b8..74ad1d1d 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/video_playback.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/video_playback.cr
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::VideoPlayback
     mns ||= [] of String
 
     if query_params["region"]?
-      region = query_params["region"]
+      region = find_region(query_params["region"])
       query_params.delete("region")
     end
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::VideoPlayback
       return error_template(400, "Invalid itag")
     end
 
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
     local = (env.params.query["local"]? == "true")
 
     title = env.params.query["title"]?
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/watch.cr b/src/invidious/routes/watch.cr
index aabe8dfc..410e625b 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/watch.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/watch.cr
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Invidious::Routes::Watch
   def self.handle(env)
     locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-    region = env.params.query["region"]?
+    region = find_region(env.params.query["region"]?)
 
     if env.params.query.to_s.includes?("%20") || env.params.query.to_s.includes?("+")
       url = "/watch?" + env.params.query.to_s.gsub("%20", "").delete("+")
diff --git a/src/invidious/videos/regions.cr b/src/invidious/videos/regions.cr
index 575f8c25..7b1fd3f0 100644
--- a/src/invidious/videos/regions.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/videos/regions.cr
@@ -25,3 +25,13 @@ REGIONS = {
   "TZ", "UA", "UG", "UM", "US", "UY", "UZ", "VA", "VC", "VE", "VG", "VI",
   "VN", "VU", "WF", "WS", "YE", "YT", "ZA", "ZM", "ZW",
 }
+
+# Utility function that searches in the array above for a given input.
+def find_region(reg : String?) : String?
+  return nil if reg.nil?
+
+  # Normalize input
+  region = (reg || "").upcase[0..1]
+
+  return REGIONS.find(&.== region)
+end
diff --git a/src/invidious/videos/video_preferences.cr b/src/invidious/videos/video_preferences.cr
index 34cf7ff0..0abcd42d 100644
--- a/src/invidious/videos/video_preferences.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/videos/video_preferences.cr
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ def process_video_params(query, preferences)
   preferred_captions = query["subtitles"]?.try &.split(",").map(&.downcase)
   quality = query["quality"]?
   quality_dash = query["quality_dash"]?
-  region = query["region"]?
+
+  region = find_region(query["region"]?)
+
   related_videos = query["related_videos"]?.try { |q| (q == "true" || q == "1").to_unsafe }
   speed = query["speed"]?.try &.rchop("x").to_f?
   video_loop = query["loop"]?.try { |q| (q == "true" || q == "1").to_unsafe }