diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/helpers.ts b/packages/api/src/controllers/helpers.ts
index 441c37cfa3..bccaf859ef 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/helpers.ts
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ export const triggerCatalystPullStart =
           url.searchParams.set("lon", lon.toString());
           playbackUrl = url.toString();
           console.log(
-            `triggering catalyst pull start for streamId=${stream.id} playbackId=${stream.playbackId} lat=${lat} lon=${lon} pullRegion=${stream.pullRegion}`
+            `triggering catalyst pull start for streamId=${stream.id} playbackId=${stream.playbackId} lat=${lat} lon=${lon} pullRegion=${stream.pullRegion}, playbackUrl=${playbackUrl}`
           );
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.test.ts b/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.test.ts
index 22be226b66..d56bb5777b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
 import serverPromise, { TestServer } from "../test-server";
 import { semaphore, sleep } from "../util";
 import { generateUniquePlaybackId } from "./generate-keys";
-import { extractRegionFrom } from "./stream";
+import { extractUrlFrom, extractRegionFrom } from "./stream";
 
 const uuidRegex = /[0-9a-f]+(-[0-9a-f]+){4}/;
 
@@ -713,6 +713,32 @@ describe("controllers/stream", () => {
         const document = await db.stream.get(stream.id);
         expect(db.stream.addDefaultFields(document)).toEqual(updatedStream);
       });
+      it("should extract host from redirected playback url", async () => {
+        expect(
+          extractUrlFrom(
+            "https://sto-prod-catalyst-0.lp-playback.studio:443/hls/video+not-used-playback/index.m3u8"
+          )
+        ).toBe("https://sto-prod-catalyst-0.lp-playback.studio:443/hls/video+");
+        expect(
+          extractUrlFrom(
+            "https://mos2-prod-catalyst-0.lp-playback.studio:443/hls/video+not-used-playback/index.m3u8"
+          )
+        ).toBe(
+          "https://mos2-prod-catalyst-0.lp-playback.studio:443/hls/video+"
+        );
+        expect(
+          extractUrlFrom(
+            "https://fra-staging-staging-catalyst-0.livepeer.monster:443/hls/video+not-used-playback/index.m3u8"
+          )
+        ).toBe(
+          "https://fra-staging-staging-catalyst-0.livepeer.monster:443/hls/video+"
+        );
+        expect(
+          extractUrlFrom(
+            "https://fra-staging-staging-catalyst-0.livepeer.monster:443/hls/video+other-playback/index.m3u8"
+          )
+        ).toBe(null);
+      });
       it("should extract region from redirected playback url", async () => {
         expect(
           extractRegionFrom(
diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts b/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts
index 62577ead37..88c18196c7 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import logger from "../logger";
 import { authorizer } from "../middleware";
 import { validatePost } from "../middleware";
 import { geolocateMiddleware } from "../middleware";
-import { fetchWithTimeout } from "../util";
+import { fetchWithTimeoutAndRedirects } from "../util";
 import { CliArgs } from "../parse-cli";
 import {
   DetectionWebhookPayload,
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ async function triggerManyIdleStreamsWebhook(ids: string[], queue: Queue) {
   );
 }
 
-async function resolvePullRegion(
+async function resolvePullUrlAndRegion(
   stream: NewStreamPayload,
   ingest: string
-): Promise<string> {
+): Promise<{ pullUrl: string; pullRegion: string }> {
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "test") {
-    return null;
+    return { pullUrl: null, pullRegion: null };
   }
   const url = new URL(
     pathJoin(ingest, `hls`, "not-used-playback", `index.m3u8`)
@@ -253,13 +253,23 @@ async function resolvePullRegion(
   }
   const playbackUrl = url.toString();
   // Send any playback request to catalyst-api, which effectively resolves the region using MistUtilLoad
-  const response = await fetchWithTimeout(playbackUrl, { redirect: "manual" });
-  if (response.status < 300 || response.status >= 400) {
-    // not a redirect response, so we can't determine the region
+  const response = await fetchWithTimeoutAndRedirects(playbackUrl, {});
+  if (response.status !== 200) {
+    // not a correct status code, so we can't determine the region/host
     return null;
   }
-  const redirectUrl = response.headers.get("location");
-  return extractRegionFrom(redirectUrl);
+  return {
+    pullUrl: extractUrlFrom(response.url),
+    pullRegion: extractRegionFrom(response.url),
+  };
+}
+
+// Extracts Mist URL from redirected node URL, e.g. "https://sto-prod-catalyst-0.lp-playback.studio:443/hls/video+" from "https://sto-prod-catalyst-0.lp-playback.studio:443/hls/video+foo/index.m3u8"
+export function extractUrlFrom(playbackUrl: string): string {
+  const hostRegex =
+    /(https?:\/\/.+-\w+-catalyst.+\/hls\/.+)not-used-playback\/index.m3u8/;
+  const matches = playbackUrl.match(hostRegex);
+  return matches ? matches[1] : null;
 }
 
 // Extracts region from redirected node URL, e.g. "sto" from "https://sto-prod-catalyst-0.lp-playback.studio:443/hls/video+foo/index.m3u8"
@@ -1085,7 +1095,10 @@ app.put(
     }
     const streamExisted = streams.length === 1;
 
-    const pullRegion = await resolvePullRegion(rawPayload, ingest);
+    const { pullUrl, pullRegion } = await resolvePullUrlAndRegion(
+      rawPayload,
+      ingest
+    );
 
     let stream: DBStream;
     if (!streamExisted) {
@@ -1122,8 +1135,12 @@ app.put(
       await triggerCatalystStreamUpdated(req, stream.playbackId);
     }
 
+    // If pullHost was resolved, then stick to that host for triggering Catalyst pull start
+    const playbackUrl = pullUrl
+      ? pathJoin(pullUrl + stream.playbackId, `index.m3u8`)
+      : getHLSPlaybackUrl(ingest, stream);
     if (!stream.isActive || streamExisted) {
-      await triggerCatalystPullStart(stream, getHLSPlaybackUrl(ingest, stream));
+      await triggerCatalystPullStart(stream, playbackUrl);
     }
 
     res.status(streamExisted ? 200 : 201);