diff --git a/components/services/config/app_settings.yml b/components/services/config/app_settings.yml
index 21144db55..ce4fea676 100644
--- a/components/services/config/app_settings.yml
+++ b/components/services/config/app_settings.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 default: &default
+  region_data: "<%= ENV.fetch('REGION_DATA', '{}') %>"
+  stub_regions: false
 
 production: &production
   <<: *default
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ staging:
 
 development: &development
   <<: *default
+  stub_regions: true
 
 test:
   <<: *development
diff --git a/components/services/config/initializers/somleng_regions.rb b/components/services/config/initializers/somleng_regions.rb
index 4d2366a4c..b92ecd066 100644
--- a/components/services/config/initializers/somleng_regions.rb
+++ b/components/services/config/initializers/somleng_regions.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+require "json"
+
 SomlengRegions.configure do |config|
-  config.region_data = ENV.fetch("REGION_DATA")
+  config.region_data = JSON.parse(AppSettings.fetch(:region_data))
+  config.stub_regions = AppSettings.fetch(:stub_regions)
 end
diff --git a/components/services/lib/somleng_regions.rb b/components/services/lib/somleng_regions.rb
index c8c677049..ace176491 100644
--- a/components/services/lib/somleng_regions.rb
+++ b/components/services/lib/somleng_regions.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
+require_relative "somleng_regions/region"
+
 module SomlengRegions
   class << self
+    MOCK_REGIONS = [
+      Region.new(
+        identifier: "ap-southeast-1",
+        alias: "hydrogen",
+        group_id: 1,
+        human_name: "South East Asia (Singapore)"
+      ),
+      Region.new(
+        identifier: "us-east-1",
+        alias: "helium",
+        group_id: 2,
+        human_name: "North America (Virginia, US)"
+      )
+    ]
+
     def configure
       yield(configuration)
       configuration
@@ -11,12 +28,10 @@ def configuration
     alias config configuration
 
     def regions
-      @regions ||= Collection.new(Parser.new.parse(configuration.region_data))
+      @regions ||= Collection.new(configuration.stub_regions ? MOCK_REGIONS : configuration.region_data.map { |region| Region.new(region) })
     end
   end
 end
 
 require_relative "somleng_regions/configuration"
-require_relative "somleng_regions/parser"
 require_relative "somleng_regions/collection"
-require_relative "somleng_regions/region"
diff --git a/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/collection.rb b/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/collection.rb
index 47662a442..8f72efd95 100644
--- a/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/collection.rb
+++ b/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/collection.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ def initialize(regions)
       @regions = regions
     end
 
+    def all
+      regions
+    end
+
     def find_by(attributes)
       regions.find do |region|
         attributes.all? { |key, value| region[key] == value }
diff --git a/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/configuration.rb b/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/configuration.rb
index f8c76a7a1..1c21a185f 100644
--- a/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/configuration.rb
+++ b/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/configuration.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module SomlengRegions
   class Configuration
-    attr_accessor :region_data
+    attr_accessor :region_data, :stub_regions
   end
 end
diff --git a/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/parser.rb b/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/parser.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 92feb1a53..000000000
--- a/components/services/lib/somleng_regions/parser.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-module SomlengRegions
-  class Parser
-    def parse(region_data)
-      JSON.parse(region_data).map { |region| Region.new(region) }
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/components/services/spec/spec_helper.rb b/components/services/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 5ebee8264..838508fbb 100644
--- a/components/services/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/components/services/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -32,21 +32,6 @@
 ENV["PUBLIC_GATEWAY_DB_NAME"] = "opensips_public_gateway_test"
 ENV["CLIENT_GATEWAY_DB_NAME"] = "opensips_client_gateway_test"
 ENV["MEDIA_PROXY_NG_PORT"] = "2223"
-ENV["REGION_DATA"] = [
-  {
-    "alias" => "hydrogen",
-    "identifier" => "ap-southeast-1",
-    "human_name" => "Asia",
-    "group_id" => 1
-  },
-  {
-    "alias" => "helium",
-    "identifier" => "us-east-1",
-    "human_name" => "North America",
-    "group_id" => 2
-  }
-].to_json
-
 
 require_relative "../app"
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/services/iam.tf b/infrastructure/modules/services/iam.tf
index 25350e6a5..243c382f8 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/services/iam.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/services/iam.tf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ resource "aws_iam_policy" "custom_policy" {
         "${var.freeswitch_event_socket_password_parameter.arn}",
         "${aws_ssm_parameter.application_master_key.arn}",
         "${var.db_password_parameter.arn}",
-        "${var.region_data_parameter.arn}"
+        "${data.aws_ssm_parameter.region_data.arn}"
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/services/lambda.tf b/infrastructure/modules/services/lambda.tf
index c2c3a718a..8ef204edc 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/services/lambda.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/services/lambda.tf
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "this" {
       MEDIA_PROXY_NG_PORT                         = var.media_proxy_ng_port
       DB_PASSWORD_SSM_PARAMETER_NAME              = var.db_password_parameter.name
       APP_MASTER_KEY_SSM_PARAMETER_NAME           = aws_ssm_parameter.application_master_key.name
-      REGION_DATA_SSM_PARAMETER_NAME              = var.region_data_parameter.name
+      REGION_DATA_SSM_PARAMETER_NAME              = data.aws_ssm_parameter.region_data.name
       APP_ENV                                     = var.app_environment
       DB_HOST                                     = var.db_host
       DB_PORT                                     = var.db_port
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/services/ssm.tf b/infrastructure/modules/services/ssm.tf
index b3eb62f34..a9138cc30 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/services/ssm.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/services/ssm.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+data "aws_ssm_parameter" "region_data" {
+  name = "somleng.${var.app_environment}.region_data"
+}
+
 resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "application_master_key" {
   name  = "somleng-switch-services.${var.app_environment}.application_master_key"
   type  = "SecureString"
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/services/variables.tf b/infrastructure/modules/services/variables.tf
index 51afdfb1b..d40f8bb43 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/services/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/services/variables.tf
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ variable "switch_group" {}
 variable "media_proxy_group" {}
 variable "client_gateway_group" {}
 variable "db_password_parameter" {}
-variable "region_data_parameter" {}
 variable "freeswitch_event_socket_password_parameter" {}
 variable "db_security_group" {}
 variable "freeswitch_event_socket_port" {}
diff --git a/infrastructure/production/services.tf b/infrastructure/production/services.tf
index efcf23a03..7e8035c9f 100644
--- a/infrastructure/production/services.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/production/services.tf
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ module "services" {
 
   db_password_parameter                      = data.terraform_remote_state.core_infrastructure.outputs.db_master_password_parameter
   freeswitch_event_socket_password_parameter = data.aws_ssm_parameter.freeswitch_event_socket_password
-  region_data_parameter                      = data.aws_ssm_parameter.region_data
 
   db_security_group            = data.terraform_remote_state.core_infrastructure.outputs.db_security_group
   db_username                  = data.terraform_remote_state.core_infrastructure.outputs.db_cluster.master_username
diff --git a/infrastructure/production/ssm.tf b/infrastructure/production/ssm.tf
index 5dd017cd7..feb6758f4 100644
--- a/infrastructure/production/ssm.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/production/ssm.tf
@@ -5,7 +5,3 @@ data "aws_ssm_parameter" "somleng_services_password" {
 data "aws_ssm_parameter" "freeswitch_event_socket_password" {
   name = "somleng-switch.production.freeswitch_event_socket_password"
 }
-
-data "aws_ssm_parameter" "region_data" {
-  name = "somleng.production.region_data"
-}
diff --git a/infrastructure/staging/services.tf b/infrastructure/staging/services.tf
index efcf23a03..7e8035c9f 100644
--- a/infrastructure/staging/services.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/staging/services.tf
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ module "services" {
 
   db_password_parameter                      = data.terraform_remote_state.core_infrastructure.outputs.db_master_password_parameter
   freeswitch_event_socket_password_parameter = data.aws_ssm_parameter.freeswitch_event_socket_password
-  region_data_parameter                      = data.aws_ssm_parameter.region_data
 
   db_security_group            = data.terraform_remote_state.core_infrastructure.outputs.db_security_group
   db_username                  = data.terraform_remote_state.core_infrastructure.outputs.db_cluster.master_username
diff --git a/infrastructure/staging/ssm.tf b/infrastructure/staging/ssm.tf
index 033b7bc5e..718982140 100644
--- a/infrastructure/staging/ssm.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/staging/ssm.tf
@@ -5,7 +5,3 @@ data "aws_ssm_parameter" "somleng_services_password" {
 data "aws_ssm_parameter" "freeswitch_event_socket_password" {
   name = "somleng-switch.staging.freeswitch_event_socket_password"
 }
-
-data "aws_ssm_parameter" "region_data" {
-  name = "somleng.staging.region_data"
-}