diff --git a/apps/master-api/src/stremio/routes.ts b/apps/master-api/src/stremio/routes.ts
index 9efc272..dc11135 100644
--- a/apps/master-api/src/stremio/routes.ts
+++ b/apps/master-api/src/stremio/routes.ts
@@ -127,14 +127,11 @@ export async function registerStremioRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, config: Config
       return reply.status(401).send({ error: "Invalid addon token" });
     }
 
-    const streams = await getStreams(type, id, token, playback);
+    const streams = await getStreams(type, id, userId, playback, request.log);
     return { streams };
   });
 
-  /**
-   * Stremio opens this Master URL. We create a node session and proxy bytes from the node
-   * so clients never need to reach the node hostname (avoids hairpin-NAT / broken NPM).
-   */
+  // Optional fallback if something still hits Master /play — redirect to node (no proxy).
   app.route({
     method: ["GET", "HEAD"],
     url: "/stremio/:token/play/:mediaFileId",
@@ -148,10 +145,10 @@ export async function registerStremioRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, config: Config
       try {
         const session = await playback.createSession(mediaFileId, userId);
         request.log.info(
-          { mediaFileId, nodeUrl: session.streamUrl, method: request.method },
-          "playback proxy to node"
+          { mediaFileId, streamUrl: session.streamUrl },
+          "playback delegate to node"
         );
-        return proxyNodePlay(request, reply, session.streamUrl);
+        return reply.code(302).redirect(session.streamUrl);
       } catch (err) {
         const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Playback unavailable";
         request.log.error({ err, mediaFileId }, "playback create failed");
@@ -161,55 +158,6 @@ export async function registerStremioRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, config: Config
   });
 }
 
-async function proxyNodePlay(
-  request: { method: string; headers: Record<string, unknown> },
-  reply: {
-    code: (n: number) => unknown;
-    header: (k: string, v: string | number) => unknown;
-    status: (n: number) => { send: (b?: unknown) => unknown };
-    send: (b?: unknown) => unknown;
-  },
-  nodeUrl: string
-) {
-  const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
-  const range = request.headers.range;
-  if (typeof range === "string" && range) headers.Range = range;
-
-  let upstream: Response;
-  try {
-    upstream = await fetch(nodeUrl, {
-      method: request.method === "HEAD" ? "HEAD" : "GET",
-      headers,
-      // Long-running video streams
-      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(6 * 60 * 60 * 1000),
-    });
-  } catch (err) {
-    const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : "node fetch failed";
-    return reply.status(502).send({ error: `Node unreachable: ${message}` });
-  }
-
-  reply.code(upstream.status);
-  for (const name of [
-    "content-type",
-    "content-length",
-    "content-range",
-    "accept-ranges",
-    "cache-control",
-  ]) {
-    const value = upstream.headers.get(name);
-    if (value) reply.header(name, value);
-  }
-  reply.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
-  reply.header("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", "Content-Length, Content-Range, Accept-Ranges");
-
-  if (request.method === "HEAD" || !upstream.body) {
-    return reply.send();
-  }
-
-  const { Readable } = await import("node:stream");
-  return reply.send(Readable.fromWeb(upstream.body as import("stream/web").ReadableStream));
-}
-
 function parseExtraSearch(extra: string): string | undefined {
   const decoded = decodeURIComponent(extra.replace(/\.json$/, ""));
   const parts = decoded.split("&");
@@ -391,8 +339,9 @@ async function getSeriesMeta(id: string) {
 async function getStreams(
   type: string,
   id: string,
-  addonToken: string,
-  playback: PlaybackService
+  userId: string,
+  playback: PlaybackService,
+  log?: { warn: (obj: unknown, msg?: string) => void; info?: (obj: unknown, msg?: string) => void }
 ) {
   if (type === "movie") {
     const movie = await prisma.movie.findFirst({
@@ -409,15 +358,24 @@ async function getStreams(
     const streams = [];
     for (const file of movie.mediaFiles) {
       if (file.node.status !== "ONLINE" || file.node.revoked) continue;
-      streams.push({
-        name: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
-        title: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
-        // Always Master URL — Master proxies from the node (works behind hairpin NAT).
-        url: playback.resolveStreamUrl(addonToken, file.id),
-        behaviorHints: {
-          notWebReady: true,
-        },
-      });
+      try {
+        // Master only creates the session; Stremio streams directly from the node.
+        const session = await playback.createSession(file.id, userId);
+        log?.info?.(
+          { mediaFileId: file.id, streamUrl: session.streamUrl },
+          "stream delegated to node"
+        );
+        streams.push({
+          name: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
+          title: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
+          url: session.streamUrl,
+          behaviorHints: {
+            notWebReady: true,
+          },
+        });
+      } catch (err) {
+        log?.warn({ err, mediaFileId: file.id }, "skip stream: session create failed");
+      }
     }
     return streams;
   }
@@ -456,14 +414,23 @@ async function getStreams(
     const streams = [];
     for (const file of episode.mediaFiles) {
       if (file.node.status !== "ONLINE" || file.node.revoked) continue;
-      streams.push({
-        name: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
-        title: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
-        url: playback.resolveStreamUrl(addonToken, file.id),
-        behaviorHints: {
-          notWebReady: true,
-        },
-      });
+      try {
+        const session = await playback.createSession(file.id, userId);
+        log?.info?.(
+          { mediaFileId: file.id, streamUrl: session.streamUrl },
+          "stream delegated to node"
+        );
+        streams.push({
+          name: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
+          title: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
+          url: session.streamUrl,
+          behaviorHints: {
+            notWebReady: true,
+          },
+        });
+      } catch (err) {
+        log?.warn({ err, mediaFileId: file.id }, "skip stream: session create failed");
+      }
     }
     return streams;
   }