diff --git a/apps/master-api/src/stremio/routes.ts b/apps/master-api/src/stremio/routes.ts
index 783f8bd..9efc272 100644
--- a/apps/master-api/src/stremio/routes.ts
+++ b/apps/master-api/src/stremio/routes.ts
@@ -127,11 +127,14 @@ export async function registerStremioRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, config: Config
       return reply.status(401).send({ error: "Invalid addon token" });
     }
 
-    const streams = await getStreams(type, id, userId, playback, request.log);
+    const streams = await getStreams(type, id, token, playback);
     return { streams };
   });
 
-  // Fallback play URL (direct node redirect) — stream.json prefers eager node URLs.
+  /**
+   * 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).
+   */
   app.route({
     method: ["GET", "HEAD"],
     url: "/stremio/:token/play/:mediaFileId",
@@ -142,28 +145,13 @@ export async function registerStremioRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, config: Config
         return reply.status(401).send({ error: "Invalid addon token" });
       }
 
-      if (request.method === "HEAD") {
-        const mediaFile = await prisma.mediaFile.findUnique({
-          where: { id: mediaFileId },
-          include: { node: true },
-        });
-        if (
-          !mediaFile?.available ||
-          mediaFile.node.revoked ||
-          mediaFile.node.status !== "ONLINE"
-        ) {
-          return reply.status(404).send();
-        }
-        return reply.status(200).send();
-      }
-
       try {
         const session = await playback.createSession(mediaFileId, userId);
         request.log.info(
-          { mediaFileId, streamUrl: session.streamUrl },
-          "playback redirect to node"
+          { mediaFileId, nodeUrl: session.streamUrl, method: request.method },
+          "playback proxy to node"
         );
-        return reply.code(302).redirect(session.streamUrl);
+        return proxyNodePlay(request, reply, session.streamUrl);
       } catch (err) {
         const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Playback unavailable";
         request.log.error({ err, mediaFileId }, "playback create failed");
@@ -173,6 +161,55 @@ 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("&");
@@ -354,9 +391,8 @@ async function getSeriesMeta(id: string) {
 async function getStreams(
   type: string,
   id: string,
-  userId: string,
-  playback: PlaybackService,
-  log?: { warn: (obj: unknown, msg?: string) => void }
+  addonToken: string,
+  playback: PlaybackService
 ) {
   if (type === "movie") {
     const movie = await prisma.movie.findFirst({
@@ -373,20 +409,15 @@ async function getStreams(
     const streams = [];
     for (const file of movie.mediaFiles) {
       if (file.node.status !== "ONLINE" || file.node.revoked) continue;
-      try {
-        // Direct node URL — Stremio does not reliably follow Master 302/307 for video.
-        const session = await playback.createSession(file.id, userId);
-        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");
-      }
+      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,
+        },
+      });
     }
     return streams;
   }
@@ -425,19 +456,14 @@ async function getStreams(
     const streams = [];
     for (const file of episode.mediaFiles) {
       if (file.node.status !== "ONLINE" || file.node.revoked) continue;
-      try {
-        const session = await playback.createSession(file.id, userId);
-        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");
-      }
+      streams.push({
+        name: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
+        title: playback.formatStreamLabel(file),
+        url: playback.resolveStreamUrl(addonToken, file.id),
+        behaviorHints: {
+          notWebReady: true,
+        },
+      });
     }
     return streams;
   }