diff --git a/lib/Project.js b/lib/Project.js
index 227725b62..3dc712a71 100644
--- a/lib/Project.js
+++ b/lib/Project.js
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ class Project extends SerializerFileSystem {
     return this.getStage( stageName ).getAllRegions();
   }
 
+  getAllRegionNames(stageName){
+    return _.map(this.getAllRegions(stageName), 'name');
+  }
+
   setRegion(stageName, region){
     let stage = this.getStage(stageName);
     stage.setRegion(region);
diff --git a/lib/actions/EndpointDeploy.js b/lib/actions/EndpointDeploy.js
index 219afc217..14c8b3ca7 100644
--- a/lib/actions/EndpointDeploy.js
+++ b/lib/actions/EndpointDeploy.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ module.exports = function(SPlugin, serverlessPath) {
 
       // Set defaults
       _this.evt.options.names  = _this.evt.options.names ? _this.evt.options.names : [];
-      _this.regions            = _this.evt.options.region ? [_this.evt.options.region] : _this.project.getAllRegions(_this.evt.options.stage).map(r => {return r.name;});
+      _this.regions            = _this.evt.options.region ? [_this.evt.options.region] : _this.project.getAllRegionNames(_this.evt.options.stage);
 
       if (_this.evt.options.names.length) {
         _this.evt.options.names.forEach(function(name) {
diff --git a/lib/actions/EventDeploy.js b/lib/actions/EventDeploy.js
index 3ccf00c80..494ca2046 100644
--- a/lib/actions/EventDeploy.js
+++ b/lib/actions/EventDeploy.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ module.exports = function(SPlugin, serverlessPath) {
 
       // Set defaults
       _this.evt.options.names  = _this.evt.options.names ? _this.evt.options.names : [];
-      _this.regions            = _this.evt.options.region ? [_this.evt.options.region] : Object.keys(_this.meta.stages[_this.evt.options.stage].regions);
+      _this.regions            = _this.evt.options.region ? [_this.evt.options.region] : _this.project.getAllRegionNames(_this.evt.options.stage);
 
       if (_this.evt.options.names.length) {
         _this.evt.options.names.forEach(function(endpointName) {
diff --git a/lib/actions/FunctionDeploy.js b/lib/actions/FunctionDeploy.js
index db7cc3b86..00f799039 100644
--- a/lib/actions/FunctionDeploy.js
+++ b/lib/actions/FunctionDeploy.js
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ module.exports = function(SPlugin, serverlessPath) {
       _this.project  = _this.S.getProject();
 
       // Set Deploy Regions
-      _this.regions  = _this.evt.options.region ? [_this.evt.options.region] : _this.S.getProject().getAllRegions(_this.evt.options.stage).map(r => r.name);
-
+      _this.regions  = _this.evt.options.region ? [_this.evt.options.region] : _this.S.getProject().getAllRegionNames(_this.evt.options.stage);
 
       if (_this.evt.options.names.length) {
         _this.evt.options.names.forEach(function(name) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/index.js b/lib/utils/index.js
index 0110868b1..9beadcfe4 100644
--- a/lib/utils/index.js
+++ b/lib/utils/index.js
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ module.exports = {
         return BbPromise.reject(new SError(`Invalid stage ${stage}`, SError.errorCodes.UNKNOWN));
       }
 
-      regions = _.map(S.getProject().getAllRegions(stage), 'name');
+      regions = S.getProject().getAllRegionNames(stage);
     }
 
     return BbPromise.map(regions, (region => {