diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/playback.ts b/packages/api/src/controllers/playback.ts
index 26f8f86178..161a1dc3c2 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/playback.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/playback.ts
@@ -345,10 +345,7 @@ app.get("/:id", async (req, res) => {
   let ingest = ingests[0].base;
   let { id } = req.params;
 
-  if (
-    (id === "1ba7nrr34rbjl4bb" || req.user?.directPlayback) &&
-    ingests[0].baseDirect
-  ) {
+  if (req.user?.directPlayback && ingests[0].baseDirect) {
     ingest = ingests[0].baseDirect;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts b/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts
index f8e05b70b2..c503dab869 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/stream.ts
@@ -1038,6 +1038,13 @@ const pullStreamKeyAccessors: Record<string, string[]> = {
   "pull.source": ["pull", "source"],
 };
 
+const testCreatorIds: string[] = [
+  "73846_104901225_104901225",
+  "73846_116005487_116003843",
+  "73846_116003843_116003843",
+  "73846_115939837_115939837",
+];
+
 app.put(
   "/pull",
   authorizer({}),
@@ -1139,6 +1146,9 @@ app.put(
         pullRegion,
         ...payload,
       };
+      if (testCreatorIds.includes(stream.creatorId?.value)) {
+        stream.profiles = oldStream.profiles;
+      }
       await db.stream.replace(stream);
       // read from DB again to keep exactly what got saved
       stream = await db.stream.get(stream.id, { useReplica: false });