diff --git a/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java b/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
index 3c08e37d..16e1ddbd 100644
--- a/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
+++ b/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		uri.append("XML_STOPFINDER_REQUEST");
 		appendCommonRequestParams(uri, "JSON");
 		uri.append("&locationServerActive=1");
+		uri.append("&regionID_sf=1"); // prefer own region
 		appendLocation(uri, constraint, "sf");
 		if (constraint.type == LocationType.ANY)
 			// 1=place 2=stop 4=street 8=address 16=crossing 32=poi 64=postcode
diff --git a/src/de/schildbach/pte/KvvProvider.java b/src/de/schildbach/pte/KvvProvider.java
index c442f23a..ada45a72 100644
--- a/src/de/schildbach/pte/KvvProvider.java
+++ b/src/de/schildbach/pte/KvvProvider.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class KvvProvider extends AbstractEfaProvider
 	@Override
 	public List<Location> autocompleteStations(final CharSequence constraint) throws IOException
 	{
-		return xmlStopfinderRequest(new Location(LocationType.ANY, 0, null, constraint.toString()));
+		return jsonStopfinderRequest(new Location(LocationType.ANY, 0, null, constraint.toString()));
 	}
 
 	@Override