diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/hooks/regions/classes/Region.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/hooks/regions/classes/Region.java
index c87e26b89e9..05c44274782 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/hooks/regions/classes/Region.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/hooks/regions/classes/Region.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.ParseContext;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.VariableString;
 import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes;
+import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Converters;
 import ch.njol.yggdrasil.YggdrasilSerializable.YggdrasilExtendedSerializable;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
@@ -74,23 +75,7 @@ public Region parse(String s, final ParseContext context) {
 						if (!VariableString.isQuotedCorrectly(s, quoted))
 							return null;
 						s = VariableString.unquote(s, quoted);
-						Region r = null;
-						for (final World w : Bukkit.getWorlds()) {
-							@SuppressWarnings("null")
-							final Region r2 = RegionsPlugin.getRegion(w, s);
-							if (r2 == null)
-								continue;
-							if (r != null) {
-								Skript.error("Multiple regions with the name '" + s + "' exist");
-								return null;
-							}
-							r = r2;
-						}
-						if (r == null) {
-							Skript.error("Region '" + s + "' could not be found");
-							return null;
-						}
-						return r;
+						return Region.parse(s, true);
 					}
 					
 					@Override
@@ -109,6 +94,29 @@ public boolean mustSyncDeserialization() {
 						return true;
 					}
 				}));
+		Converters.registerConverter(String.class, Region.class, s -> Region.parse(s, false));
+	}
+
+	@Nullable
+	private static Region parse(String s, boolean error) {
+		Region r = null;
+		for (World w : Bukkit.getWorlds()) {
+			Region r2 = RegionsPlugin.getRegion(w, s);
+			if (r2 == null)
+				continue;
+			if (r != null) {
+				if (error)
+					Skript.error("Multiple regions with the name '" + s + "' exist");
+				return null;
+			}
+			r = r2;
+		}
+		if (r == null) {
+			if (error)
+				Skript.error("Region '" + s + "' could not be found");
+			return null;
+		}
+		return r;
 	}
 	
 	public abstract boolean contains(Location l);