diff --git a/monitoring/setup.sh b/monitoring/setup.sh
index 2fd65b3..ae4f334 100755
--- a/monitoring/setup.sh
+++ b/monitoring/setup.sh
@@ -28,15 +28,7 @@ source $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/scripts/common.sh
 
 # --- Main Logic ---
 # Determine regions from arguments, or auto-detect if none are provided
-REGIONS=()
-if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
-    REGIONS=("$@")
-    echo "🎯 Targeting specified regions for monitoring setup: ${REGIONS[*]}"
-else
-    echo "🔎 Auto-detecting all active playground regions for monitoring setup..."
-    # The '|| true' prevents the script from exiting if grep finds no matches.
-    REGIONS=($(kind get clusters | grep "^${K8S_BASE_NAME}-" | sed "s/^${K8S_BASE_NAME}-//" || true))
-fi
+detect_running_regions "$@"
 
 # Add a target port for the port-forward, the port will be incremeted by 1 for each region
 port=3000
diff --git a/scripts/common.sh b/scripts/common.sh
index 01f0bdb..b0ce94f 100644
--- a/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/common.sh
@@ -59,3 +59,6 @@ fi
 # Determine project root and kubeconfig path
 GIT_REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 KUBE_CONFIG_PATH="${GIT_REPO_ROOT}/k8s/kube-config.yaml"
+
+# source funcs_regions.sh
+source $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/scripts/funcs_regions.sh
diff --git a/scripts/funcs_regions.sh b/scripts/funcs_regions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a4c05d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/funcs_regions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# This script contains the functions used to set the ${REGIONS} variable.
+# set_regions() --> if called without an argument, EU and US are set
+#                   otherwise the arguments.
+#
+# detect_running_regions() -->  if called without an argument, the running
+#                               CNPG-Playground Kind clusters regions are set
+#                               otherwise the arguments.
+#
+#
+# Copyright The CloudNativePG Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# --- Set regions ---
+set_regions() {
+    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+        REGIONS=("eu" "us")
+        echo "❌ No region provided, using the default regions "eu" "us"..."
+    else
+        REGIONS=("$@")
+        echo "🔎 Using the provided regions: ${REGIONS[*]}"
+    fi
+}
+
+# --- detect regions ---
+detect_running_regions() {
+    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+        REGIONS=("$@")
+        echo "🎯 Targeting specified regions: ${REGIONS[*]}"
+    else
+        echo "🔎 Auto-detecting all active playground regions..."
+        # The '|| true' prevents the script from exiting if grep finds no matches.
+        REGIONS=($(kind get clusters | grep "^${K8S_BASE_NAME}-" | sed "s/^${K8S_BASE_NAME}-//" || true))
+        if [ ${#REGIONS[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "✅ Found regions: ${REGIONS[*]}"
+	else
+            echo "✅ No region detected"
+	fi
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/scripts/info.sh b/scripts/info.sh
index 2df068c..9145683 100755
--- a/scripts/info.sh
+++ b/scripts/info.sh
@@ -30,14 +30,7 @@ fi
 export KUBECONFIG="${KUBE_CONFIG_PATH}"
 
 # --- Auto-detect Regions ---
-echo "🔎 Detecting active playground clusters..."
-REGIONS=($(kind get clusters | grep "^${K8S_BASE_NAME}-" | sed "s/^${K8S_BASE_NAME}-//" || true))
-
-if [ ${#REGIONS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "🤷 No active playground clusters found with the prefix '${K8S_BASE_NAME}-'."
-    exit 0
-fi
-echo "✅ Found regions: ${REGIONS[*]}"
+detect_running_regions
 
 # --- Access Instructions ---
 echo
diff --git a/scripts/setup.sh b/scripts/setup.sh
index db2bf91..8b84876 100755
--- a/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ echo
 
 # --- Script Setup ---
 # Determine regions from arguments, or use defaults
-REGIONS=("$@")
-if [ ${#REGIONS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-    REGIONS=("eu" "us")
-fi
+set_regions "$@"
 
 # Setup a single, shared Kubeconfig for all clusters
 export KUBECONFIG="${KUBE_CONFIG_PATH}"
diff --git a/scripts/teardown.sh b/scripts/teardown.sh
index 8d80148..59b653f 100755
--- a/scripts/teardown.sh
+++ b/scripts/teardown.sh
@@ -23,22 +23,7 @@ source "$(dirname "$0")/common.sh"
 
 # --- Main Logic ---
 # Determine regions from arguments, or auto-detect if none are provided
-REGIONS=()
-if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
-    REGIONS=("$@")
-    echo "🎯 Targeting specified regions for teardown: ${REGIONS[*]}"
-else
-    echo "🔎 Auto-detecting all active playground regions for teardown..."
-    # The '|| true' prevents the script from exiting if grep finds no matches.
-    REGIONS=($(kind get clusters | grep "^${K8S_BASE_NAME}-" | sed "s/^${K8S_BASE_NAME}-//" || true))
-fi
-
-if [ ${#REGIONS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "🤷 No regions found to tear down. Exiting."
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-echo "🔥 Tearing down regions: ${REGIONS[*]}"
+detect_running_regions "$@"
 
 for region in "${REGIONS[@]}"; do
     K8S_CLUSTER_NAME="${K8S_BASE_NAME}-${region}"