diff --git a/out/openapi.json b/out/openapi.json
index 3eeca9e31d..fd8259a654 100644
--- a/out/openapi.json
+++ b/out/openapi.json
@@ -1011,7 +1011,8 @@
           "actor": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Actor"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "additionalProperties": false
       },
       "ActorsDeleteResponse": {
         "type": "object"
diff --git a/packages/common/api-types/src/actors/create.rs b/packages/common/api-types/src/actors/create.rs
index 082ed027eb..004058dc7f 100644
--- a/packages/common/api-types/src/actors/create.rs
+++ b/packages/common/api-types/src/actors/create.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ pub struct CreateQuery {
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 #[schema(as = ActorsCreateRequest)]
 pub struct CreateRequest {
-	pub actor_id: Id,
 	pub name: String,
 	pub key: Option<String>,
 	pub input: Option<String>,
diff --git a/packages/core/api-peer/src/actors/create.rs b/packages/core/api-peer/src/actors/create.rs
index 1980262919..ebf91f98eb 100644
--- a/packages/core/api-peer/src/actors/create.rs
+++ b/packages/core/api-peer/src/actors/create.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
+use gas::prelude::*;
 use rivet_api_builder::ApiCtx;
 use rivet_api_types::actors::create::{CreateQuery, CreateRequest, CreateResponse};
 
@@ -15,27 +16,24 @@ pub async fn create(
 		.await?
 		.ok_or_else(|| namespace::errors::Namespace::NotFound.build())?;
 
+	let actor_id = Id::new_v1(ctx.config().dc_label());
+
 	let res = ctx
 		.op(pegboard::ops::actor::create::Input {
-			actor_id: body.actor_id,
+			actor_id,
 			namespace_id: namespace.namespace_id,
 			name: body.name.clone(),
-			key: body.key.clone(),
-			runner_name_selector: body.runner_name_selector.clone(),
+			key: body.key,
+			runner_name_selector: body.runner_name_selector,
 			input: body.input.clone(),
 			crash_policy: body.crash_policy,
-			// Don't forward request since this request should be already forwarded if it is going
-			// to be forward.
-			//
-			// This should never throw a request needs to be forwarded error. If it does, something
-			// is broken.
-			forward_request: false,
+			// NOTE: This can forward if the user attempts to create an actor with a target dc and this dc
+			// ends up forwarding to another.
+			forward_request: true,
 			// api-peer is always creating in its own datacenter
 			datacenter_name: None,
 		})
 		.await?;
 
-	let actor = res.actor;
-
-	Ok(CreateResponse { actor })
+	Ok(CreateResponse { actor: res.actor })
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/api-public/src/actors/create.rs b/packages/core/api-public/src/actors/create.rs
index 2d037a05ee..f661b5b12c 100644
--- a/packages/core/api-public/src/actors/create.rs
+++ b/packages/core/api-public/src/actors/create.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
-use rivet_api_builder::ApiCtx;
+use axum::{
+	extract::{Extension, Query},
+	http::HeaderMap,
+	response::{IntoResponse, Json, Response},
+};
+use rivet_api_builder::{ApiCtx, ApiError};
+use rivet_api_client::request_remote_datacenter;
+use rivet_api_types::actors::create::{CreateRequest, CreateResponse};
 use rivet_types::actors::CrashPolicy;
-use rivet_util::Id;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use utoipa::{IntoParams, ToSchema};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, IntoParams)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, IntoParams)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 #[into_params(parameter_in = Query)]
 pub struct CreateQuery {
@@ -13,23 +19,6 @@ pub struct CreateQuery {
 	pub datacenter: Option<String>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, ToSchema)]
-#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
-#[schema(as = ActorsCreateRequest)]
-pub struct CreateRequest {
-	pub name: String,
-	pub key: Option<String>,
-	pub input: Option<String>,
-	pub runner_name_selector: String,
-	pub crash_policy: CrashPolicy,
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, ToSchema)]
-#[schema(as = ActorsCreateResponse)]
-pub struct CreateResponse {
-	pub actor: rivet_types::actors::Actor,
-}
-
 /// ## Datacenter Round Trips
 ///
 /// **If actor is created in the current datacenter:**
@@ -57,18 +46,23 @@ pub struct CreateResponse {
     ),
 )]
 pub async fn create(
+	Extension(ctx): Extension<ApiCtx>,
+	headers: HeaderMap,
+	Query(query): Query<CreateQuery>,
+	Json(body): Json<CreateRequest>,
+) -> Response {
+	match create_inner(ctx, headers, query, body).await {
+		Ok(response) => Json(response).into_response(),
+		Err(err) => ApiError::from(err).into_response(),
+	}
+}
+
+async fn create_inner(
 	ctx: ApiCtx,
-	_path: (),
+	headers: HeaderMap,
 	query: CreateQuery,
 	body: CreateRequest,
 ) -> Result<CreateResponse> {
-	let namespace = ctx
-		.op(namespace::ops::resolve_for_name_global::Input {
-			name: query.namespace.clone(),
-		})
-		.await?
-		.ok_or_else(|| namespace::errors::Namespace::NotFound.build())?;
-
 	// Determine which datacenter to create the actor in
 	let target_dc_label = if let Some(dc_name) = &query.datacenter {
 		ctx.config()
@@ -79,26 +73,22 @@ pub async fn create(
 		ctx.config().dc_label()
 	};
 
-	let actor_id = Id::new_v1(target_dc_label);
-
-	let key: Option<String> = body.key;
-
-	let res = ctx
-		.op(pegboard::ops::actor::create::Input {
-			actor_id,
-			namespace_id: namespace.namespace_id,
-			name: body.name.clone(),
-			key,
-			runner_name_selector: body.runner_name_selector,
-			input: body.input.clone(),
-			crash_policy: body.crash_policy,
-			// Forward requests to the correct api-peer datacenter
-			forward_request: true,
-			datacenter_name: query.datacenter.clone(),
-		})
-		.await?;
-
-	let actor = res.actor;
+	let query = rivet_api_types::actors::create::CreateQuery {
+		namespace: query.namespace,
+	};
 
-	Ok(CreateResponse { actor })
+	if target_dc_label == ctx.config().dc_label() {
+		rivet_api_peer::actors::create::create(ctx, (), query, body).await
+	} else {
+		request_remote_datacenter::<CreateResponse>(
+			ctx.config(),
+			target_dc_label,
+			"/actors",
+			axum::http::Method::POST,
+			headers,
+			Some(&query),
+			Some(&body),
+		)
+		.await
+	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/api-public/src/router.rs b/packages/core/api-public/src/router.rs
index 9c06fd15b8..a33b8b3243 100644
--- a/packages/core/api-public/src/router.rs
+++ b/packages/core/api-public/src/router.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub async fn router(
 			)
 			// MARK: Actors
 			.route("/actors", axum::routing::get(actors::list::list))
-			.route("/actors", post(actors::create::create))
+			.route("/actors", axum::routing::post(actors::create::create))
 			.route(
 				"/actors",
 				axum::routing::put(actors::get_or_create::get_or_create),
diff --git a/packages/core/pegboard-gateway/src/lib.rs b/packages/core/pegboard-gateway/src/lib.rs
index b1b89dd4ed..8e45374927 100644
--- a/packages/core/pegboard-gateway/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/core/pegboard-gateway/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use rivet_tunnel_protocol::{
 	ToServerWebSocketOpen,
 };
 use rivet_util::serde::HashableMap;
-use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message;
 
 use crate::shared_state::{SharedState, TunnelMessageData};
diff --git a/packages/services/pegboard/src/ops/actor/create.rs b/packages/services/pegboard/src/ops/actor/create.rs
index 66a7a1b42c..962cf1299a 100644
--- a/packages/services/pegboard/src/ops/actor/create.rs
+++ b/packages/services/pegboard/src/ops/actor/create.rs
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ async fn forward_to_datacenter(
 		.next()
 		.ok_or_else(|| namespace::errors::Namespace::NotFound.build())?;
 
-	// Generate a new actor ID with the correct datacenter label
-	let actor_id = Id::new_v1(datacenter_label);
-
 	// Make request to remote datacenter
 	let response = request_remote_datacenter::<rivet_api_types::actors::create::CreateResponse>(
 		ctx.config(),
@@ -147,7 +144,6 @@ async fn forward_to_datacenter(
 			namespace: namespace.name.clone(),
 		}),
 		Some(&rivet_api_types::actors::create::CreateRequest {
-			actor_id,
 			name,
 			key,
 			input,
diff --git a/packages/services/pegboard/src/workflows/actor/runtime.rs b/packages/services/pegboard/src/workflows/actor/runtime.rs
index d01755d520..ffd1c25fd4 100644
--- a/packages/services/pegboard/src/workflows/actor/runtime.rs
+++ b/packages/services/pegboard/src/workflows/actor/runtime.rs
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ async fn allocate_actor(
 		.udb()?
 		.run(|tx| async move {
 			let ping_threshold_ts = util::timestamp::now() - RUNNER_ELIGIBLE_THRESHOLD_MS;
-			let tx = tx.with_subspace(keys::subspace());
 
 			// Check if runner is an serverless runner
 			let for_serverless = tx
+				.with_subspace(namespace::keys::subspace())
 				.exists(
 					&namespace::keys::RunnerConfigByVariantKey::new(
 						namespace_id,
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ async fn allocate_actor(
 				)
 				.await?;
 
+			let tx = tx.with_subspace(keys::subspace());
+
 			if for_serverless {
 				tx.atomic_op(
 					&rivet_types::keys::pegboard::ns::ServerlessDesiredSlotsKey::new(