diff --git a/civo/loadbalancer/resource_loadbalancer.go b/civo/loadbalancer/resource_loadbalancer.go
index 8d2a1d4..3743056 100644
--- a/civo/loadbalancer/resource_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/civo/loadbalancer/resource_loadbalancer.go
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ func ResourceLoadBalancer() *schema.Resource {
 		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
 			StateContext: schema.ImportStatePassthroughContext,
 		},
+		CustomizeDiff: customizeDiffLoadbalancer,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -216,6 +217,11 @@ func ResourceLoadBalancer() *schema.Resource {
 func resourceLoadBalancerCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
 	client := m.(*civogo.Client)
 
+	// overwrite the region if is defined in the datasource
+	if region, ok := d.GetOk("region"); ok {
+		client.Region = region.(string)
+	}
+
 	name := d.Get("name").(string)
 
 	// Check that either backend or instance_pool is provided
@@ -228,7 +234,8 @@ func resourceLoadBalancerCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m i
 
 	// Prepare the load balancer create request
 	conf := &civogo.LoadBalancerConfig{
-		Name: name,
+		Name:   name,
+		Region: client.Region,
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("service_name"); ok {
@@ -256,7 +263,7 @@ func resourceLoadBalancerCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m i
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("session_affinity_config_timeout"); ok {
-		conf.SessionAffinityConfigTimeout = v.(int32)
+		conf.SessionAffinityConfigTimeout = int32(v.(int))
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("enable_proxy_protocol"); ok {
@@ -321,6 +328,11 @@ func resourceLoadBalancerCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m i
 func resourceLoadBalancerRead(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
 	client := meta.(*civogo.Client)
 
+	// overwrite the region if is defined in the datasource
+	if region, ok := d.GetOk("region"); ok {
+		client.Region = region.(string)
+	}
+
 	// Retrieve the load balancer information from the API
 	loadBalancer, err := client.GetLoadBalancer(d.Id())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -340,8 +352,6 @@ func resourceLoadBalancerRead(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta in
 	d.Set("cluster_id", loadBalancer.ClusterID)
 	d.Set("firewall_id", loadBalancer.FirewallID)
 
-	fmt.Println("FIREEEE ID", loadBalancer.FirewallID)
-
 	if err := d.Set("backend", flattenLoadBalancerBackend(loadBalancer.Backends)); err != nil {
 		return diag.Errorf("error setting backend: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -363,7 +373,8 @@ func resourceLoadBalancerUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m i
 
 	// Initialize an update request
 	updateRequest := &civogo.LoadBalancerUpdateConfig{
-		Name: d.Get("name").(string),
+		Region: client.Region,
+		Name:   d.Get("name").(string),
 	}
 
 	// Check if any relevant fields have changed and update the request accordingly
@@ -395,46 +406,6 @@ func resourceLoadBalancerUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m i
 		updateRequest.EnableProxyProtocol = d.Get("enable_proxy_protocol").(string)
 	}
 
-	// If backend configuration has changed, update backends in the request
-	if d.HasChange("backend") {
-		backends := d.Get("backend").([]interface{})
-		updateRequest.Backends = make([]civogo.LoadBalancerBackendConfig, len(backends))
-
-		for i, backend := range backends {
-			b := backend.(map[string]interface{})
-			updateRequest.Backends[i] = civogo.LoadBalancerBackendConfig{
-				IP:              b["ip"].(string),
-				Protocol:        b["protocol"].(string),
-				SourcePort:      int32(b["source_port"].(int)),
-				TargetPort:      int32(b["target_port"].(int)),
-				HealthCheckPort: int32(b["health_check_port"].(int)),
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// If instance pool configuration has changed, update instance pools in the request
-	if d.HasChange("instance_pool") {
-		instancePools := d.Get("instance_pool").([]interface{})
-		updateRequest.InstancePools = make([]civogo.LoadBalancerInstancePoolConfig, len(instancePools))
-
-		for i, instancePool := range instancePools {
-			p := instancePool.(map[string]interface{})
-			healthCheck := p["health_check"].([]interface{})[0].(map[string]interface{})
-
-			updateRequest.InstancePools[i] = civogo.LoadBalancerInstancePoolConfig{
-				Tags:       convertStringList(p["tags"].([]interface{})),
-				Names:      convertStringList(p["names"].([]interface{})),
-				Protocol:   p["protocol"].(string),
-				SourcePort: int32(p["source_port"].(int)),
-				TargetPort: int32(p["target_port"].(int)),
-				HealthCheck: civogo.HealthCheck{
-					Port: healthCheck["port"].(int32),
-					Path: healthCheck["path"].(string),
-				},
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Send the update request to the Civo API
 	_, err := client.UpdateLoadBalancer(loadBalancerID, updateRequest)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -528,3 +499,13 @@ func convertStringList(input []interface{}) []string {
 	}
 	return strList
 }
+
+func customizeDiffLoadbalancer(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDiff, meta interface{}) error {
+	if d.Id() != "" && d.HasChange("instance_pool") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("the 'instance_pool' field is immutable")
+	}
+	if d.Id() != "" && d.HasChange("backend") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("the 'backend' field is immutable")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6853aae..17c6ad3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/civo/terraform-provider-civo
 
 require (
-	github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.87
+	github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.89
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cty v1.4.1-0.20200414143053-d3edf31b6320
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2 v2.31.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bc58e8c..381eb20 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0/go.mod h1:K8XmNZdhEBkdlyDdvbmms
 github.com/bufbuild/protocompile v0.4.0 h1:LbFKd2XowZvQ/kajzguUp2DC9UEIQhIq77fZZlaQsNA=
 github.com/bufbuild/protocompile v0.4.0/go.mod h1:3v93+mbWn/v3xzN+31nwkJfrEpAUwp+BagBSZWx+TP8=
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.3/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
-github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.87 h1:0uUOw04uNI98X4zcv5r4EHeD+tMJIFhqwJ/RntQ8k1s=
-github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.87/go.mod h1:7UCYX+qeeJbrG55E1huv+0ySxcHTqq/26FcHLVelQJM=
+github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.88 h1:katTTxgMg+6k9vdO++wzjz91KtjT/5dGyJy1i8l/z5w=
+github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.88/go.mod h1:7UCYX+qeeJbrG55E1huv+0ySxcHTqq/26FcHLVelQJM=
+github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.89 h1:g+I4NGVa5t0L2Z9+QbnEAqxE/3OCDUYvepje3oUkKVo=
+github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.89/go.mod h1:7UCYX+qeeJbrG55E1huv+0ySxcHTqq/26FcHLVelQJM=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.3 h1:fE/Qz0QdIGqeWfnwq0RE0R7MI51s0M2E4Ga9kq5AEMs=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5XYMA4rFBvNIrhs50XuiBJ15vF2pZn4nnUKZrLbUZFA=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.4 h1:Ugdm7cg7i6ZK6x3xDF1oEu1nfkyfH53EtKeQYTC3kyg=