The German state of Hesse has announced it will issue temporary online sports betting permits to operators until the country’s tangled regulatory regime gets straightened out in the courts.

This week, the Hessian Ministry of the Interior announced it would allow betting operators to apply for Duldungsverfügungen aka “temporary toleration dispositions” that would permit operators to offer both land-based and online betting. Operators have been given a 60-day window starting September 15 in which to apply for the permits.

However, the permits would only be valid in the state of Hesse, meaning operators would still be on legally unsure turf if they accept wagers from punters located in the other 15 German lander (states), a limitation that will likely discourage most operators from seeking out the Hessian permits.

The Hessian government says the temporary workaround is necessary following the October 2015 ruling by the Hessian Administrative Court that prevented the formal issuing of the 20 nationwide sports betting licenses announced in September 2014.