diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/experiments/common/experimentService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/experiments/common/experimentService.ts
index 24a46094bf9cb..297b08a29afaf 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/experiments/common/experimentService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/experiments/common/experimentService.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export class ExperimentService extends Disposable implements IExperimentService
 			return []; // TODO@sbatten add CLI argument (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-internalbacklog/issues/2855)
 		}
 
-		const experimentsUrl = this.productService.experimentsUrl;
+		const experimentsUrl = this.configurationService.getValue<string>('_workbench.experimentsUrl') || this.productService.experimentsUrl;
 		if (!experimentsUrl || this.configurationService.getValue('workbench.enableExperiments') === false) {
 			return [];
 		}