diff --git a/config/quick-start/control-cluster/cluster-config/configmap.yaml b/config/quick-start/control-cluster/cluster-config/configmap.yaml
index abc21e94..7f6d65af 100644
--- a/config/quick-start/control-cluster/cluster-config/configmap.yaml
+++ b/config/quick-start/control-cluster/cluster-config/configmap.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
 data:
   params: |
     {
-      "policiesToSync": [
+      "experimentalPolicySync": [
         { "group": "kuadrant.io", "version": "v1beta1", "resource": "authpolicies" }
       ]
     }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/gateway/params.go b/pkg/controllers/gateway/params.go
index 030836e3..ef5ea104 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/gateway/params.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/gateway/params.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type Params struct {
 
 	// PoliciesToSync specifies a listof Policy GVRs that will be watched
 	// in the hub and synced to the spokes
-	PoliciesToSync []ParamsGroupVersionResource `json:"policiesToSync,omitempty"`
+	PoliciesToSync []ParamsGroupVersionResource `json:"experimentalPolicySync,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ParamsGroupVersionResource struct {