diff --git a/workspace/v19.0.0/workspace-platform-starter/common/views/contact/common/contacts.js b/workspace/v19.0.0/workspace-platform-starter/common/views/contact/common/contacts.js
index 37d14d7fb8..4f60d53f2e 100644
--- a/workspace/v19.0.0/workspace-platform-starter/common/views/contact/common/contacts.js
+++ b/workspace/v19.0.0/workspace-platform-starter/common/views/contact/common/contacts.js
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ let avatarRoot = '../data/avatars/';
 export async function initialize() {
 	const customSettings = await getManifestCustomSettings();
 
-	const response = await fetch(customSettings.contactsProvider?.url ?? '../data/contacts.json');
+	const contactsProviderUrl = getContactsProviderUrl() ?? customSettings.contactsProvider?.url;
+	console.log(`contactsProviderUrl = ${contactsProviderUrl}`);
+	const response = await fetch(contactsProviderUrl ?? '../data/contacts.json');
 
 	avatarRoot = customSettings.contactsProvider?.avatarRoot ?? avatarRoot;
 
@@ -93,3 +95,31 @@ async function getManifestCustomSettings() {
 	}
 	return {};
 }
+
+/**
+ * Tries to get a url from the query string to override the contacts provider.
+ * @returns The contacts provider url if found.
+ */
+function getContactsProviderUrl() {
+    // Get the URL parameters
+	console.log("Attempting to get URL Params...");
+    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+    const contactsProviderUrl = urlParams.get('contactsProviderUrl');
+
+    if (!contactsProviderUrl) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const url = new URL(contactsProviderUrl);
+        const validDomains = ['openfin.github.io', 'built-on-openfin.github.io'];
+
+        if (validDomains.includes(url.hostname)) {
+            console.log('Valid contactsProviderUrl override url provided:', contactsProviderUrl);
+            return url.href;
+        }
+        console.error('Invalid domain in contactsProviderUrl:', url.hostname);
+    } catch {
+        console.error('Invalid contactsProviderUrl URL:', contactsProviderUrl);
+	}
+}