diff --git a/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+layout.ts b/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+layout.ts
index f391f8a192e..2e68e233ef4 100644
--- a/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+layout.ts
+++ b/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+layout.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getUpdatedUrlForExploreState } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/url-state/getUpdatedUrlForExploreState";
 import { fetchExploreSpec } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/explores/selectors";
 import { runtime } from "@rilldata/web-common/runtime-client/runtime-store";
 import { error } from "@sveltejs/kit";
@@ -11,13 +12,28 @@ export const load = async ({ params, depends }) => {
   depends(exploreName, "explore");
 
   try {
-    const { explore, metricsView, defaultExplorePreset } =
-      await fetchExploreSpec(instanceId, exploreName);
+    const {
+      explore,
+      metricsView,
+      defaultExplorePreset,
+      initExploreState,
+      initLoadedOutsideOfURL,
+    } = await fetchExploreSpec(instanceId, exploreName);
+    const initUrlSearch = initLoadedOutsideOfURL
+      ? getUpdatedUrlForExploreState(
+          explore.explore?.state?.validSpec ?? {},
+          defaultExplorePreset,
+          initExploreState,
+          new URLSearchParams(),
+        )
+      : "";
 
     return {
       explore,
       metricsView,
       defaultExplorePreset,
+      initExploreState,
+      initUrlSearch,
     };
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(e);
diff --git a/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+page.svelte b/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+page.svelte
index 03a70bca552..7a8e2cd6f3d 100644
--- a/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+page.svelte
+++ b/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+page.svelte
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
     metricsView,
     explore,
     defaultExplorePreset,
+    initExploreState,
+    initUrlSearch,
     partialExploreState,
-    loaded,
+    urlSearchForPartial,
     errors,
+    exploreName,
   } = data);
   $: if (errors?.length) {
     setTimeout(() => {
@@ -36,7 +39,6 @@
 
   resetSelectedMockUserAfterNavigate(queryClient);
 
-  $: exploreName = explore.meta?.name?.name as string;
   $: metricsViewName = metricsView?.meta?.name?.name as string;
 
   $: ({ instanceId } = $runtime);
@@ -85,9 +87,13 @@
   {#key exploreName}
     <StateManagersProvider {metricsViewName} {exploreName}>
       <DashboardURLStateSync
+        {metricsViewName}
+        {exploreName}
         {defaultExplorePreset}
+        {initExploreState}
+        {initUrlSearch}
         {partialExploreState}
-        {loaded}
+        {urlSearchForPartial}
       >
         <DashboardThemeProvider>
           <Dashboard {metricsViewName} {exploreName} />
diff --git a/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+page.ts b/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+page.ts
index d8b02962669..bd8003db3e6 100644
--- a/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+page.ts
+++ b/web-local/src/routes/(viz)/explore/[name]/+page.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { convertURLToExploreState } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/url-state/convertPresetToExploreState";
+import { getUpdatedUrlForExploreState } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/url-state/getUpdatedUrlForExploreState";
 
 export const load = async ({ url, parent, params }) => {
   const { explore, metricsView, defaultExplorePreset } = await parent();
@@ -6,18 +7,28 @@ export const load = async ({ url, parent, params }) => {
   const metricsViewSpec = metricsView.metricsView?.state?.validSpec;
   const exploreSpec = explore.explore?.state?.validSpec;
 
-  const { partialExploreState, loaded, errors } = convertURLToExploreState(
-    exploreName,
-    undefined,
-    url.searchParams,
-    metricsViewSpec,
-    exploreSpec,
-    defaultExplorePreset,
-  );
+  const { partialExploreState, loadedOutsideOfURL, errors } =
+    convertURLToExploreState(
+      exploreName,
+      undefined,
+      url.searchParams,
+      metricsViewSpec,
+      exploreSpec,
+      defaultExplorePreset,
+    );
+  const urlSearchForPartial = loadedOutsideOfURL
+    ? getUpdatedUrlForExploreState(
+        exploreSpec,
+        defaultExplorePreset,
+        partialExploreState,
+        url.searchParams,
+      )
+    : url.searchParams.toString();
 
   return {
     partialExploreState,
-    loaded,
+    urlSearchForPartial,
     errors,
+    exploreName,
   };
 };