diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/MongoShellTab/MongoShellTabComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Tabs/MongoShellTab/MongoShellTabComponent.tsx
index d3720cf41..052c81ce6 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/MongoShellTab/MongoShellTabComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/MongoShellTab/MongoShellTabComponent.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export interface IMongoShellTabAccessor {
 }
 
 export interface IMongoShellTabComponentStates {
-  url: URL;
+  url: string;
 }
 
 export interface IMongoShellTabComponentProps {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export default class MongoShellTabComponent extends Component<
         name="explorer"
         className="iframe"
         style={{ width: "100%", height: "100%", border: 0, padding: 0, margin: 0, overflow: "hidden" }}
-        src={this.state.url.toString()}
+        src={this.state.url}
         id={this.props.tabsBaseInstance.tabId}
         onLoad={(event) => this.setContentFocus(event)}
         title="Mongo Shell"
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/MongoShellTab/getMongoShellUrl.ts b/src/Explorer/Tabs/MongoShellTab/getMongoShellUrl.ts
index 0ecbcb83e..a3b49b373 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/MongoShellTab/getMongoShellUrl.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/MongoShellTab/getMongoShellUrl.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-import { configContext } from "ConfigContext";
 import { userContext } from "../../../UserContext";
 
-export function getMongoShellUrl(useMongoProxyEndpoint?: boolean): URL {
+export function getMongoShellUrl(useMongoProxyEndpoint?: boolean): string {
   const { databaseAccount: account } = userContext;
   const resourceId = account?.id;
   const accountName = account?.name;
   const mongoEndpoint = account?.properties?.mongoEndpoint || account?.properties?.documentEndpoint;
   const queryString = `resourceId=${resourceId}&accountName=${accountName}&mongoEndpoint=${mongoEndpoint}`;
-  const path: string = useMongoProxyEndpoint
-    ? `/mongoshell/index.html?${queryString}`
-    : `/mongoshell/indexv2.html?${queryString}`;
 
-  return new URL(path, configContext.hostedExplorerURL);
+  return useMongoProxyEndpoint ? `/mongoshell/index.html?${queryString}` : `/mongoshell/indexv2.html?${queryString}`;
 }