diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/workspace.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/workspace.test.ts
index d2739b2e64..0dbccb98ec 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/workspace.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/workspace.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import sauce from './sauce'
 
 module.exports = {
   before: function (browser: NightwatchBrowser, done: VoidFunction) {
-    init(browser, done, 'http://127.0.0.1:8080?plugins=solidity,udapp&plugincall=fileManager//open//3_Ballot.sol', false)
+    init(browser, done, 'http://127.0.0.1:8080?activate=solidity,udapp&call=fileManager//open//3_Ballot.sol&deactivate=home', false)
   },
 
   'CheckSolidityActivatedAndUDapp': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ module.exports = {
     .pause(5000)
     .getEditorValue((content) => {
       browser.assert.ok(content.indexOf('contract Ballot {') != -1, 'content doesn\'t include Ballot contract')
-    })
+    })    
+  },
+
+  'Home page should be deactivated': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+    .waitForElementNotPresent('[data-id="landingPageHomeContainer"]')
     .end()
   },
   
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
index 87fab9f7c5..926ef0f880 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
@@ -405,11 +405,19 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
   // Set workspace after initial activation
   if (Array.isArray(workspace)) {    
     appManager.activatePlugin(workspace).then(() => {
+      try {
+        if (params.deactivate) {
+          appManager.deactivatePlugin(params.deactivate.split(','))
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.log(e)
+      }
+      
       // If plugins are loaded from the URL params, we focus on the last one.
       if (pluginLoader.current === 'queryParams' && workspace.length > 0) menuicons.select(workspace[workspace.length - 1])
 
-      if (params.plugincall) {
-        const callDetails = params.plugincall.split('//')
+      if (params.call) {
+        const callDetails = params.call.split('//')
         if (callDetails.length > 1) {
           toolTip(`initiating ${callDetails[0]} ...`)
           // @todo(remove the timeout when activatePlugin is on 0.3.0)
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.js
index 7e79bcdd35..6dbd09aac8 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.js
@@ -135,13 +135,13 @@ class PluginLoader {
     this.loaders['queryParams'] = {
       set: () => {},
       get: () => {
-        const { plugins } = queryParams.get()
-        if (!plugins) return []
-        return plugins.split(',')
+        const { activate } = queryParams.get()
+        if (!activate) return []
+        return activate.split(',')
       }
     }
 
-    this.current = queryParams.get()['plugins'] ? 'queryParams' : 'localStorage'
+    this.current = queryParams.get()['activate'] ? 'queryParams' : 'localStorage'
   }
 
   set (plugin, actives) {