diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/url.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/url.test.ts
index f2813f88ba..81fa388c38 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/url.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/url.test.ts
@@ -25,5 +25,19 @@ module.exports = {
     .verify.elementPresent('[id="optimize"]:checked')
   },
 
+  'Should load using compiler from link passed in remix URL': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+    .url('http://127.0.0.1:8080/#version=https://solidity-blog.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/data/08preview/soljson.js')
+    .refresh()
+    .pause(5000)
+    .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
+    .pause(5000)
+    .assert.containsText('#versionSelector option[selected="selected"]', 'custom')
+    // default values
+    .verify.elementPresent('[id="optimize"]:checked')
+    // .assert.containsText('#evmVersionSelector option[selected="selected"]', 'compiler default')
+
+  },
+
   tearDown: sauce
 }
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diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/compileTab/compilerContainer.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/compileTab/compilerContainer.js
index 0114e653ee..6cbdcfb0c4 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/compileTab/compilerContainer.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/compileTab/compilerContainer.js
@@ -430,15 +430,6 @@ class CompilerContainer {
       this.data.selectedVersion = this.data.defaultVersion
     }
     this._view.versionSelector.innerHTML = ''
-    this.data.allversions.forEach(build => {
-      const option = build.path === this.data.selectedVersion
-        ? yo`<option value="${build.path}" selected>${build.longVersion}</option>`
-        : yo`<option value="${build.path}">${build.longVersion}</option>`
-
-      if (this._shouldBeAdded(option.innerText)) {
-        this._view.versionSelector.appendChild(option)
-      }
-    })
     this._view.versionSelector.removeAttribute('disabled')
     this.queryParams.update({ version: this.data.selectedVersion })
     let url
@@ -460,6 +451,16 @@ class CompilerContainer {
       url = `${urlFromVersion(this.data.selectedVersion)}`
     }
 
+    this.data.allversions.forEach(build => {
+      const option = build.path === this.data.selectedVersion
+        ? yo`<option value="${build.path}" selected>${build.longVersion}</option>`
+        : yo`<option value="${build.path}">${build.longVersion}</option>`
+
+      if (this._shouldBeAdded(option.innerText)) {
+        this._view.versionSelector.appendChild(option)
+      }
+    })
+
     // Workers cannot load js on "file:"-URLs and we get a
     // "Uncaught RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded" error on Chromium,
     // resort to non-worker version in that case.