diff --git a/src/gui/src/AboutDialog.cpp b/src/gui/src/AboutDialog.cpp
index bcb5c3d9a..2a8673609 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/AboutDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/AboutDialog.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 
 #include "OSXHelpers.h"
 
-AboutDialog::AboutDialog(MainWindow* parent, const QString& synergyApp) :
+AboutDialog::AboutDialog(MainWindow* parent, const AppConfig& config) :
 	QDialog(parent, Qt::WindowTitleHint | Qt::WindowSystemMenuHint),
 	Ui::AboutDialogBase(),
-	credits(*parent)
+	credits(*parent, config)
 {
 	setupUi(this);
 	setupCreditsLoader();
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Ryan Breen, Guido Poschta, Bertrand Landry Hetu, Tom Chadwick, Brent Priddy, Kyl
 Daun Chung, Serhii Hadzhylov, Oleksandr Lysytsia, Olena Kutytska, Francisco Magalhães.</span>
 </p>)");
 
-	m_versionChecker.setApp(synergyApp);
+	m_versionChecker.setApp(config.synergycName());
 	QString version = m_versionChecker.getVersion();
 #ifdef SYNERGY_REVISION
     version +=  '-';
diff --git a/src/gui/src/AboutDialog.h b/src/gui/src/AboutDialog.h
index 08ddc2fc7..201c5e3aa 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/AboutDialog.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/AboutDialog.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class AboutDialog : public QDialog, public Ui::AboutDialogBase
     Q_OBJECT
 
     public:
-        AboutDialog(MainWindow* parent, const QString& synergyApp = QString());
+        AboutDialog(MainWindow* parent, const AppConfig& config);
     public slots:
         void updateEliteBackers(const QString& eliteBackers) const;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/src/AppConfig.cpp b/src/gui/src/AppConfig.cpp
index aa0123386..8b2d2192f 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/AppConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/AppConfig.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ const char* AppConfig::m_SynergySettingsName[] = {
         "tlsKeyLength",
         "preventSleep",
         "languageSync",
-        "invertScrollDirection"
+        "invertScrollDirection",
+        "eliteBackersUrl"
 };
 
 static const char* logLevelNames[] =
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ void AppConfig::loadSettings()
     m_PreventSleep              = loadSetting(kPreventSleep, false).toBool();
     m_LanguageSync              = loadSetting(kLanguageSync, false).toBool();
     m_InvertScrollDirection     = loadSetting(kInvertScrollDirection, false).toBool();
+    m_eliteBackersUrl           = loadCommonSetting(kEliteBackersUrl, "https://api2.prod.symless.com/credits/elite-backers").toString();
 
     //only change the serial key if the settings being loaded contains a key
     bool updateSerial = ConfigWriter::make()
@@ -277,6 +279,7 @@ void AppConfig::saveSettings()
     setCommonSetting(kLoadSystemSettings, m_LoadFromSystemScope);
     setCommonSetting(kGroupClientCheck, m_ClientGroupChecked);
     setCommonSetting(kGroupServerCheck, m_ServerGroupChecked);
+    setCommonSetting(kEliteBackersUrl, m_eliteBackersUrl);
 
     if (isWritable()) {
         setSetting(kScreenName, m_ScreenName);
@@ -461,6 +464,14 @@ bool AppConfig::getInvertScrollDirection() const {
     return m_InvertScrollDirection;
 }
 
+void AppConfig::setEliteBackersUrl(const QString& newValue) {
+    setSettingModified(m_eliteBackersUrl, newValue);
+}
+
+const QString& AppConfig::getEliteBackersUrl() const {
+    return m_eliteBackersUrl;
+}
+
 bool AppConfig::getLanguageSync() const { return m_LanguageSync; }
 
 void AppConfig::setInvertScrollDirection(bool newValue) {
diff --git a/src/gui/src/AppConfig.h b/src/gui/src/AppConfig.h
index 49e0f8576..072cd714e 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/AppConfig.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/AppConfig.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ class AppConfig: public QObject, public GUI::Config::ConfigBase
         bool getAutoHide();
         void setInvertScrollDirection(bool b);
         bool getInvertScrollDirection() const;
+        void setEliteBackersUrl(const QString&);
+        const QString& getEliteBackersUrl() const;
         void setLanguageSync(bool b);
         bool getLanguageSync() const;
         void setPreventSleep(bool b);
@@ -208,7 +210,8 @@ protected:
         kTLSKeyLength,
         kPreventSleep,
         kLanguageSync,
-        kInvertScrollDirection
+        kInvertScrollDirection,
+        kEliteBackersUrl
     };
 
         void setScreenName(const QString& s);
@@ -248,6 +251,7 @@ protected:
         bool m_AutoHide;
         QString m_Serialkey;
         QString m_lastVersion;
+        QString m_eliteBackersUrl;
         int m_LastExpiringWarningTime;
         bool m_ActivationHasRun;
         bool m_MinimizeToTray;
diff --git a/src/gui/src/CreditsLoader.cpp b/src/gui/src/CreditsLoader.cpp
index d518382e8..5b8c7b37b 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/CreditsLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/CreditsLoader.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "CreditsLoader.h"
 #include "MainWindow.h"
+#include "AppConfig.h"
 
 #include <QNetworkReply>
 #include <QNetworkRequest>
@@ -70,15 +71,16 @@ private:
 
 }
 
-CreditsLoader::CreditsLoader(MainWindow& mainWindow) :
-    m_mainWindow(mainWindow)
+CreditsLoader::CreditsLoader(MainWindow& mainWindow, const AppConfig& config) :
+    m_mainWindow(mainWindow),
+    m_config(config)
 {
     connect(&m_manager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)), this, SLOT(replyFinished(QNetworkReply*)));
 }
 
 void CreditsLoader::loadEliteBackers()
 {
-    const auto ELITE_BACKERS_URL = "https://api2.prod.symless.com/credits/elite-backers";
+    const auto ELITE_BACKERS_URL = m_config.getEliteBackersUrl();
     m_mainWindow.appendLogDebug(QString("Send request: %1").arg(ELITE_BACKERS_URL));
     const auto url = QUrl(ELITE_BACKERS_URL);
     const auto request = QNetworkRequest(url);
diff --git a/src/gui/src/CreditsLoader.h b/src/gui/src/CreditsLoader.h
index e59a2c85d..8ab4df6ff 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/CreditsLoader.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/CreditsLoader.h
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 
 class QNetworkReply;
 class MainWindow;
+class AppConfig;
 
 class CreditsLoader : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit CreditsLoader(MainWindow& mainWindow);
+    explicit CreditsLoader(MainWindow& mainWindow, const AppConfig& config);
     void loadEliteBackers();
 
 signals:
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public slots:
 
 private:
     MainWindow& m_mainWindow;
+    const AppConfig& m_config;
     QNetworkAccessManager m_manager;
 
     void error(const QString& error) const;
diff --git a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp
index a4ba08d42..c6592248c 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ bool  MainWindow::on_m_pActionSave_triggered()
 
 void MainWindow::on_m_pActionAbout_triggered()
 {
-    AboutDialog dlg(this, appPath(appConfig().synergycName()));
+    AboutDialog dlg(this, appConfig());
     dlg.exec();
 }