diff --git a/projects/gameboard-ui/src/app/game/components/play/play.component.ts b/projects/gameboard-ui/src/app/game/components/play/play.component.ts
index 053c4b60..7d7c01af 100644
--- a/projects/gameboard-ui/src/app/game/components/play/play.component.ts
+++ b/projects/gameboard-ui/src/app/game/components/play/play.component.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { catchError, firstValueFrom, of, tap } from 'rxjs';
 import { LocalActiveChallenge } from '@/api/challenges.models';
 import { BoardPlayer, BoardSpec } from '@/api/board-models';
 import { BoardService } from '@/api/board.service';
-import { TimeWindow } from '@/api/player-models';
+import { PlayerMode, TimeWindow } from '@/api/player-models';
 import { ActiveChallengesRepo } from '@/stores/active-challenges.store';
 import { UnsubscriberService } from '@/services/unsubscriber.service';
 import { SpecSummary } from '@/api/spec-models';
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class PlayComponent {
       return vmUrls;
 
     for (let vm of challenge.challengeDeployment.vms) {
-      vmUrls[vm.id] = this.routerService.buildVmConsoleUrl(vm);
+      vmUrls[vm.id] = this.routerService.buildVmConsoleUrl(vm, challenge.playerMode == PlayerMode.practice);
     }
 
     return vmUrls;
diff --git a/projects/gameboard-ui/src/app/services/router.service.ts b/projects/gameboard-ui/src/app/services/router.service.ts
index 2eba8ab2..9f23221a 100644
--- a/projects/gameboard-ui/src/app/services/router.service.ts
+++ b/projects/gameboard-ui/src/app/services/router.service.ts
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ export class RouterService implements OnDestroy {
     return this.router.navigateByUrl(this.router.parseUrl(`/support/tickets/${highlightTicketKey}`));
   }
 
-  public buildVmConsoleUrl(vm: VmState) {
+  public buildVmConsoleUrl(vm: VmState, isPractice = false) {
     if (!vm || !vm.isolationId || !vm.name) {
       throw new Error(`Can't launch a VM console without an isolationId and a name.`);
     }
 
-    return `${this.config.mkshost}?f=1&s=${vm.isolationId}&v=${vm.name}`;
+    return `${this.config.mkshost}?f=1&s=${vm.isolationId}&v=${vm.name}${isPractice ? "&l=true" : ""}`;
   }
 
   public toVmConsole(vm: VmState) {