diff --git a/site/multiembedder/MultiEmbedder.tsx b/site/multiembedder/MultiEmbedder.tsx
index 5dc2363dc95..59b1d843bfc 100644
--- a/site/multiembedder/MultiEmbedder.tsx
+++ b/site/multiembedder/MultiEmbedder.tsx
@@ -159,9 +159,8 @@ class MultiEmbedder {
             dataApiUrl: DATA_API_URL,
         }
 
-        const html = await fetchText(fullUrl)
-
         if (isExplorer) {
+            const html = await fetchText(fullUrl)
             let grapherConfigs = deserializeJSONFromHTML(
                 html,
                 EMBEDDED_EXPLORER_GRAPHER_CONFIGS
@@ -202,7 +201,9 @@ class MultiEmbedder {
         } else {
             figure.classList.remove(GRAPHER_PREVIEW_CLASS)
 
-            const grapherPageConfig = deserializeJSONFromHTML(html)
+            const grapherPageConfig = await fetch(
+                `${fullUrl}.config.json`
+            ).then((res) => res.json())
 
             const figureConfigAttr = figure.getAttribute(
                 GRAPHER_EMBEDDED_FIGURE_CONFIG_ATTR