diff --git a/src/components/ModelingMachineProvider.tsx b/src/components/ModelingMachineProvider.tsx
index 99601400a..885bd548d 100644
--- a/src/components/ModelingMachineProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ModelingMachineProvider.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import toast from 'react-hot-toast'
 import { EditorSelection } from '@uiw/react-codemirror'
 import { CoreDumpManager } from 'lib/coredump'
 import { useHotkeys } from 'react-hotkeys-hook'
+import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { letEngineAnimateAndSyncCamAfter } from 'clientSideScene/CameraControls'
 
 type MachineContext<T extends AnyStateMachine> = {
@@ -84,7 +85,12 @@ export const ModelingMachineProvider = ({
   } = useSettingsAuthContext()
   const token = auth?.context?.token
   const streamRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+
+  let [searchParams] = useSearchParams()
+  const pool = searchParams.get('pool')
+
   useSetupEngineManager(streamRef, token, {
+    pool: pool,
     theme: theme.current,
     highlightEdges: highlightEdges.current,
     enableSSAO: enableSSAO.current,
diff --git a/src/hooks/useSetupEngineManager.ts b/src/hooks/useSetupEngineManager.ts
index 2a1e48068..848f2b67c 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSetupEngineManager.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useSetupEngineManager.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ export function useSetupEngineManager(
   streamRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>,
   token?: string,
   settings = {
+    pool: null,
     theme: Themes.System,
     highlightEdges: true,
     enableSSAO: true,
   } as {
+    pool: string | null
     theme: Themes
     highlightEdges: boolean
     enableSSAO: boolean
@@ -35,6 +37,12 @@ export function useSetupEngineManager(
 
   const hasSetNonZeroDimensions = useRef<boolean>(false)
 
+  if (settings.pool) {
+    // override the pool param (?pool=) to request a specific engine instance
+    // from a particular pool.
+    engineCommandManager.pool = settings.pool
+  }
+
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     // Load the engine command manager once with the initial width and height,
     // then we do not want to reload it.
diff --git a/src/lang/std/engineConnection.ts b/src/lang/std/engineConnection.ts
index 5298cb72c..68403cc2e 100644
--- a/src/lang/std/engineConnection.ts
+++ b/src/lang/std/engineConnection.ts
@@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ export class EngineCommandManager {
   sceneCommandArtifacts: ArtifactMap = {}
   outSequence = 1
   inSequence = 1
+  pool?: string
   engineConnection?: EngineConnection
   defaultPlanes: DefaultPlanes | null = null
   commandLogs: CommandLog[] = []
@@ -914,8 +915,9 @@ export class EngineCommandManager {
   callbacksEngineStateConnection: ((state: EngineConnectionState) => void)[] =
     []
 
-  constructor() {
+  constructor(pool?: string) {
     this.engineConnection = undefined
+    this.pool = pool
   }
 
   private _camControlsCameraChange = () => {}
@@ -972,7 +974,8 @@ export class EngineCommandManager {
     }
 
     const additionalSettings = settings.enableSSAO ? '&post_effect=ssao' : ''
-    const url = `${VITE_KC_API_WS_MODELING_URL}?video_res_width=${width}&video_res_height=${height}${additionalSettings}`
+    const pool = this.pool == undefined ? '' : `&pool=${this.pool}`
+    const url = `${VITE_KC_API_WS_MODELING_URL}?video_res_width=${width}&video_res_height=${height}${additionalSettings}${pool}`
     this.engineConnection = new EngineConnection({
       engineCommandManager: this,
       url,
diff --git a/src/lib/coredump.ts b/src/lib/coredump.ts
index 8907e96be..30c530a21 100644
--- a/src/lib/coredump.ts
+++ b/src/lib/coredump.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ export class CoreDumpManager {
     return APP_VERSION
   }
 
+  // Get the backend pool we've requested.
+  pool(): string {
+    return this.engineCommandManager.pool || ''
+  }
+
   // Get the os information.
   getOsInfo(): Promise<string> {
     if (this.isTauri()) {
diff --git a/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/local.rs b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/local.rs
index 117eac4bb..5f08fcdb1 100644
--- a/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/local.rs
+++ b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/local.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ impl CoreDump for CoreDumper {
         Ok(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string())
     }
 
+    fn pool(&self) -> Result<String> {
+        Ok("".to_owned())
+    }
+
     async fn os(&self) -> Result<crate::coredump::OsInfo> {
         Ok(crate::coredump::OsInfo {
             platform: Some(std::env::consts::OS.to_string()),
diff --git a/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/mod.rs b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/mod.rs
index 1878d07cf..0e412fcc6 100644
--- a/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/mod.rs
+++ b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/mod.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ pub trait CoreDump: Clone {
 
     fn version(&self) -> Result<String>;
 
+    fn pool(&self) -> Result<String>;
+
     async fn os(&self) -> Result<OsInfo>;
 
     fn is_tauri(&self) -> Result<bool>;
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ pub trait CoreDump: Clone {
             os,
             webrtc_stats,
             github_issue_url: None,
+            pool: self.pool()?,
         };
         app_info.set_github_issue_url(&screenshot_url)?;
 
@@ -103,6 +106,9 @@ pub struct AppInfo {
     /// This gets prepoulated with all the core dump info.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub github_issue_url: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Engine pool the client is connected to.
+    pub pool: String,
 }
 
 impl AppInfo {
diff --git a/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/wasm.rs b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/wasm.rs
index f7cbf7acb..976255346 100644
--- a/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/wasm.rs
+++ b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/src/coredump/wasm.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ extern "C" {
     #[wasm_bindgen(method, js_name = baseApiUrl, catch)]
     fn baseApiUrl(this: &CoreDumpManager) -> Result<String, js_sys::Error>;
 
+    #[wasm_bindgen(method, js_name = pool, catch)]
+    fn pool(this: &CoreDumpManager) -> Result<String, js_sys::Error>;
+
     #[wasm_bindgen(method, js_name = version, catch)]
     fn version(this: &CoreDumpManager) -> Result<String, js_sys::Error>;
 
@@ -66,6 +69,12 @@ impl CoreDump for CoreDumper {
             .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to get response from version: {:?}", e))
     }
 
+    fn pool(&self) -> Result<String> {
+        self.manager
+            .pool()
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to get response from pool: {:?}", e))
+    }
+
     async fn os(&self) -> Result<crate::coredump::OsInfo> {
         let promise = self
             .manager