diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ModalWidgetDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/ModalWidgetDialog.tsx
index 484e8f0dcf..92fb406965 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ModalWidgetDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ModalWidgetDialog.tsx
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ import {
 } from "matrix-widget-api";
 import {StopGapWidgetDriver} from "../../../stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver";
 import {MatrixClientPeg} from "../../../MatrixClientPeg";
-import RoomViewStore from "../../../stores/RoomViewStore";
 import {OwnProfileStore} from "../../../stores/OwnProfileStore";
 import { arrayFastClone } from "../../../utils/arrays";
 import { ElementWidget } from "../../../stores/widgets/StopGapWidget";
 
 interface IProps {
     widgetDefinition: IModalWidgetOpenRequestData;
+    widgetRoomId?: string;
     sourceWidgetId: string;
     onFinished(success: boolean, data?: IModalWidgetReturnData): void;
 }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export default class ModalWidgetDialog extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IStat
 
     public render() {
         const templated = this.widget.getCompleteUrl({
-            currentRoomId: RoomViewStore.getRoomId(),
+            widgetRoomId: this.props.widgetRoomId,
             currentUserId: MatrixClientPeg.get().getUserId(),
             userDisplayName: OwnProfileStore.instance.displayName,
             userHttpAvatarUrl: OwnProfileStore.instance.getHttpAvatarUrl(),
diff --git a/src/stores/ModalWidgetStore.ts b/src/stores/ModalWidgetStore.ts
index c0b64d76fe..9c0da49c8c 100644
--- a/src/stores/ModalWidgetStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/ModalWidgetStore.ts
@@ -48,11 +48,16 @@ export class ModalWidgetStore extends AsyncStoreWithClient<IState> {
         return !this.modalInstance;
     };
 
-    public openModalWidget = (requestData: IModalWidgetOpenRequestData, sourceWidget: Widget) => {
+    public openModalWidget = (
+        requestData: IModalWidgetOpenRequestData,
+        sourceWidget: Widget,
+        widgetRoomId?: string,
+    ) => {
         if (this.modalInstance) return;
         this.openSourceWidgetId = sourceWidget.id;
         this.modalInstance = Modal.createTrackedDialog('Modal Widget', '', ModalWidgetDialog, {
             widgetDefinition: {...requestData},
+            widgetRoomId,
             sourceWidgetId: sourceWidget.id,
             onFinished: (success: boolean, data?: IModalWidgetReturnData) => {
                 if (!success) {
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
index cc2934aec1..17371d6d45 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
 
     private runUrlTemplate(opts = {asPopout: false}): string {
         const templated = this.mockWidget.getCompleteUrl({
-            currentRoomId: RoomViewStore.getRoomId(),
+            widgetRoomId: this.roomId,
             currentUserId: MatrixClientPeg.get().getUserId(),
             userDisplayName: OwnProfileStore.instance.displayName,
             userHttpAvatarUrl: OwnProfileStore.instance.getHttpAvatarUrl(),