diff --git a/docs/examples/tourism/search.js b/docs/examples/tourism/search.js
index 6446f84601..3e2ad50654 100644
--- a/docs/examples/tourism/search.js
+++ b/docs/examples/tourism/search.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 var search = instantsearch({
   appId: 'latency',
   apiKey: '6be0576ff61c053d5f9a3225e2a90f76',
-  indexName: 'airbnb'
+  indexName: 'airbnb',
+  urlSync: true
 });
 
 search.addWidget(
diff --git a/src/widgets/numeric-selector/__tests__/numeric-selector-test.js b/src/widgets/numeric-selector/__tests__/numeric-selector-test.js
index 88ee660288..91f6203394 100644
--- a/src/widgets/numeric-selector/__tests__/numeric-selector-test.js
+++ b/src/widgets/numeric-selector/__tests__/numeric-selector-test.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ describe('numericSelector()', () => {
     helper = {
       addNumericRefinement: sinon.spy(),
       clearRefinements: sinon.spy(),
-      getRefinements: sinon.stub().returns([]),
       search: sinon.spy()
     };
     results = {
@@ -66,8 +65,31 @@ describe('numericSelector()', () => {
     helper.addNumericRefinement.reset();
   });
 
-  it('doesn\'t configure anything', () => {
-    expect(widget.getConfiguration).toEqual(undefined);
+  it('configures the right numericRefinement', () => {
+    expect(widget.getConfiguration({}, {})).toEqual({
+      numericRefinements: {
+        aNumAttr: {
+          '=': [1]
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('configures the right numericRefinement when present in the url', () => {
+    const urlState = {
+      numericRefinements: {
+        aNumAttr: {
+          '=': [2]
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    expect(widget.getConfiguration({}, urlState)).toEqual({
+      numericRefinements: {
+        aNumAttr: {
+          '=': [2]
+        }
+      }
+    });
   });
 
   it('calls twice ReactDOM.render(<Selector props />, container)', () => {
@@ -82,10 +104,13 @@ describe('numericSelector()', () => {
   });
 
   it('computes refined values and pass them to <Selector props />', () => {
-    helper.getRefinements = sinon.stub().returns([{
-      operator: '=',
-      value: [20]
-    }]);
+    helper.state = {
+      numericRefinements: {
+        aNumAttr: {
+          '=': [20]
+        }
+      }
+    };
     expectedProps.currentValue = 20;
     widget.render({helper, results, state: helper.state});
     expect(ReactDOM.render.firstCall.args[0]).toEqualJSX(<Selector {...expectedProps} />);
diff --git a/src/widgets/numeric-selector/numeric-selector.js b/src/widgets/numeric-selector/numeric-selector.js
index 06369665b0..8381991aa3 100644
--- a/src/widgets/numeric-selector/numeric-selector.js
+++ b/src/widgets/numeric-selector/numeric-selector.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   getContainerNode
 } from '../../lib/utils.js';
 import cx from 'classnames';
-import find from 'lodash/find';
 import autoHideContainerHOC from '../../decorators/autoHideContainer.js';
 import SelectorComponent from '../../components/Selector.js';
 
@@ -59,12 +58,16 @@ function numericSelector({
   };
 
   return {
+    getConfiguration(currentSearchParameters, searchParametersFromUrl) {
+      return {
+        numericRefinements: {
+          [attributeName]: {
+            [operator]: [this._getRefinedValue(searchParametersFromUrl)]
+          }
+        }
+      };
+    },
     init({helper}) {
-      const currentValue = this._getRefinedValue(helper);
-      if (currentValue !== undefined) {
-        helper.addNumericRefinement(attributeName, operator, currentValue);
-      }
-
       this._refine = value => {
         helper.clearRefinements(attributeName);
         if (value !== undefined) {
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ function numericSelector({
       ReactDOM.render(
         <Selector
           cssClasses={cssClasses}
-          currentValue={this._getRefinedValue(helper)}
+          currentValue={this._getRefinedValue(helper.state)}
           options={options}
           setValue={this._refine}
           shouldAutoHideContainer={results.nbHits === 0}
@@ -87,12 +90,19 @@ function numericSelector({
       );
     },
 
-    _getRefinedValue(helper) {
-      const refinements = helper.getRefinements(attributeName);
-      const refinedValue = find(refinements, {operator});
-      return refinedValue &&
-        refinedValue.value !== undefined &&
-        refinedValue.value[0] !== undefined ? refinedValue.value[0] : options[0].value;
+    _getRefinedValue(state) {
+      // This is reimplementing state.getNumericRefinement
+      // But searchParametersFromUrl is not an actual SearchParameters object
+      // It's only the object structure without the methods, because getStateFromQueryString
+      // is not sending a SearchParameters. There's no way given how web built the helper
+      // to initialize a true partial state where only the refinements are present
+      return state &&
+        state.numericRefinements &&
+        state.numericRefinements[attributeName] !== undefined &&
+        state.numericRefinements[attributeName][operator] !== undefined &&
+        state.numericRefinements[attributeName][operator][0] !== undefined ? // could be 0
+        state.numericRefinements[attributeName][operator][0] :
+        options[0].value;
     }
   };
 }