diff --git a/deployment/docker/docker-compose-cluster.yml b/deployment/docker/docker-compose-cluster.yml
index 3c5aef5f4..210e70ec5 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/docker-compose-cluster.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/docker-compose-cluster.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ services:
       # display source of alerts in grafana
       - '-external.url=http://127.0.0.1:3000' #grafana outside container
       # when copypaste the line below be aware of '$$' for escaping in '$expr'
-      - '--external.alert.source=explore?orgId=1&left=["now-1h","now","VictoriaMetrics",{"expr":{{$$expr|jsonEscape|queryEscape}} },{"mode":"Metrics"},{"ui":[true,true,true,"none"]}]'
+      - '--external.alert.source=explore?orgId=1&left={"datasource":"VictoriaMetrics","queries":[{"expr":{{$$expr|jsonEscape|queryEscape}},"refId":"A"}],"range":{"from":"now-1h","to":"now"}}'
     restart: always
 
   alertmanager:
diff --git a/deployment/docker/docker-compose.yml b/deployment/docker/docker-compose.yml
index c96c609f7..8b41723de 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ services:
       # display source of alerts in grafana
       - "--external.url=http://127.0.0.1:3000" #grafana outside container
       # when copypaste the line be aware of '$$' for escaping in '$expr'
-      - '--external.alert.source=explore?orgId=1&left=["now-1h","now","VictoriaMetrics",{"expr":{{$$expr|jsonEscape|queryEscape}} },{"mode":"Metrics"},{"ui":[true,true,true,"none"]}]'
+      - '--external.alert.source=explore?orgId=1&left={"datasource":"VictoriaMetrics","queries":[{"expr":{{$$expr|jsonEscape|queryEscape}},"refId":"A"}],"range":{"from":"now-1h","to":"now"}}'
     networks:
       - vm_net
     restart: always