diff --git a/packages/rum-core/src/boot/rumPublicApi.ts b/packages/rum-core/src/boot/rumPublicApi.ts
index f2dc9d0c53..ee2f15c681 100644
--- a/packages/rum-core/src/boot/rumPublicApi.ts
+++ b/packages/rum-core/src/boot/rumPublicApi.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ import { RumEvent } from '../rumEvent.types'
 import { buildEnv } from './buildEnv'
 import { startRum } from './startRum'
 
-const droppedConfigurationOptions = ['publicApiKey' as const, 'datacenter' as const]
+const droppedConfigurationOptions = [
+  'publicApiKey' as const,
+  'datacenter' as const,
+  'useAlternateIntakeDomains' as const,
+]
 type DroppedConfigurationOptions = typeof droppedConfigurationOptions[number]
 
 export interface RumInitConfiguration extends Omit<InitConfiguration, DroppedConfigurationOptions> {
@@ -103,7 +107,10 @@ export function makeRumPublicApi<C extends RumInitConfiguration>(startRumImpl: S
 
     droppedConfigurationOptions.forEach((option) => delete (initConfiguration as InitConfiguration)[option])
 
-    const { configuration, internalMonitoring } = commonInit(initConfiguration, buildEnv)
+    const { configuration, internalMonitoring } = commonInit(
+      { ...initConfiguration, useAlternateIntakeDomains: true },
+      buildEnv
+    )
     if (!configuration.trackViewsManually) {
       doStartRum(initConfiguration, configuration, internalMonitoring)
     } else {