diff --git a/ts/RemoteConfig.ts b/ts/RemoteConfig.ts
index c10407034..64bf47d36 100644
--- a/ts/RemoteConfig.ts
+++ b/ts/RemoteConfig.ts
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ export type ConfigKeyType =
   | 'desktop.showUserBadges.beta'
   | 'desktop.showUserBadges2'
   | 'desktop.stories'
+  | 'desktop.stories.beta'
   | 'desktop.usernames'
   | 'global.attachments.maxBytes'
   | 'global.calling.maxGroupCallRingSize'
   | 'global.groupsv2.groupSizeHardLimit'
   | 'global.groupsv2.maxGroupSize';
+
 type ConfigValueType = {
   name: ConfigKeyType;
   enabled: boolean;
diff --git a/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx b/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx
index f316bab7c..0745f7411 100644
--- a/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ const releaseNotes: ReleaseNotesType = {
       key: 'WhatsNew__v5.63--0',
       components: undefined,
     },
+    {
+      key: 'WhatsNew__v5.63--beta.2',
+      components: undefined,
+    },
   ],
 };
 
diff --git a/ts/types/Stories.ts b/ts/types/Stories.ts
index fef9a7fdf..415562ce9 100644
--- a/ts/types/Stories.ts
+++ b/ts/types/Stories.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { SendStatus } from '../messages/MessageSendState';
 import type { StoryDistributionListDataType } from '../state/ducks/storyDistributionLists';
 import type { UUIDStringType } from './UUID';
 import { isEnabled } from '../RemoteConfig';
+import { isBeta } from '../util/version';
 
 export type ReplyType = {
   author: Pick<
@@ -145,7 +146,11 @@ export enum HasStories {
 }
 
 const getStoriesAvailable = () =>
-  isEnabled('desktop.stories') || isEnabled('desktop.internalUser');
+  isEnabled('desktop.stories') ||
+  isEnabled('desktop.internalUser') ||
+  (isEnabled('desktop.stories.beta') && isBeta(window.getVersion()));
+
 const getStoriesDisabled = () => window.Events.getHasStoriesDisabled();
+
 export const getStoriesBlocked = (): boolean =>
   !getStoriesAvailable() || getStoriesDisabled();