diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index f94f8be643a25f621854636f1ebfff1af8f328cf..86854ce8082a2581c11145a0017c4770f1c0d1e8 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
           {incr} - Incremental version
     -->
     <string name="updater_server_url" translatable="false">https://ota.ecloud.global/api/v1/{device}/{type}/{incr}</string>
+    <string name="ota_staging_server_url" translatable="false"> https://test.ota.ecloud.global/api/v1/{device}/{type}/{incr}</string>
 
     <string name="verification_failed_notification">Verification failed</string>
     <string name="verifying_download_notification">Verifying update</string>
diff --git a/src/org/lineageos/updater/misc/Utils.java b/src/org/lineageos/updater/misc/Utils.java
index 0e1180a251077239d9c6dacc778e47802ea86974..939a014ca5b0e61425ba17fa204f714ae64cd9d2 100644
--- a/src/org/lineageos/updater/misc/Utils.java
+++ b/src/org/lineageos/updater/misc/Utils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2017 The LineageOS Project
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 ECORP SAS
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,8 +23,10 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
 import android.net.NetworkInfo;
+import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Environment;
 import android.os.SystemProperties;
 import android.os.storage.StorageManager;
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 public class Utils {
 
     private static final String TAG = "Utils";
+    private static final String CONTENT_URI_PATH = "content://custom.setting.Provider.OTA_SERVER/cte";
 
     private Utils() {
     }
@@ -184,16 +188,40 @@ public class Utils {
                 SystemProperties.get(Constants.PROP_DEVICE));
         String type = SystemProperties.get(Constants.PROP_RELEASE_TYPE).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
 
-        String serverUrl = SystemProperties.get(Constants.PROP_UPDATER_URI);
+        String serverUrl = "";
+        if (retrieveStatus(context) != null) {
+            if (retrieveStatus(context).equals("true")) {
+                serverUrl = context.getString(R.string.ota_staging_server_url);
+                return serverUrl.replace("{device}", device)
+                        .replace("{type}", type)
+                        .replace("{incr}", incrementalVersion);
+            } else {
+                serverUrl = SystemProperties.get(Constants.PROP_UPDATER_URI);
+            }
+        } else {
+            serverUrl = SystemProperties.get(Constants.PROP_UPDATER_URI);
+        }
+
         if (serverUrl.trim().isEmpty()) {
             serverUrl = context.getString(R.string.updater_server_url);
         }
-
         return serverUrl.replace("{device}", device)
                 .replace("{type}", type)
                 .replace("{incr}", incrementalVersion);
     }
 
+    /*get the status from database that ota option is on or off*/
+    public static String retrieveStatus(Context context) {
+        String status = null;
+        Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(Uri.parse(CONTENT_URI_PATH), null, "id=?", new String[]{"1"}, "Status");
+        if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
+            do {
+                status = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("Status"));
+            } while (cursor.moveToNext());
+        }
+        return status;
+    }
+
     public static String getUpgradeBlockedURL(Context context) {
         String device = SystemProperties.get(Constants.PROP_NEXT_DEVICE,
                 SystemProperties.get(Constants.PROP_DEVICE));