diff --git a/.guix-channel b/.guix-channel
index f4459f1de1..b852180cf2 100644
--- a/.guix-channel
+++ b/.guix-channel
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 (channel
   (version 0)
   (news-file "etc/news.scm")
-  (keyring-reference "keyring"))
+  (keyring-reference "keyring")
+  (url "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git")) ;the primary URL