diff --git a/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Content.test.tsx b/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Content.test.tsx
index d6687a3..724148d 100644
--- a/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Content.test.tsx
+++ b/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Content.test.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { TestApiProvider, renderInTestApp } from "@backstage/test-utils";
 import React from "react";
 import { IncidentApi, IncidentApiRef } from "../../api/client";
 import { HomePageIncidentCardContent } from "./Content";
+import { ContextProvider } from "./Context";
 
 const mockIncidentApi: jest.Mocked<Partial<IncidentApi>> = {
   request: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ describe("HomePageIncidentCardContent", () => {
   it("should render a list of live incidents", async () => {
     const { getByTestId } = await renderInTestApp(
       <TestApiProvider apis={[[IncidentApiRef, mockIncidentApi]]}>
-        <HomePageIncidentCardContent />
+        <ContextProvider filterType="status_category" filter="active">
+          <HomePageIncidentCardContent />
+        </ContextProvider>
       </TestApiProvider>,
     );
 
diff --git a/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Content.tsx b/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Content.tsx
index 36810f3..f91d4f8 100644
--- a/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Content.tsx
+++ b/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Content.tsx
@@ -6,14 +6,21 @@ import { useIncidentList } from "../../hooks/useIncidentRequest";
 import { Typography, List } from "@material-ui/core";
 import { IncidentListItem } from "../IncidentListItem";
 import { configApiRef, useApi } from "@backstage/core-plugin-api";
+import { useHomePageIncidentCard } from "./Context";
 
 export const HomePageIncidentCardContent = () => {
+  const { filterType, filter } = useHomePageIncidentCard();
   const config = useApi(configApiRef);
-    const baseUrl = config.getOptionalString('incident.baseUrl') || "https://app.incident.io";
+  const baseUrl =
+    config.getOptionalString("incident.baseUrl") || "https://app.incident.io";
 
-  const query = new URLSearchParams();
-  query.set(`status_category[one_of]`, "active");
-  const { loading, error, value } = useIncidentList(query);
+  const query = React.useMemo(() => {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams();
+    params.set(`${filterType}[one_of]`, filter);
+    return params;
+  }, [filterType, filter]);
+
+  const { loading, error, value } = useIncidentList(query, [query]);
   const incidents = value?.incidents;
 
   if (loading) return <Progress />;
diff --git a/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Context.tsx b/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Context.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c4a69e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/Context.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import React, { createContext, useContext, useMemo } from "react";
+
+type HomePageIncidentCardContextValue = {
+  filterType: "status_category" | "status";
+  filter: string;
+};
+
+const Context = createContext<HomePageIncidentCardContextValue | undefined>(
+  undefined,
+);
+
+export const ContextProvider = (props: {
+  children: React.JSX.Element;
+  filterType?: "status_category" | "status";
+  filter?: string;
+}) => {
+  const {
+    children,
+    filterType: defaultFilterType,
+    filter: defaultFilter,
+  } = props;
+
+  const value = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      filterType: defaultFilterType || "status_category",
+      filter: defaultFilter || "active",
+    }),
+    [defaultFilter, defaultFilterType],
+  );
+
+  return <Context.Provider value={value}>{children}</Context.Provider>;
+};
+
+export const useHomePageIncidentCard = () => {
+  const value = useContext(Context);
+
+  if (value === undefined) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "useHomePageIncidentCard must be used within a HomePageIncidentCardContextProvider",
+    );
+  }
+
+  return value;
+};
+
+export default Context;
diff --git a/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/index.ts b/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/index.ts
index 7f2950d..e55805e 100644
--- a/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/index.ts
+++ b/incident/src/components/HomePageIncidentCard/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export { Content } from "./Content";
+export { ContextProvider } from "./Context";
diff --git a/incident/src/plugin.ts b/incident/src/plugin.ts
index b977ab7..8633842 100644
--- a/incident/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/incident/src/plugin.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import {
   discoveryApiRef,
   fetchApiRef,
 } from "@backstage/core-plugin-api";
-import {CardExtensionProps, createCardExtension} from "@backstage/plugin-home-react";
+import {
+  CardExtensionProps,
+  createCardExtension,
+} from "@backstage/plugin-home-react";
 
 import { IncidentApi, IncidentApiRef } from "./api/client";
 
@@ -29,8 +32,8 @@ export const incidentPlugin = createPlugin({
   apis: [
     createApiFactory({
       api: IncidentApiRef,
-      deps: { 
-        discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef, 
+      deps: {
+        discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef,
         fetchApi: fetchApiRef,
       },
       factory: ({ discoveryApi, fetchApi }) => {
@@ -55,10 +58,36 @@ export const EntityIncidentCard = incidentPlugin.provide(
   }),
 );
 
-export const HomePageIncidentCard: (props: CardExtensionProps<unknown>) => React.JSX.Element = incidentPlugin.provide(
+export const HomePageIncidentCard: (
+  props: CardExtensionProps<unknown>,
+) => React.JSX.Element = incidentPlugin.provide(
   createCardExtension({
     name: "HomePageIncidentCard",
     title: "Ongoing Incidents",
     components: () => import("./components/HomePageIncidentCard"),
+    settings: {
+      schema: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {
+          filterType: {
+            type: "string",
+            title: "Filter Type",
+            description: "Whether to filter on status category or status",
+            oneOf: [
+              { enum: ["status_category"], title: "Status Category" },
+              { enum: ["status"], title: "Status" },
+            ],
+            default: "status_category",
+          },
+          filter: {
+            type: "string",
+            title: "Filter",
+            description:
+              "The filter to use. This is a string that will be passed to the API.",
+            default: "active",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
   }),
 );