diff --git a/src/behaviours/update-app/downgrading-version-update.test.ts b/src/behaviours/update-app/downgrading-version-update.test.ts
index 0b448b5c64..125b899223 100644
--- a/src/behaviours/update-app/downgrading-version-update.test.ts
+++ b/src/behaviours/update-app/downgrading-version-update.test.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import asyncFn from "@async-fn/jest";
 import type { CheckForPlatformUpdates } from "../../main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.injectable";
 import checkForPlatformUpdatesInjectable from "../../main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.injectable";
 import checkForUpdatesInjectable from "../../main/update-app/check-for-updates/check-for-updates.injectable";
-import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../../main/update-app/selected-update-channel.injectable";
+import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../../common/application-update/selected-update-channel/selected-update-channel.injectable";
 import type { DiContainer } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import appVersionInjectable from "../../common/get-configuration-file-model/app-version/app-version.injectable";
-import { updateChannels } from "../../main/update-app/update-channels";
+import { updateChannels } from "../../common/application-update/update-channels";
 
 describe("downgrading version update", () => {
   let applicationBuilder: ApplicationBuilder;
diff --git a/src/behaviours/update-app/installing-update.test.ts b/src/behaviours/update-app/installing-update.test.ts
index deba5ea3a2..f522a2fe8e 100644
--- a/src/behaviours/update-app/installing-update.test.ts
+++ b/src/behaviours/update-app/installing-update.test.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import type { CheckForPlatformUpdates } from "../../main/update-app/check-for-pl
 import checkForPlatformUpdatesInjectable from "../../main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.injectable";
 import type { AsyncFnMock } from "@async-fn/jest";
 import asyncFn from "@async-fn/jest";
-import type { UpdateChannel, UpdateChannelId } from "../../main/update-app/update-channels";
-import { updateChannels } from "../../main/update-app/update-channels";
+import type { UpdateChannel, UpdateChannelId } from "../../common/application-update/update-channels";
+import { updateChannels } from "../../common/application-update/update-channels";
 import type { DownloadPlatformUpdate } from "../../main/update-app/download-platform-update/download-platform-update.injectable";
 import downloadPlatformUpdateInjectable from "../../main/update-app/download-platform-update/download-platform-update.injectable";
-import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../../main/update-app/selected-update-channel.injectable";
+import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../../common/application-update/selected-update-channel/selected-update-channel.injectable";
 import type { IComputedValue } from "mobx";
 import setUpdateOnQuitInjectable from "../../main/electron-app/features/set-update-on-quit.injectable";
 import type { AskBoolean } from "../../main/ask-boolean/ask-boolean.injectable";
diff --git a/src/common/application-update/discovered-update-version/discovered-update-version.injectable.ts b/src/common/application-update/discovered-update-version/discovered-update-version.injectable.ts
index 75f6d42dd6..218fe96c70 100644
--- a/src/common/application-update/discovered-update-version/discovered-update-version.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/application-update/discovered-update-version/discovered-update-version.injectable.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import createSyncBoxInjectable from "../../sync-box/create-sync-box.injectable";
-import type { UpdateChannel } from "../../../main/update-app/update-channels";
+import type { UpdateChannel } from "../update-channels";
 
 const discoveredUpdateVersionInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "discovered-update-version",
diff --git a/src/common/application-update/selected-update-channel/selected-update-channel.injectable.ts b/src/common/application-update/selected-update-channel/selected-update-channel.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69370d76c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/application-update/selected-update-channel/selected-update-channel.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import type { IComputedValue } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
+import type { UpdateChannel, UpdateChannelId } from "../update-channels";
+import { updateChannels } from "../update-channels";
+
+export interface SelectedUpdateChannel {
+  value: IComputedValue<UpdateChannel>;
+  setValue: (channelId?: UpdateChannelId) => void;
+}
+
+// export const defaultUpdateChannel = new SemVer(getAppVersion()).prerelease[0]?.toString() || "latest";
+
+// const updateChannel: PreferenceDescription<string> = {
+//   fromStore(val) {
+//     return !val || !updateChannels.has(val)
+//       ? defaultUpdateChannel
+//       : val;
+//   },
+//   toStore(val) {
+//     if (!updateChannels.has(val) || val === defaultUpdateChannel) {
+//       return undefined;
+//     }
+//
+//     return val;
+//   },
+// };
+
+const selectedUpdateChannelInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "selected-update-channel",
+
+  instantiate: (): SelectedUpdateChannel => {
+    const state = observable.box(updateChannels.latest);
+
+    return {
+      value: computed(() => state.get()),
+
+      setValue: action((channelId) => {
+        const targetUpdateChannel = channelId ? updateChannels[channelId] : updateChannels.latest;
+
+        state.set(targetUpdateChannel);
+      }),
+    };
+  },
+});
+
+export default selectedUpdateChannelInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/update-app/update-channels.ts b/src/common/application-update/update-channels.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/update-app/update-channels.ts
rename to src/common/application-update/update-channels.ts
index 6720d8883f..c5f7b4b8c1 100644
--- a/src/main/update-app/update-channels.ts
+++ b/src/common/application-update/update-channels.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ const alphaChannel: UpdateChannel = {
 };
 
 export const updateChannels: Record<UpdateChannelId, UpdateChannel> = {
-  alpha: alphaChannel,
-  beta: betaChannel,
   latest: latestChannel,
+  beta: betaChannel,
+  alpha: alphaChannel,
 };
 
 export interface UpdateChannel {
diff --git a/src/main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.injectable.ts b/src/main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.injectable.ts
index 6dffb1e670..edf36722c6 100644
--- a/src/main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.injectable.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import electronUpdaterInjectable from "../../electron-app/features/electron-updater.injectable";
-import type { UpdateChannel } from "../update-channels";
+import type { UpdateChannel } from "../../../common/application-update/update-channels";
 import loggerInjectable from "../../../common/logger.injectable";
 import type { UpdateCheckResult } from "electron-updater";
 
diff --git a/src/main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.test.ts b/src/main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.test.ts
index 987361f915..b826a1a5a7 100644
--- a/src/main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/update-app/check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import asyncFn from "@async-fn/jest";
 import type { AppUpdater, UpdateCheckResult } from "electron-updater";
 import type { CheckForPlatformUpdates } from "./check-for-platform-updates.injectable";
 import checkForPlatformUpdatesInjectable from "./check-for-platform-updates.injectable";
-import type { UpdateChannel, UpdateChannelId } from "../update-channels";
+import type { UpdateChannel, UpdateChannelId } from "../../../common/application-update/update-channels";
 import { getPromiseStatus } from "../../../common/test-utils/get-promise-status";
 import loggerInjectable from "../../../common/logger.injectable";
 import type { Logger } from "../../../common/logger";
diff --git a/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/check-for-updates-starting-from-channel.injectable.ts b/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/check-for-updates-starting-from-channel.injectable.ts
index da27d8bcf2..dd13842036 100644
--- a/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/check-for-updates-starting-from-channel.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/check-for-updates-starting-from-channel.injectable.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import type { UpdateChannel } from "../update-channels";
+import type { UpdateChannel } from "../../../common/application-update/update-channels";
 import checkForPlatformUpdatesInjectable from "../check-for-platform-updates/check-for-platform-updates.injectable";
 import updateCanBeDowngradedInjectable from "./update-can-be-downgraded.injectable";
 
diff --git a/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/check-for-updates.injectable.ts b/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/check-for-updates.injectable.ts
index 5deb281e05..404e5aff72 100644
--- a/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/check-for-updates.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/check-for-updates.injectable.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../selected-update-channel.injectable";
+import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../../../common/application-update/selected-update-channel/selected-update-channel.injectable";
 import updatesAreBeingDiscoveredInjectable from "../../../common/application-update/updates-are-being-discovered/updates-are-being-discovered.injectable";
 import discoveredUpdateVersionInjectable from "../../../common/application-update/discovered-update-version/discovered-update-version.injectable";
 import { runInAction } from "mobx";
diff --git a/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/update-can-be-downgraded.injectable.ts b/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/update-can-be-downgraded.injectable.ts
index e1102e1026..72ea5c4023 100644
--- a/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/update-can-be-downgraded.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/update-app/check-for-updates/update-can-be-downgraded.injectable.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { computed } from "mobx";
-import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../selected-update-channel.injectable";
+import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../../../common/application-update/selected-update-channel/selected-update-channel.injectable";
 import appVersionInjectable from "../../../common/get-configuration-file-model/app-version/app-version.injectable";
 import { SemVer } from "semver";
 
diff --git a/src/main/update-app/selected-update-channel.injectable.ts b/src/main/update-app/selected-update-channel.injectable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a7b6a531c3..0000000000
--- a/src/main/update-app/selected-update-channel.injectable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import type { IComputedValue } from "mobx";
-import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
-import type { UpdateChannel, UpdateChannelId } from "./update-channels";
-import { updateChannels } from "./update-channels";
-
-export interface SelectedUpdateChannel {
-  value: IComputedValue<UpdateChannel>;
-  setValue: (channelId: UpdateChannelId) => void;
-}
-
-const selectedUpdateChannelInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "selected-update-channel",
-
-  instantiate: (): SelectedUpdateChannel => {
-    const state = observable.box(updateChannels.latest);
-
-    return {
-      value: computed(() => state.get()),
-
-      setValue: action((channelId: UpdateChannelId) => {
-        state.set(updateChannels[channelId]);
-      }),
-    };
-  },
-});
-
-export default selectedUpdateChannelInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/update-app/watch-if-update-should-happen-on-quit/watch-if-update-should-happen-on-quit.injectable.ts b/src/main/update-app/watch-if-update-should-happen-on-quit/watch-if-update-should-happen-on-quit.injectable.ts
index 4996212490..12ec2d7c6e 100644
--- a/src/main/update-app/watch-if-update-should-happen-on-quit/watch-if-update-should-happen-on-quit.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/update-app/watch-if-update-should-happen-on-quit/watch-if-update-should-happen-on-quit.injectable.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { autorun } from "mobx";
 import { getStartableStoppable } from "../../../common/utils/get-startable-stoppable";
 import setUpdateOnQuitInjectable from "../../electron-app/features/set-update-on-quit.injectable";
-import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../selected-update-channel.injectable";
-import type { UpdateChannel } from "../update-channels";
+import selectedUpdateChannelInjectable from "../../../common/application-update/selected-update-channel/selected-update-channel.injectable";
+import type { UpdateChannel } from "../../../common/application-update/update-channels";
 import discoveredUpdateVersionInjectable from "../../../common/application-update/discovered-update-version/discovered-update-version.injectable";
 
 const watchIfUpdateShouldHappenOnQuitInjectable = getInjectable({