diff --git a/src/main/catalog-sync-to-renderer/catalog-sync-to-renderer.global-override-for-injectable.ts b/src/main/catalog-sync-to-renderer/catalog-sync-to-renderer.global-override-for-injectable.ts
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { getGlobalOverride } from "../../common/test-utils/get-global-override";
+import catalogSyncToRendererInjectable from "./catalog-sync-to-renderer.injectable";
+
+// TODO: remove this so that we can actually behaviourally test this IPC
+export default getGlobalOverride(catalogSyncToRendererInjectable, () => ({
+  start: () => {},
+  stop: () => {},
+  started: false,
+}));