diff --git a/src/main/app-updater.ts b/src/main/app-updater.ts
index 852bc3161f..66eb09e7d4 100644
--- a/src/main/app-updater.ts
+++ b/src/main/app-updater.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater"
 import logger from "./logger"
 
-export default class AppUpdater {
+export class AppUpdater {
   static defaultUpdateIntervalMs = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 // once a day
 
   static checkForUpdates() {
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 5ed8eb24d6..bdcd5c1f44 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 import "../common/system-ca"
 import "../common/prometheus-providers"
-import { app, dialog, Tray } from "electron"
+import { app, dialog } from "electron"
 import { appName } from "../common/vars";
 import path from "path"
 import { LensProxy } from "./lens-proxy"
 import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
 import { ClusterManager } from "./cluster-manager";
-import AppUpdater from "./app-updater"
+import { AppUpdater } from "./app-updater"
 import { shellSync } from "./shell-sync"
 import { getFreePort } from "./port"
 import { mangleProxyEnv } from "./proxy-env"
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ if (!process.env.CICD) {
 let windowManager: WindowManager;
 let clusterManager: ClusterManager;
 let proxyServer: LensProxy;
-let trayIcon: Tray;
 
 mangleProxyEnv()
 if (app.commandLine.getSwitchValue("proxy-server") !== "") {
diff --git a/src/main/tray.ts b/src/main/tray.ts
index 11bee0016a..a042e28eaf 100644
--- a/src/main/tray.ts
+++ b/src/main/tray.ts
@@ -3,29 +3,30 @@ import sharp from "sharp";
 import packageInfo from "../../package.json"
 import { app, dialog, Menu, nativeImage, Tray } from "electron"
 import { isDevelopment, isMac } from "../common/vars";
-import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
+import { autorun } from "mobx";
 import { showAbout } from "./menu";
-import AppUpdater from "./app-updater";
+import { AppUpdater } from "./app-updater";
+import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
+import { clusterStore } from "../common/cluster-store";
+import { workspaceStore } from "../common/workspace-store";
 import { preferencesURL } from "../renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.route";
+import { clusterViewURL } from "../renderer/components/cluster-manager/cluster-view.route";
+import logger from "./logger";
+
+// note: instance of Tray should be saved somewhere, otherwise it disappears
+export let tray: Tray;
 
 export const trayIcon = isDevelopment
   ? path.resolve(__static, "../src/renderer/components/icon/logo-lens.svg")
   : path.resolve(__static, "logo.svg") // electron-builder's extraResources
 
-export async function setupTrayIcon(windowManager: WindowManager) {
-  await app.whenReady();
-
-  const iconSize = isMac ? 16 : 32; // todo: verify on windows/linux
-  const pngIcon = await sharp(trayIcon).png().toBuffer();
-  const icon = nativeImage.createFromBuffer(pngIcon).resize({
-    width: iconSize,
-    height: iconSize
-  });
-
-  const appTray = new Tray(icon)
-  appTray.setToolTip(packageInfo.description)
-  appTray.setIgnoreDoubleClickEvents(true);
+export function initTray(windowManager: WindowManager) {
+  return autorun(() => buildTrayMenu(windowManager), {
+    delay: 100
+  })
+}
 
+export async function buildTrayMenu(windowManager: WindowManager) {
   // note: browserWindow not available within menuItem.click() as argument[1] when app is not focused / hidden
   const trayMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
     {
@@ -42,6 +43,25 @@ export async function setupTrayIcon(windowManager: WindowManager) {
         windowManager.navigate(preferencesURL());
       },
     },
+    {
+      label: "Clusters",
+      submenu: workspaceStore.workspacesList.map(workspace => {
+        const clusters = clusterStore.getByWorkspaceId(workspace.id);
+        return {
+          label: workspace.name,
+          toolTip: workspace.description,
+          submenu: clusters.map(({ id: clusterId, contextName: label }) => {
+            return {
+              label,
+              click() {
+                windowManager.bringToTop();
+                windowManager.navigate(clusterViewURL({ params: { clusterId } }));
+              }
+            }
+          })
+        }
+      }),
+    },
     {
       label: "Check for updates",
       async click() {
@@ -57,6 +77,25 @@ export async function setupTrayIcon(windowManager: WindowManager) {
     },
   ]);
 
-  appTray.setContextMenu(trayMenu);
-  return appTray;
+  // note: all "await"-s must be defined *AFTER* getting observables for proper mobx reactions
+  await app.whenReady();
+  logger.info('[TRAY]: building tray icon and menu');
+
+  const iconSize = isMac ? 16 : 32; // todo: verify on windows/linux
+  const pngIcon = await sharp(trayIcon).png().toBuffer();
+  const icon = nativeImage.createFromBuffer(pngIcon).resize({
+    width: iconSize,
+    height: iconSize
+  });
+
+  if (tray) {
+    tray.destroy(); // remove old tray on update
+  }
+
+  tray = new Tray(icon)
+  tray.setToolTip(packageInfo.description)
+  tray.setIgnoreDoubleClickEvents(true);
+  tray.setContextMenu(trayMenu);
+
+  return tray;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index b42c074641..01a4b1d898 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import type { ClusterId } from "../common/cluster-store";
 import { clusterStore } from "../common/cluster-store";
-import { BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, shell, Tray, webContents } from "electron"
+import { BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, shell, webContents } from "electron"
 import windowStateKeeper from "electron-window-state"
 import { observable } from "mobx";
 import { initMenu } from "./menu";
-import { setupTrayIcon } from "./tray";
+import { initTray } from "./tray";
 
 export class WindowManager {
   public mainView: BrowserWindow;
   protected splashWindow: BrowserWindow;
   protected windowState: windowStateKeeper.State;
-  protected trayIcon: Tray;
 
   @observable activeClusterId: ClusterId;
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ export class WindowManager {
 
   async initMenus() {
     initMenu(this);
-    this.trayIcon = await setupTrayIcon(this);
+    initTray(this);
   }
 
   bringToTop() {