diff --git a/src/main/app-updater.ts b/src/main/app-updater.ts
index 328e7ea8a0..7a3b6caac6 100644
--- a/src/main/app-updater.ts
+++ b/src/main/app-updater.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { ipcMain } from "electron";
 import { isDevelopment } from "../common/vars";
 import { SemVer } from "semver";
 import moment from "moment";
+import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
 
 function delay(duration: number): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, duration));
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class NotificationBackchannel {
 
 const title = "Lens Updater";
 
-async function autoUpdateCheck(args: UpdateInfo): Promise<void> {
+async function autoUpdateCheck(windowManager: WindowManager): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise(async resolve => {
     const body = "Install and restart Lens?";
     const yesNowChannel = NotificationBackchannel.nextId();
@@ -55,8 +56,7 @@ async function autoUpdateCheck(args: UpdateInfo): Promise<void> {
         resolve();
       });
 
-    broadcastIpc({
-      channel: NotificationChannelAdd,
+    windowManager.mainView.webContents.send(NotificationChannelAdd, {
       args: [{
         title,
         body,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ async function autoUpdateCheck(args: UpdateInfo): Promise<void> {
  * starts the automatic update checking
  * @param interval milliseconds between interval to check on, defaulkts to 24h
  */
-export function startUpdateChecking(interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24): void {
+export function startUpdateChecking(windowManager: WindowManager, interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24): void {
   if (isDevelopment) {
     return;
   }
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ export function startUpdateChecking(interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24): void {
       try {
         const releaseDate = moment(args.releaseDate);
         const body = `Version ${args.version} was release on ${releaseDate.format("dddd, mmmm dS, yyyy")}.`;
-        broadcastIpc({
-          channel: NotificationChannelAdd,
+        windowManager.mainView.webContents.send(NotificationChannelAdd, {
           args: [{
             title,
             body,
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ export function startUpdateChecking(interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24): void {
           }]
         });
 
-        await autoUpdateCheck(args);
+        await autoUpdateCheck(windowManager);
       } catch (error) {
         logger.error("[UPDATE CHECKER]: notification failed", { error: String(error) })
       }
@@ -120,8 +119,7 @@ export function startUpdateChecking(interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24): void {
         const version = new SemVer(args.version);
         const stream = version.prerelease === null ? "stable" : "prerelease";
         const body = `Lens is running the latest ${stream} version.`;
-        broadcastIpc({
-          channel: NotificationChannelAdd,
+        windowManager.mainView.webContents.send(NotificationChannelAdd, {
           args: [{
             title,
             body,
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 44e232adc3..31202314c5 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -74,11 +74,7 @@ async function main() {
   // create window manager and open app
   windowManager = new WindowManager(proxyPort);
 
-  /**
-   * This depends on:
-   * 1. windowManager: it will send IPC to the main window for notifications
-   */
-  startUpdateChecking();
+  startUpdateChecking(windowManager);
 }
 
 app.on("ready", main);
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index 74aeb010ea..ca5a312e8b 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { initMenu } from "./menu";
 import { tracker } from "../common/tracker";
 
 export class WindowManager {
-  protected mainView: BrowserWindow;
+  public readonly mainView: BrowserWindow;
   protected splashWindow: BrowserWindow;
   protected windowState: windowStateKeeper.State;
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/notifications/notifications.store.tsx b/src/renderer/components/notifications/notifications.store.tsx
index fff996e954..b34d08a3aa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/notifications/notifications.store.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/notifications/notifications.store.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export interface MainNotification {
   closeChannel?: IpcChannel;
 }
 
-function renderButtons(id: IpcChannel, buttons?: MainNotification["buttons"]): React.ReactNode {
+function RenderButtons({ id, buttons }: { id: IpcChannel, buttons?: MainNotification["buttons"] }) {
   if (!buttons) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ function renderButtons(id: IpcChannel, buttons?: MainNotification["buttons"]): R
       <div className="flex row align-right box grow">
         {buttons.map(({ backchannel, ...props}) => (
           <Button {...props} onClick={() => {
-            console.log(`sending to ${backchannel}`)
             ipcRenderer.send(backchannel);
             notificationsStore.remove(id);
           }} />
@@ -67,14 +66,13 @@ export class NotificationsStore {
   registerIpcListener(): void {
     logger.info(`[NOTIFICATION-STORE] start to listen for notifications requests from main`);
     ipcRenderer.on(NotificationChannelAdd, (event, model: MainNotification) => {
-      console.log(model);
       const id = uniqueId("notification_");
       this.add({
         message: (
           <>
             <b>{model.title}</b>
             <p>{model.body}</p>
-            {renderButtons(id, model.buttons)}
+            <RenderButtons id={id} buttons={model.buttons}/>
           </>
         ),
         id,