diff --git a/src/common/hotbar-store.ts b/src/common/hotbar-store.ts
index abbae0e1b0..f3f954b499 100644
--- a/src/common/hotbar-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/hotbar-store.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ export class HotbarStore extends BaseStore<HotbarStoreModel> {
       },
       migrations,
     });
+
     makeObservable(this);
-    this.load();
   }
 
   @computed get activeHotbarId() {
diff --git a/src/main/start-main-application/after-application-is-ready/implementations/setup-hotbar-store.injectable.ts b/src/main/start-main-application/after-application-is-ready/implementations/setup-hotbar-store.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bce3e7e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/start-main-application/after-application-is-ready/implementations/setup-hotbar-store.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { afterApplicationIsReadyInjectionToken } from "../after-application-is-ready-injection-token";
+import hotbarStoreInjectable from "../../../../common/hotbar-store.injectable";
+import setupSyncingOfGeneralCatalogEntitiesInjectable from "./setup-syncing-of-general-catalog-entities.injectable";
+
+const setupHotbarStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "setup-hotbar-store",
+
+  instantiate: (di) => ({
+    run: () => {
+      const hotbarStore = di.inject(hotbarStoreInjectable);
+
+      hotbarStore.load();
+    },
+
+    runAfter: di.inject(setupSyncingOfGeneralCatalogEntitiesInjectable),
+  }),
+
+  injectionToken: afterApplicationIsReadyInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default setupHotbarStoreInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/bootstrap.tsx b/src/renderer/bootstrap.tsx
index 7e5a6ea548..326150b2b1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/bootstrap.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/bootstrap.tsx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export async function bootstrap(di: DiContainer) {
   await clusterStore.loadInitialOnRenderer();
 
   // HotbarStore depends on: ClusterStore
-  di.inject(hotbarStoreInjectable);
+  di.inject(hotbarStoreInjectable).load();
 
   // ThemeStore depends on: UserStore
   // TODO: Remove temporal dependencies