diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d61d4cc26a..17f06fae02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.42.1",
     "adr": "^1.4.3",
     "ansi_up": "^5.1.0",
+    "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "chart.js": "^2.9.4",
     "circular-dependency-plugin": "^5.2.2",
     "cli-progress": "^3.11.2",
diff --git a/src/common/app-paths/directory-for-logs.injectable.ts b/src/common/app-paths/directory-for-logs.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9abc35c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/app-paths/directory-for-logs.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * 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 appPathsInjectable from "./app-paths.injectable";
+
+const directoryForLogsInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "directory-for-logs",
+  instantiate: (di) => di.inject(appPathsInjectable).logs,
+});
+
+export default directoryForLogsInjectable;
diff --git a/src/common/logger.injectable.ts b/src/common/logger.injectable.ts
index 55e2f26b2a..e1a085f199 100644
--- a/src/common/logger.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/logger.injectable.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,19 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { createLogger, format } from "winston";
 import type { Logger } from "./logger";
-import logger from "./logger";
+import { loggerTransportInjectionToken } from "./logger/transports";
 
 const loggerInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "logger",
-  instantiate: (): Logger => logger,
+  instantiate: (di): Logger => createLogger({
+    format: format.combine(
+      format.splat(),
+      format.simple(),
+    ),
+    transports: di.injectMany(loggerTransportInjectionToken),
+  }),
 });
 
 export default loggerInjectable;
diff --git a/src/common/logger.ts b/src/common/logger.ts
index 2a485960ff..948404a6b9 100644
--- a/src/common/logger.ts
+++ b/src/common/logger.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-import { app, ipcMain } from "electron";
-import winston, { format } from "winston";
-import type Transport from "winston-transport";
-import { isDebugging, isTestEnv } from "./vars";
-import BrowserConsole from "winston-transport-browserconsole";
-import { ConsoleFormat } from "./logger-formaters/console-format";
+import { asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi } from "../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/as-legacy-global-object-for-extension-api";
+import loggerInjectable from "./logger.injectable";
 
 export interface Logger {
   info: (message: string, ...args: any) => void;
@@ -18,64 +14,7 @@ export interface Logger {
   silly: (message: string, ...args: any) => void;
 }
 
-const logLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL
-  ? process.env.LOG_LEVEL
-  : isDebugging
-    ? "debug"
-    : isTestEnv
-      ? "error"
-      : "info";
-
-const transports: Transport[] = [];
-
-if (ipcMain) {
-  transports.push(
-    new winston.transports.Console({
-      handleExceptions: false,
-      level: logLevel,
-      format: format.combine(
-        format.colorize({ level: true, message: false }),
-        format.padLevels(),
-        format.ms(),
-        new ConsoleFormat({
-          showMeta: true,
-          inspectOptions: {
-            depth: 4,
-            colors: true,
-            maxArrayLength: 10,
-            breakLength: 120,
-            compact: Infinity,
-          },
-        }),
-      ),
-    }),
-  );
-
-  if (!isTestEnv) {
-    transports.push(
-      new winston.transports.File({
-        handleExceptions: false,
-        level: "debug",
-        filename: "lens.log",
-        /**
-         * SAFTEY: the `ipcMain` check above should mean that this is only
-         * called in the main process
-         */
-        dirname: app.getPath("logs"),
-        maxsize: 1024 * 1024,
-        maxFiles: 16,
-        tailable: true,
-      }),
-    );
-  }
-} else {
-  transports.push(new BrowserConsole());
-}
-
-export default winston.createLogger({
-  format: format.combine(
-    format.splat(),
-    format.simple(),
-  ),
-  transports,
-}) as Logger;
+/**
+ * @deprecated use `di.inject(loggerInjectable)` instead
+ */
+export default asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi(loggerInjectable);
diff --git a/src/common/logger/transports.ts b/src/common/logger/transports.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1407eb91b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/logger/transports.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { getInjectionToken } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import type TransportStream from "winston-transport";
+
+export const loggerTransportInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<TransportStream>({
+  id: "logger-transport",
+});
diff --git a/src/main/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts b/src/main/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts
index 54bc0ea2ba..c48b35fba9 100644
--- a/src/main/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import { pathNames } from "../../common/app-paths/app-path-names";
 import { fromPairs, map } from "lodash/fp";
 import { pipeline } from "@ogre-tools/fp";
 import joinPathsInjectable from "../../common/path/join-paths.injectable";
-import { beforeElectronIsReadyInjectionToken } from "../start-main-application/runnable-tokens/before-electron-is-ready-injection-token";
 import appNameInjectable from "../../common/vars/app-name.injectable";
+import { appPathsRunnablePhaseInjectionToken } from "../start-main-application/runnable-tokens/phases";
 
 const setupAppPathsInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "setup-app-paths",
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const setupAppPathsInjectable = getInjectable({
     };
   },
 
-  injectionToken: beforeElectronIsReadyInjectionToken,
+  injectionToken: appPathsRunnablePhaseInjectionToken,
 });
 
 export default setupAppPathsInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 870ca7490c..b44341324f 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -11,15 +11,10 @@ import * as LensExtensionsCommonApi from "../extensions/common-api";
 import * as LensExtensionsMainApi from "../extensions/main-api";
 import { getDi } from "./getDi";
 import startMainApplicationInjectable from "./start-main-application/start-main-application.injectable";
-import shouldStartHiddenInjectable from "./electron-app/features/should-start-hidden.injectable";
 
 const di = getDi();
 
-const shouldStartHidden = di.inject(shouldStartHiddenInjectable);
-
-const startApplication = di.inject(startMainApplicationInjectable);
-
-void startApplication(!shouldStartHidden);
+void di.inject(startMainApplicationInjectable);
 
 /**
  * Exports for virtual package "@k8slens/extensions" for main-process.
diff --git a/src/common/logger-formaters/console-format.ts b/src/main/logger/console-format.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from src/common/logger-formaters/console-format.ts
rename to src/main/logger/console-format.ts
index 1fbe353c3d..909b244aa0 100644
--- a/src/common/logger-formaters/console-format.ts
+++ b/src/main/logger/console-format.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { LEVEL, MESSAGE, SPLAT } from "triple-beam";
-import colors from "colors/safe";
+import chalk from "chalk";
 import type { InspectOptions } from "util";
 import { inspect } from "util";
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class ConsoleFormat {
   private message(info: TransformableInfo, chr: string, color: string): string {
     const message = info.message.replace(
       ConsoleFormat.reSpacesOrEmpty,
-      `$1${color}${colors.dim(chr)}${colors.reset(" ")}`,
+      `$1${color}${chalk.dim(chr)}${chalk.reset(" ")}`,
     );
 
     return `${info.level}:${message}`;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export class ConsoleFormat {
 
   private ms(info: TransformableInfo): string {
     if (info.ms) {
-      return colors.italic(colors.dim(` ${info.ms}`));
+      return chalk.italic(chalk.dim(` ${info.ms}`));
     }
 
     return "";
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ export class ConsoleFormat {
     const pad = this.pad(info.message);
 
     messages.forEach((line, index, arr) => {
-      const lineNumber = colors.dim(`[${(index + 1).toString().padStart(arr.length.toString().length, " ")}]`);
+      const lineNumber = chalk.dim(`[${(index + 1).toString().padStart(arr.length.toString().length, " ")}]`);
       let chr = ConsoleFormat.chars.line;
 
       if (index === arr.length - 1) {
         chr = ConsoleFormat.chars.endLine;
       }
-      info[MESSAGE] += `\n${colors.dim(info.level)}:${pad}${color}${colors.dim(chr)}${colors.reset(" ")}`;
+      info[MESSAGE] += `\n${chalk.dim(info.level)}:${pad}${color}${chalk.dim(chr)}${chalk.reset(" ")}`;
       info[MESSAGE] += `${lineNumber} ${line}`;
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/main/logger/console-transport.injectable.ts b/src/main/logger/console-transport.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8200eafe2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/logger/console-transport.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { format, transports } from "winston";
+import { ConsoleFormat } from "./console-format";
+import { loggerTransportInjectionToken } from "../../common/logger/transports";
+import logLevelInjectable from "./level.injectable";
+
+const consoleLoggerTransportInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "console-logger-transport",
+  instantiate: (di) => new transports.Console({
+    handleExceptions: false,
+    level: di.inject(logLevelInjectable),
+    format: format.combine(
+      format.colorize({ level: true, message: false }),
+      format.padLevels(),
+      format.ms(),
+      new ConsoleFormat({
+        showMeta: true,
+        inspectOptions: {
+          depth: 4,
+          colors: true,
+          maxArrayLength: 10,
+          breakLength: 120,
+          compact: Infinity,
+        },
+      }),
+    ),
+  }),
+  injectionToken: loggerTransportInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default consoleLoggerTransportInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/logger/file-transport.injectable.ts b/src/main/logger/file-transport.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f1eab5c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/logger/file-transport.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { transports } from "winston";
+import directoryForLogsInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-logs.injectable";
+import { loggerTransportInjectionToken } from "../../common/logger/transports";
+
+const fileLoggerTranportInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "file-logger-tranport",
+  instantiate: (di) => new transports.File({
+    handleExceptions: false,
+    level: "debug",
+    filename: "lens.log",
+    /**
+         * SAFTEY: the `ipcMain` check above should mean that this is only
+         * called in the main process
+         */
+    dirname: di.inject(directoryForLogsInjectable),
+    maxsize: 1024 * 1024,
+    maxFiles: 16,
+    tailable: true,
+  }),
+  injectionToken: loggerTransportInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default fileLoggerTranportInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/logger/level.global-override-for-injectable.ts b/src/main/logger/level.global-override-for-injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac29c9ee1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/logger/level.global-override-for-injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * 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 logLevelInjectable from "./level.injectable";
+
+export default getGlobalOverride(logLevelInjectable, () => "error");
diff --git a/src/main/logger/level.injectable.ts b/src/main/logger/level.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ee1b9d587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/logger/level.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * 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 isDebuggingInjectable from "../../common/vars/is-debugging.injectable";
+
+export type LogLevel = "silly" | "debug" | "info" | "warn" | "error";
+
+const logLevelInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "log-level",
+  instantiate: (di): LogLevel => {
+    const isDebugging = di.inject(isDebuggingInjectable);
+    const baseLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL?.toLowerCase();
+
+    switch (baseLevel) {
+      case "silly":
+      case "debug":
+      case "info":
+      case "warn":
+      case "error":
+        return baseLevel;
+      default:
+        return isDebugging ? "debug" : "info";
+    }
+  },
+  causesSideEffects: true,
+});
+
+export default logLevelInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/start-main-application/runnable-tokens/phases.ts b/src/main/start-main-application/runnable-tokens/phases.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b61ae88f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/start-main-application/runnable-tokens/phases.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { getInjectionToken } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import type { Runnable } from "../../../common/runnable/run-many-for";
+import type { RunnableSync } from "../../../common/runnable/run-many-sync-for";
+
+/**
+ * These tokens are here so that the importing of their respective dependencies
+ * can be delayed until all of them are ready
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This runnable token should only have the app paths init so that it can be run by itself
+ */
+export const appPathsRunnablePhaseInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<RunnableSync>({
+  id: "app-paths-runnable-phase",
+});
+
+export const showLoadingRunnablePhaseInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<Runnable>({
+  id: "show-loading-runnable-phase",
+});
+
+export const showInitialWindowRunnablePhaseInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<Runnable>({
+  id: "show-initial-window-runnable-phase",
+});
diff --git a/src/main/start-main-application/runnables/show-initial-window.injectable.ts b/src/main/start-main-application/runnables/show-initial-window.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ce02bfa85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/start-main-application/runnables/show-initial-window.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 shouldStartHiddenInjectable from "../../electron-app/features/should-start-hidden.injectable";
+import openDeepLinkInjectable from "../../protocol-handler/lens-protocol-router-main/open-deep-link-for-url/open-deep-link.injectable";
+import commandLineArgumentsInjectable from "../../utils/command-line-arguments.injectable";
+import createFirstApplicationWindowInjectable from "../lens-window/application-window/create-first-application-window.injectable";
+import splashWindowInjectable from "../lens-window/splash-window/splash-window.injectable";
+import { showInitialWindowRunnablePhaseInjectionToken } from "../runnable-tokens/phases";
+
+const getDeepLinkUrl = (commandLineArguments: string[]) => (
+  commandLineArguments
+    .map(arg => arg.toLowerCase())
+    .find(arg => arg.startsWith("lens://"))
+);
+
+const showInitialWindowInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "show-initial-window",
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const shouldStartHidden = di.inject(shouldStartHiddenInjectable);
+    const shouldStartWindow = !shouldStartHidden;
+    const createFirstApplicationWindow = di.inject(createFirstApplicationWindowInjectable);
+    const splashWindow = di.inject(splashWindowInjectable);
+    const openDeepLink = di.inject(openDeepLinkInjectable);
+    const commandLineArguments = di.inject(commandLineArgumentsInjectable);
+
+    return {
+      id: "show-initial-window",
+      run: async () => {
+        if (shouldStartWindow) {
+          const deepLinkUrl = getDeepLinkUrl(commandLineArguments);
+
+          if (deepLinkUrl) {
+            await openDeepLink(deepLinkUrl);
+          } else {
+            const applicationWindow = createFirstApplicationWindow();
+
+            await applicationWindow.start();
+          }
+
+          splashWindow.close();
+        }
+      },
+    };
+  },
+  injectionToken: showInitialWindowRunnablePhaseInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default showInitialWindowInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/start-main-application/runnables/show-loading.injectable.ts b/src/main/start-main-application/runnables/show-loading.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2305d4cf3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/start-main-application/runnables/show-loading.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * 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 shouldStartHiddenInjectable from "../../electron-app/features/should-start-hidden.injectable";
+import splashWindowInjectable from "../lens-window/splash-window/splash-window.injectable";
+import { showLoadingRunnablePhaseInjectionToken } from "../runnable-tokens/phases";
+
+const showLoadingInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "show-loading",
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const shouldStartHidden = di.inject(shouldStartHiddenInjectable);
+    const shouldShowLoadingWindow = !shouldStartHidden;
+    const splashWindow = di.inject(splashWindowInjectable);
+
+    return {
+      id: "show-loading",
+      run: async () => {
+        if (shouldShowLoadingWindow) {
+          await splashWindow.start();
+        }
+      },
+    };
+  },
+  injectionToken: showLoadingRunnablePhaseInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default showLoadingInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/start-main-application/start-main-application.injectable.ts b/src/main/start-main-application/start-main-application.injectable.ts
index fcd1851575..ff52bd0f9d 100644
--- a/src/main/start-main-application/start-main-application.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/start-main-application/start-main-application.injectable.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,8 @@ import { beforeElectronIsReadyInjectionToken } from "./runnable-tokens/before-el
 import { beforeApplicationIsLoadingInjectionToken } from "./runnable-tokens/before-application-is-loading-injection-token";
 import { onLoadOfApplicationInjectionToken } from "./runnable-tokens/on-load-of-application-injection-token";
 import { afterApplicationIsLoadedInjectionToken } from "./runnable-tokens/after-application-is-loaded-injection-token";
-import splashWindowInjectable from "./lens-window/splash-window/splash-window.injectable";
-import openDeepLinkInjectable from "../protocol-handler/lens-protocol-router-main/open-deep-link-for-url/open-deep-link.injectable";
-import { pipeline } from "@ogre-tools/fp";
-import { find, map, startsWith, toLower } from "lodash/fp";
-import commandLineArgumentsInjectable from "../utils/command-line-arguments.injectable";
 import waitForElectronToBeReadyInjectable from "../electron-app/features/wait-for-electron-to-be-ready.injectable";
-import createFirstApplicationWindowInjectable from "./lens-window/application-window/create-first-application-window.injectable";
+import { appPathsRunnablePhaseInjectionToken, showInitialWindowRunnablePhaseInjectionToken, showLoadingRunnablePhaseInjectionToken } from "./runnable-tokens/phases";
 
 const startMainApplicationInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "start-main-application",
@@ -25,53 +20,29 @@ const startMainApplicationInjectable = getInjectable({
     const runMany = runManyFor(di);
     const runManySync = runManySyncFor(di);
     const waitForElectronToBeReady = di.inject(waitForElectronToBeReadyInjectable);
-    const createFirstApplicationWindow = di.inject(createFirstApplicationWindowInjectable);
-    const splashWindow = di.inject(splashWindowInjectable);
-    const openDeepLink = di.inject(openDeepLinkInjectable);
-    const commandLineArguments = di.inject(commandLineArgumentsInjectable);
 
+    const appPathsRunnablePhase = runManySync(appPathsRunnablePhaseInjectionToken);
     const beforeElectronIsReady = runManySync(beforeElectronIsReadyInjectionToken);
     const beforeApplicationIsLoading = runMany(beforeApplicationIsLoadingInjectionToken);
+    const showLoadingRunnablePhase = runMany(showLoadingRunnablePhaseInjectionToken);
     const onLoadOfApplication = runMany(onLoadOfApplicationInjectionToken);
+    const showInitialWindowRunnablePhase = runMany(showInitialWindowRunnablePhaseInjectionToken);
     const afterApplicationIsLoaded = runMany(afterApplicationIsLoadedInjectionToken);
 
-    return (shouldStartWindow: boolean) => {
-      // Stuff happening before application is ready needs to be synchronous because of
-      // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/21370
-      beforeElectronIsReady();
+    // Stuff happening before application is ready needs to be synchronous because of
+    // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/21370
+    appPathsRunnablePhase();
+    beforeElectronIsReady();
 
-      return (async () => {
-        await waitForElectronToBeReady();
-
-        await beforeApplicationIsLoading();
-
-        if (shouldStartWindow) {
-          await splashWindow.start();
-        }
-
-        await onLoadOfApplication();
-
-        if (shouldStartWindow) {
-          const deepLinkUrl = getDeepLinkUrl(commandLineArguments);
-
-          if (deepLinkUrl) {
-            await openDeepLink(deepLinkUrl);
-          } else {
-            const applicationWindow = createFirstApplicationWindow();
-
-            await applicationWindow.start();
-          }
-
-          splashWindow.close();
-        }
-
-        await afterApplicationIsLoaded();
-      })();
-    };
+    return (async () => {
+      await waitForElectronToBeReady();
+      await beforeApplicationIsLoading();
+      await showLoadingRunnablePhase();
+      await onLoadOfApplication();
+      await showInitialWindowRunnablePhase();
+      await afterApplicationIsLoaded();
+    })();
   },
 });
 
-const getDeepLinkUrl = (commandLineArguments: string[]) =>
-  pipeline(commandLineArguments, map(toLower), find(startsWith("lens://")));
-
 export default startMainApplicationInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder.tsx b/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder.tsx
index 7d57093f18..575ea7b508 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import applicationMenuItemCompositeInjectable from "../../../features/applicatio
 import { getCompositePaths } from "../../../common/utils/composite/get-composite-paths/get-composite-paths";
 import { discoverFor } from "./discovery-of-html-elements";
 import { findComposite } from "../../../common/utils/composite/find-composite/find-composite";
+import shouldStartHiddenInjectable from "../../../main/electron-app/features/should-start-hidden.injectable";
 
 type Callback = (di: DiContainer) => void | Promise<void>;
 
@@ -313,11 +314,9 @@ export const getApplicationBuilder = () => {
           .map(toWindowWithHelpersFor(windowHelpers)),
 
       get: (id) => {
-        const applicationWindows = builder.applicationWindow.getAll();
-
-        const applicationWindow = applicationWindows.find(
-          (window) => window.id === id,
-        );
+        const applicationWindow = builder.applicationWindow
+          .getAll()
+          .find((window) => window.id === id);
 
         if (!applicationWindow) {
           throw new Error(`Tried to get application window with ID "${id}" but it was not found.`);
@@ -327,9 +326,7 @@ export const getApplicationBuilder = () => {
       },
 
       create: (id) => {
-        const createApplicationWindow = mainDi.inject(
-          createApplicationWindowInjectable,
-        );
+        const createApplicationWindow = mainDi.inject(createApplicationWindowInjectable);
 
         createApplicationWindow(id);
 
@@ -656,11 +653,8 @@ export const getApplicationBuilder = () => {
         await callback(mainDi);
       }
 
-      const startMainApplication = mainDi.inject(
-        startMainApplicationInjectable,
-      );
-
-      await startMainApplication(false);
+      mainDi.override(shouldStartHiddenInjectable, () => true);
+      await mainDi.inject(startMainApplicationInjectable);
 
       applicationHasStarted = true;
     },
@@ -672,21 +666,15 @@ export const getApplicationBuilder = () => {
         await callback(mainDi);
       }
 
-      const startMainApplication = mainDi.inject(
-        startMainApplicationInjectable,
-      );
-
-      await startMainApplication(true);
+      mainDi.override(shouldStartHiddenInjectable, () => false);
+      await mainDi.inject(startMainApplicationInjectable);
 
       applicationHasStarted = true;
 
-      const applicationWindow = builder.applicationWindow.get(
-        "first-application-window",
-      );
-
-      assert(applicationWindow);
-
-      return applicationWindow.rendered;
+      return builder
+        .applicationWindow
+        .get("first-application-window")
+        .rendered;
     },
 
     select: {
diff --git a/src/renderer/logger/browser-transport.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/logger/browser-transport.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a38c5a396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/logger/browser-transport.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * 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 BrowserConsole from "winston-transport-browserconsole";
+import { loggerTransportInjectionToken } from "../../common/logger/transports";
+
+const browserLoggerTransportInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "browser-logger-transport",
+  instantiate: () => new BrowserConsole(),
+  injectionToken: loggerTransportInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default browserLoggerTransportInjectable;
diff --git a/webpack/dev-server.ts b/webpack/dev-server.ts
index d4d62ddb0c..68fd72bb35 100644
--- a/webpack/dev-server.ts
+++ b/webpack/dev-server.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import Webpack from "webpack";
 import WebpackDevServer from "webpack-dev-server";
 import { webpackLensRenderer } from "./renderer";
-import logger from "../src/common/logger";
 import { buildDir, webpackDevServerPort } from "./vars";
 
 /**
@@ -42,6 +41,6 @@ const server = new WebpackDevServer({
   },
 }, compiler);
 
-logger.info(`[WEBPACK-DEV-SERVER]: created with options`, server.options);
+console.info(`[WEBPACK-DEV-SERVER]: created with options`, server.options);
 
 server.start();