diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts
index 88da45d3fe..abdbe69d95 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/__tests__/kube-api.test.ts
@@ -9,22 +9,27 @@ import { KubeObject } from "../kube-object";
 import AbortController from "abort-controller";
 import { delay } from "../../utils/delay";
 import { PassThrough } from "stream";
-import type { ApiManager } from "../api-manager";
-import { apiManager } from "../api-manager";
+import { ApiManager } from "../api-manager";
 import type { FetchMock } from "jest-fetch-mock/types";
 import { DeploymentApi, Ingress, IngressApi, Pod, PodApi } from "../endpoints";
 import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../../main/getDiForUnitTesting";
+import apiManagerInjectable from "../api-manager/manager.injectable";
 
 jest.mock("../api-manager");
 
-const mockApiManager = apiManager as jest.Mocked<ApiManager>;
 const mockFetch = fetch as FetchMock;
 
 describe("forRemoteCluster", () => {
+  let apiManager: jest.Mocked<ApiManager>;
+
   beforeEach(async () => {
     const di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
 
     await di.runSetups();
+
+    apiManager = new ApiManager() as jest.Mocked<ApiManager>;
+
+    di.override(apiManagerInjectable, () => apiManager);
   });
 
   it("builds api client for KubeObject", async () => {
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ describe("forRemoteCluster", () => {
 
 describe("KubeApi", () => {
   let request: KubeJsonApi;
+  let apiManager: jest.Mocked<ApiManager>;
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     const di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
@@ -89,6 +95,9 @@ describe("KubeApi", () => {
       serverAddress: `http://127.0.0.1:9999`,
       apiBase: "/api-kube",
     });
+    apiManager = new ApiManager() as jest.Mocked<ApiManager>;
+
+    di.override(apiManagerInjectable, () => apiManager);
   });
 
   it("uses url from apiBase if apiBase contains the resource", async () => {
@@ -218,7 +227,7 @@ describe("KubeApi", () => {
       await (api as any).checkPreferredVersion();
 
       expect(api.apiVersionPreferred).toBe("v1beta1");
-      expect(mockApiManager.registerApi).toBeCalledWith("/apis/extensions/v1beta1/ingresses", expect.anything());
+      expect(apiManager.registerApi).toBeCalledWith("/apis/extensions/v1beta1/ingresses", expect.anything());
     });
 
     it("registers with apiManager if checkPreferredVersion changes apiVersionPreferred with non-grouped apis", async () => {
@@ -258,7 +267,7 @@ describe("KubeApi", () => {
       await (api as any).checkPreferredVersion();
 
       expect(api.apiVersionPreferred).toBe("v1beta1");
-      expect(mockApiManager.registerApi).toBeCalledWith("/api/v1beta1/pods", expect.anything());
+      expect(apiManager.registerApi).toBeCalledWith("/api/v1beta1/pods", expect.anything());
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/api-manager.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/api-manager.ts
index f42ce1d2f4..080ccb671a 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/api-manager.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/api-manager.ts
@@ -42,17 +42,28 @@ export class ApiManager {
     return iter.find(this.apis.values(), api => api.kind === kind && api.apiVersionWithGroup === apiVersion);
   }
 
-  registerApi<Api>(apiBase: string, api: RegisterableApi<Api>) {
-    if (!api.apiBase) return;
+  registerApi<Api>(api: RegisterableApi<Api>): void;
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Just register the `api` by itself
+   */
+  registerApi<Api>(apiBase: string, api: RegisterableApi<Api>): void;
+  registerApi<Api>(apiBaseRaw: string | RegisterableApi<Api>, apiRaw?: RegisterableApi<Api>) {
+    const api = typeof apiBaseRaw === "string"
+      ? apiRaw
+      : apiBaseRaw;
 
-    if (!this.apis.has(apiBase)) {
+    if (!api?.apiBase) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!this.apis.has(api.apiBase)) {
       this.stores.forEach((store) => {
-        if (store.api as never === api) {
-          this.stores.set(apiBase, store);
+        if (store.api === api) {
+          this.stores.set(api.apiBase, store);
         }
       });
 
-      this.apis.set(apiBase, api as never);
+      this.apis.set(api.apiBase, api);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/auto-registration-emitter.injectable.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/auto-registration-emitter.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47c39cc0a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/auto-registration-emitter.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * 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 EventEmitter from "events";
+import type TypedEventEmitter from "typed-emitter";
+import type { CustomResourceDefinition } from "../endpoints";
+import type { KubeApi } from "../kube-api";
+
+export interface LegacyAutoRegistration {
+  customResourceDefinition: (crd: CustomResourceDefinition) => void;
+  kubeApi: (api: KubeApi) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This is used to remove dependency cycles from auto registering of instances
+ *
+ * - Custom Resource Definitions get their own registered store (will need in the future)
+ * - All KubeApi's get auto registered (this should be changed in the future)
+ */
+const autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "auto-registration-emitter",
+  instantiate: (): TypedEventEmitter<LegacyAutoRegistration> => new EventEmitter(),
+});
+
+export default autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable;
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/auto-registration.injectable.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/auto-registration.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c3bc1ec7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/auto-registration.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { KubeApi } from "../kube-api";
+import { KubeObject } from "../kube-object";
+import autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable from "./auto-registration-emitter.injectable";
+import apiManagerInjectable from "./manager.injectable";
+import { CustomResourceStore } from "./resource.store";
+
+const autoRegistrationInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "api-manager-auto-registration",
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const apiManager = di.inject(apiManagerInjectable);
+    const autoRegistrationEmitter = di.inject(autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable);
+
+    autoRegistrationEmitter
+      .on("customResourceDefinition", (crd) => {
+        const objectConstructor = class extends KubeObject {
+          static readonly kind = crd.getResourceKind();
+          static readonly namespaced = crd.isNamespaced();
+          static readonly apiBase = crd.getResourceApiBase();
+        };
+
+        const api = (() => {
+          const rawApi = apiManager.getApi(objectConstructor.apiBase);
+
+          if (rawApi) {
+            return rawApi;
+          }
+
+          const api = new KubeApi({ objectConstructor });
+
+          apiManager.registerApi(api);
+
+          return api;
+        })();
+
+        if (!apiManager.getStore(api)) {
+          apiManager.registerStore(new CustomResourceStore(api));
+        }
+      })
+      .on("kubeApi", (api) => apiManager.registerApi(api));
+  },
+});
+
+export default autoRegistrationInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/resource.store.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/resource.store.ts
similarity index 58%
rename from src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/resource.store.ts
rename to src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/resource.store.ts
index 7e4feebedb..63ccdcf93d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/resource.store.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/api-manager/resource.store.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-import type { KubeApi } from "../../../common/k8s-api/kube-api";
-import { KubeObjectStore } from "../../../common/k8s-api/kube-object.store";
-import type { KubeObject } from "../../../common/k8s-api/kube-object";
+import type { KubeApi } from "../kube-api";
+import { KubeObjectStore } from "../kube-object.store";
+import type { KubeObject } from "../kube-object";
 
 export class CustomResourceStore<K extends KubeObject> extends KubeObjectStore<K, KubeApi<K>> {
   constructor(api: KubeApi<K>) {
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
index 0e62539d0a..f45b503bf4 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import assert from "assert";
 import type { PartialDeep } from "type-fest";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import { Environments, getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi } from "../../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/legacy-global-di-for-extension-api";
-import apiManagerInjectable from "./api-manager/manager.injectable";
+import autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable from "./api-manager/auto-registration-emitter.injectable";
 
 /**
  * The options used for creating a `KubeApi`
@@ -311,15 +311,15 @@ export interface DeleteResourceDescriptor extends ResourceDescriptor {
 /**
  * @deprecated In the new extension API, don't expose `KubeApi`'s constructor
  */
-function legacyRegisterApi(apiBase: string, api: KubeApi): void {
+function legacyRegisterApi(api: KubeApi): void {
   // Try both just in case, because we might be in a testing environment
   for (const env of [Environments.main, Environments.renderer]) {
     const di = getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi(env);
 
     if (di) {
-      const apiManager = di.inject(apiManagerInjectable);
+      const autoRegistrationEmitter = di.inject(autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable);
 
-      apiManager.registerApi(apiBase, api);
+      autoRegistrationEmitter.emit("kubeApi", api);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -346,15 +346,17 @@ export class KubeApi<
   protected readonly fullApiPathname: string;
   protected readonly fallbackApiBases: string[] | undefined;
 
-  constructor({
-    objectConstructor,
-    request = apiKube,
-    kind = objectConstructor.kind,
-    isNamespaced,
-    apiBase: fullApiPathname = objectConstructor.apiBase,
-    checkPreferredVersion: doCheckPreferredVersion = false,
-    fallbackApiBases,
-  }: KubeApiOptions<Object, Data>) {
+  constructor(opts: KubeApiOptions<Object, Data>) {
+    const {
+      objectConstructor,
+      request = apiKube,
+      kind = objectConstructor.kind,
+      isNamespaced,
+      apiBase: fullApiPathname = objectConstructor.apiBase,
+      checkPreferredVersion: doCheckPreferredVersion = false,
+      fallbackApiBases,
+    } = opts;
+
     assert(fullApiPathname, "apiBase MUST be provied either via KubeApiOptions.apiBase or KubeApiOptions.objectConstructor.apiBase");
     assert(request, "request MUST be provided if not in a cluster page frame context");
 
@@ -375,8 +377,7 @@ export class KubeApi<
     this.apiResource = resource;
     this.request = request;
     this.objectConstructor = objectConstructor;
-    this.parseResponse = this.parseResponse.bind(this);
-    legacyRegisterApi(apiBase, this as unknown as KubeApi);
+    legacyRegisterApi(this as unknown as KubeApi);
   }
 
   get apiVersionWithGroup() {
@@ -457,7 +458,7 @@ export class KubeApi<
 
       if (this.apiVersionPreferred) {
         this.apiBase = this.computeApiBase();
-        legacyRegisterApi(this.apiBase, this as unknown as KubeApi);
+        legacyRegisterApi(this as unknown as KubeApi);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/extensions/renderer-api/k8s-api.ts b/src/extensions/renderer-api/k8s-api.ts
index e8cc52248f..aa7e4a5c02 100644
--- a/src/extensions/renderer-api/k8s-api.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/renderer-api/k8s-api.ts
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ export type { ServiceAccountStore as ServiceAccountsStore } from "../../renderer
 export type { RoleStore as RolesStore } from "../../renderer/components/+user-management/+roles/store";
 export type { RoleBindingStore as RoleBindingsStore } from "../../renderer/components/+user-management/+role-bindings/store";
 export type { CustomResourceDefinitionStore as CRDStore } from "../../renderer/components/+custom-resources/definition.store";
-export type { CustomResourceStore as CRDResourceStore } from "../../renderer/components/+custom-resources/resource.store";
+export type { CustomResourceStore as CRDResourceStore } from "../../common/k8s-api/api-manager/resource.store";
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/definition.store.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/definition.store.injectable.ts
index 000df73845..2664d5fa58 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/definition.store.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/definition.store.injectable.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import assert from "assert";
+import autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable from "../../../common/k8s-api/api-manager/auto-registration-emitter.injectable";
 import { kubeObjectStoreInjectionToken } from "../../../common/k8s-api/api-manager/manager.injectable";
 import customResourceDefinitionApiInjectable from "../../../common/k8s-api/endpoints/custom-resource-definition.api.injectable";
 import createStoresAndApisInjectable from "../../create-stores-apis.injectable";
 import { CustomResourceDefinitionStore } from "./definition.store";
-import initCustomResourceStoreInjectable from "./init-resource-store.injectable";
 
 const customResourceDefinitionStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "custom-resource-definition-store",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const customResourceDefinitionStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
     const api = di.inject(customResourceDefinitionApiInjectable);
 
     return new CustomResourceDefinitionStore({
-      initCustomResourceStore: di.inject(initCustomResourceStoreInjectable),
+      autoRegistration: di.inject(autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable),
     }, api);
   },
   injectionToken: kubeObjectStoreInjectionToken,
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/definition.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/definition.store.ts
index ffe824abd5..6a4b88a70e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/definition.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/definition.store.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ import { KubeObjectStore } from "../../../common/k8s-api/kube-object.store";
 import { autoBind } from "../../utils";
 import type { CustomResourceDefinition, CustomResourceDefinitionApi } from "../../../common/k8s-api/endpoints/custom-resource-definition.api";
 import type { KubeObject } from "../../../common/k8s-api/kube-object";
-import type { InitCustomResourceStore } from "./init-resource-store.injectable";
+import type TypedEventEmitter from "typed-emitter";
+import type { LegacyAutoRegistration } from "../../../common/k8s-api/api-manager/auto-registration-emitter.injectable";
 
 export interface CustomResourceDefinitionStoreDependencies {
-  initCustomResourceStore: InitCustomResourceStore;
+  readonly autoRegistration: TypedEventEmitter<LegacyAutoRegistration>;
 }
 
 export class CustomResourceDefinitionStore extends KubeObjectStore<CustomResourceDefinition, CustomResourceDefinitionApi> {
@@ -25,8 +26,14 @@ export class CustomResourceDefinitionStore extends KubeObjectStore<CustomResourc
     makeObservable(this);
     autoBind(this);
 
-    // auto-init stores for crd-s
-    reaction(() => this.getItems(), items => items.forEach(this.dependencies.initCustomResourceStore));
+    reaction(
+      () => this.getItems(),
+      crds => {
+        for (const crd of crds) {
+          this.dependencies.autoRegistration.emit("customResourceDefinition", crd);
+        }
+      },
+    );
   }
 
   protected sortItems(items: CustomResourceDefinition[]) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/init-resource-store.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/init-resource-store.injectable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b065aef4d..0000000000
--- a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/init-resource-store.injectable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * 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 apiManagerInjectable from "../../../common/k8s-api/api-manager/manager.injectable";
-import type { CustomResourceDefinition } from "../../../common/k8s-api/endpoints";
-import { KubeApi } from "../../../common/k8s-api/kube-api";
-import { KubeObject } from "../../../common/k8s-api/kube-object";
-import { CustomResourceStore } from "./resource.store";
-
-export type InitCustomResourceStore = (crd: CustomResourceDefinition) => void;
-
-const initCustomResourceStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "init-custom-resource-store",
-  instantiate: (di): InitCustomResourceStore => {
-    const apiManager = di.inject(apiManagerInjectable);
-
-    return (crd) => {
-      const objectConstructor = class extends KubeObject {
-        static readonly kind = crd.getResourceKind();
-        static readonly namespaced = crd.isNamespaced();
-        static readonly apiBase = crd.getResourceApiBase();
-      };
-
-      const api = apiManager.getApi(objectConstructor.apiBase)
-        ?? new KubeApi({ objectConstructor });
-
-      if (!apiManager.getStore(api)) {
-        apiManager.registerStore(new CustomResourceStore(api));
-      }
-    };
-  },
-});
-
-export default initCustomResourceStoreInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+network-ingresses/store.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/+network-ingresses/store.injectable.ts
index fd13d34472..83f553999a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+network-ingresses/store.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+network-ingresses/store.injectable.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import assert from "assert";
-import apiManagerInjectable from "../../../common/k8s-api/api-manager/manager.injectable";
+import { kubeObjectStoreInjectionToken } from "../../../common/k8s-api/api-manager/manager.injectable";
 import ingressApiInjectable from "../../../common/k8s-api/endpoints/ingress.api.injectable";
 import createStoresAndApisInjectable from "../../create-stores-apis.injectable";
 import { IngressStore } from "./store";
@@ -15,13 +15,10 @@ const ingressStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
     assert(di.inject(createStoresAndApisInjectable), "ingressStore is only available in certain environments");
 
     const api = di.inject(ingressApiInjectable);
-    const apiManager = di.inject(apiManagerInjectable);
-    const store = new IngressStore(api);
 
-    apiManager.registerStore(store);
-
-    return store;
+    return new IngressStore(api);
   },
+  injectionToken: kubeObjectStoreInjectionToken,
 });
 
 export default ingressStoreInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/cluster-frame.tsx b/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/cluster-frame.tsx
index e5fdc68512..4ed984ce4d 100755
--- a/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/cluster-frame.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/cluster-frame.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ export const NonInjectedClusterFrame = observer(({
 
   return (
     <ErrorBoundary>
-      <MainLayout sidebar={<Sidebar />} footer={<Dock />}>
+      <MainLayout
+        sidebar={<Sidebar />}
+        footer={<Dock />}
+      >
         {
           Component
             ? <Component />
diff --git a/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.injectable.ts
index c80fa760a5..addcaf2f99 100644
--- a/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.injectable.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import hostedClusterInjectable from "../../../../common/cluster-store/hosted-clu
 import appEventBusInjectable from "../../../../common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable";
 import clusterFrameContextInjectable from "../../../cluster-frame-context/cluster-frame-context.injectable";
 import assert from "assert";
+import autoRegistrationInjectable from "../../../../common/k8s-api/api-manager/auto-registration.injectable";
 
 const initClusterFrameInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "init-cluster-frame",
@@ -20,6 +21,14 @@ const initClusterFrameInjectable = getInjectable({
 
     assert(hostedCluster, "This can only be injected within a cluster frame");
 
+    /**
+     * This is injected here to initialize it for the side effect.
+     *
+     * The side effect CANNOT be within `apiManagerInjectable` itself since that causes circular
+     * dependencies with the current need for legacy di use
+     */
+    di.inject(autoRegistrationInjectable);
+
     return initClusterFrame({
       hostedCluster,
       loadExtensions: di.inject(extensionLoaderInjectable).loadOnClusterRenderer,