diff --git a/src/common/app-paths/app-paths-state.injectable.ts b/src/common/app-paths/app-paths-state.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5487d428b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/app-paths/app-paths-state.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * 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 type { AppPaths } from "./app-path-injection-token";
+
+const appPathsStateInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "app-paths-state",
+
+  instantiate: () => {
+    let state: AppPaths;
+
+    return {
+      get: () =>{
+        if (!state) {
+          throw new Error("Tried to get app paths before state is setupped.");
+        }
+
+        return state;
+      },
+
+      set: (newState: AppPaths) => {
+        if (state) {
+          throw new Error("Tried to overwrite existing state of app paths.");
+        }
+
+        state = newState;
+      },
+    };
+  },
+});
+
+export default appPathsStateInjectable;
diff --git a/src/common/app-paths/app-paths.injectable.ts b/src/common/app-paths/app-paths.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..803f9e1380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/app-paths/app-paths.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 { appPathsInjectionToken } from "./app-path-injection-token";
+import appPathsStateInjectable from "./app-paths-state.injectable";
+
+const appPathsInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "app-paths",
+  instantiate: (di) => di.inject(appPathsStateInjectable).get(),
+  injectionToken: appPathsInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default appPathsInjectable;
diff --git a/src/common/app-paths/app-paths.test.ts b/src/common/app-paths/app-paths.test.ts
index b436426e2e..b0fa396e23 100644
--- a/src/common/app-paths/app-paths.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/app-paths/app-paths.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe("app-paths", () => {
       recent: "some-recent",
       temp: "some-temp",
       videos: "some-videos",
-      userData: "some-irrelevant",
+      userData: "some-irrelevant-user-data",
     };
 
     mainDi.override(
diff --git a/src/main/app-paths/app-paths.injectable.ts b/src/main/app-paths/app-paths.injectable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 342c32252d..0000000000
--- a/src/main/app-paths/app-paths.injectable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-import type {
-  DiContainerForSetup } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import {
-  getInjectable,
-} from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-
-import {
-  appPathsInjectionToken,
-  appPathsIpcChannel,
-} from "../../common/app-paths/app-path-injection-token";
-
-import registerChannelInjectable from "./register-channel/register-channel.injectable";
-import { getAppPaths } from "./get-app-paths";
-import getElectronAppPathInjectable from "./get-electron-app-path/get-electron-app-path.injectable";
-import setElectronAppPathInjectable from "./set-electron-app-path/set-electron-app-path.injectable";
-import appNameInjectable from "./app-name/app-name.injectable";
-import directoryForIntegrationTestingInjectable from "./directory-for-integration-testing/directory-for-integration-testing.injectable";
-import joinPathsInjectable from "../../common/path/join-paths.injectable";
-
-const appPathsInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "app-paths",
-
-  setup: async (di) => {
-    const directoryForIntegrationTesting = await di.inject(
-      directoryForIntegrationTestingInjectable,
-    );
-
-    if (directoryForIntegrationTesting) {
-      await setupPathForAppDataInIntegrationTesting(di, directoryForIntegrationTesting);
-    }
-
-    await setupPathForUserData(di);
-    await registerAppPathsChannel(di);
-  },
-
-  instantiate: (di) =>
-    getAppPaths({ getAppPath: di.inject(getElectronAppPathInjectable) }),
-
-  injectionToken: appPathsInjectionToken,
-});
-
-export default appPathsInjectable;
-
-const registerAppPathsChannel = async (di: DiContainerForSetup) => {
-  const registerChannel = await di.inject(registerChannelInjectable);
-  const appPaths = await di.inject(appPathsInjectable);
-
-  registerChannel(appPathsIpcChannel, () => appPaths);
-};
-
-const setupPathForUserData = async (di: DiContainerForSetup) => {
-  const setElectronAppPath = await di.inject(setElectronAppPathInjectable);
-  const appName = await di.inject(appNameInjectable);
-  const getAppPath = await di.inject(getElectronAppPathInjectable);
-  const joinPaths = await di.inject(joinPathsInjectable);
-
-  const appDataPath = getAppPath("appData");
-
-  setElectronAppPath("userData", joinPaths(appDataPath, appName));
-};
-
-// Todo: this kludge is here only until we have a proper place to setup integration testing.
-const setupPathForAppDataInIntegrationTesting = async (di: DiContainerForSetup, appDataPath: string) => {
-  const setElectronAppPath = await di.inject(setElectronAppPathInjectable);
-
-  setElectronAppPath("appData", appDataPath);
-};
diff --git a/src/main/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts b/src/main/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ce1c36cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * 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 type { AppPaths } from "../../common/app-paths/app-path-injection-token";
+import getElectronAppPathInjectable from "./get-electron-app-path/get-electron-app-path.injectable";
+import setElectronAppPathInjectable from "./set-electron-app-path/set-electron-app-path.injectable";
+import appNameInjectable from "./app-name/app-name.injectable";
+import directoryForIntegrationTestingInjectable from "./directory-for-integration-testing/directory-for-integration-testing.injectable";
+import { setupableInjectionToken } from "../../common/setupable-injection-token/setupable-injection-token";
+import appPathsStateInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/app-paths-state.injectable";
+import { pathNames } from "../../common/app-paths/app-path-names";
+import { fromPairs, map } from "lodash/fp";
+import { pipeline } from "@ogre-tools/fp";
+import { appPathsIpcChannel } from "../../common/app-paths/app-path-injection-token";
+import registerChannelInjectable from "./register-channel/register-channel.injectable";
+import joinPathsInjectable from "../../common/path/join-paths.injectable";
+
+const setupAppPathsInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "setup-app-paths",
+
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const setElectronAppPath = di.inject(setElectronAppPathInjectable);
+    const appName = di.inject(appNameInjectable);
+    const getAppPath = di.inject(getElectronAppPathInjectable);
+    const appPathsState = di.inject(appPathsStateInjectable);
+    const registerChannel = di.inject(registerChannelInjectable);
+    const directoryForIntegrationTesting = di.inject(directoryForIntegrationTestingInjectable);
+    const joinPaths = di.inject(joinPathsInjectable);
+
+    return {
+      doSetup: () => {
+        if (directoryForIntegrationTesting) {
+          setElectronAppPath("appData", directoryForIntegrationTesting);
+        }
+
+        const appDataPath = getAppPath("appData");
+
+        setElectronAppPath("userData", joinPaths(appDataPath, appName));
+
+        const appPaths = pipeline(
+          pathNames,
+          map(name => [name, getAppPath(name)]),
+          fromPairs,
+        ) as AppPaths;
+
+        appPathsState.set(appPaths);
+
+        registerChannel(appPathsIpcChannel, () => appPaths);
+      },
+    };
+  },
+
+  injectionToken: setupableInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default setupAppPathsInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/app-paths/app-paths.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/app-paths/app-paths.injectable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e6c77c1840..0000000000
--- a/src/renderer/app-paths/app-paths.injectable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +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 type { AppPaths } from "../../common/app-paths/app-path-injection-token";
-import { appPathsInjectionToken, appPathsIpcChannel } from "../../common/app-paths/app-path-injection-token";
-import getValueFromRegisteredChannelInjectable from "./get-value-from-registered-channel/get-value-from-registered-channel.injectable";
-
-let syncAppPaths: AppPaths;
-
-const appPathsInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "app-paths",
-
-  setup: async (di) => {
-    const getValueFromRegisteredChannel = await di.inject(
-      getValueFromRegisteredChannelInjectable,
-    );
-
-    syncAppPaths = await getValueFromRegisteredChannel(appPathsIpcChannel);
-  },
-
-  instantiate: () => syncAppPaths,
-
-  injectionToken: appPathsInjectionToken,
-});
-
-export default appPathsInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f44818c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/app-paths/setup-app-paths.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { AppPaths, appPathsIpcChannel } from "../../common/app-paths/app-path-injection-token";
+import getValueFromRegisteredChannelInjectable from "./get-value-from-registered-channel/get-value-from-registered-channel.injectable";
+import { setupableInjectionToken } from "../../common/setupable-injection-token/setupable-injection-token";
+import appPathsStateInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/app-paths-state.injectable";
+
+let syncAppPaths: AppPaths;
+
+const setupAppPathsInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "setup-app-paths",
+
+  instantiate: (di) => ({
+    doSetup: async () => {
+      const getValueFromRegisteredChannel = di.inject(
+        getValueFromRegisteredChannelInjectable,
+      );
+
+      syncAppPaths = await getValueFromRegisteredChannel(appPathsIpcChannel);
+
+      const appPathsState = di.inject(appPathsStateInjectable);
+
+      appPathsState.set(syncAppPaths);
+    },
+  }),
+
+  injectionToken: setupableInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default setupAppPathsInjectable;