diff --git a/src/common/ipc/broadcast-message.injectable.ts b/src/common/ipc/broadcast-message.injectable.ts
index 290e6a50bf..9df36ac27a 100644
--- a/src/common/ipc/broadcast-message.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/ipc/broadcast-message.injectable.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { broadcastMessage } from "./ipc";
 const broadcastMessageInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "broadcast-message",
   instantiate: () => broadcastMessage,
-  // causesSideEffects: true,
+  causesSideEffects: true,
 });
 
 export default broadcastMessageInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts b/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts
index 5db1416ee0..05dc73e055 100644
--- a/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts
+++ b/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts
@@ -72,21 +72,13 @@ import showMessagePopupInjectable from "./electron-app/features/show-message-pop
 import clusterFramesInjectable from "../common/cluster-frames.injectable";
 import type { ClusterFrameInfo } from "../common/cluster-frames";
 import { observable } from "mobx";
-// import createBrowserWindowInjectable from "./start-main-application/lens-window/application-window/create-browser-window.injectable";
 import waitForElectronToBeReadyInjectable from "./electron-app/features/wait-for-electron-to-be-ready.injectable";
-
-
-import setupListenerForCurrentClusterFrameInjectable
-  from "./start-main-application/lens-window/current-cluster-frame/setup-listener-for-current-cluster-frame.injectable";
+import setupListenerForCurrentClusterFrameInjectable from "./start-main-application/lens-window/current-cluster-frame/setup-listener-for-current-cluster-frame.injectable";
 import ipcMainInjectable from "./app-paths/register-channel/ipc-main/ipc-main.injectable";
-import createElectronWindowForInjectable
-  from "./start-main-application/lens-window/application-window/create-electron-window-for.injectable";
-import setupRunnablesAfterWindowIsOpenedInjectable
-  from "./electron-app/runnables/setup-runnables-after-window-is-opened.injectable";
-import sendToChannelInElectronBrowserWindowInjectable
-  from "./start-main-application/lens-window/application-window/send-to-channel-in-electron-browser-window.injectable";
-
-
+import createElectronWindowForInjectable from "./start-main-application/lens-window/application-window/create-electron-window-for.injectable";
+import setupRunnablesAfterWindowIsOpenedInjectable from "./electron-app/runnables/setup-runnables-after-window-is-opened.injectable";
+import sendToChannelInElectronBrowserWindowInjectable from "./start-main-application/lens-window/application-window/send-to-channel-in-electron-browser-window.injectable";
+import broadcastMessageInjectable from "../common/ipc/broadcast-message.injectable";
 
 export const getDiForUnitTesting = (
   { doGeneralOverrides } = { doGeneralOverrides: false },
@@ -144,6 +136,10 @@ export const getDiForUnitTesting = (
     di.override(registerChannelInjectable, () => () => undefined);
     di.override(directoryForBundledBinariesInjectable, () => "some-bin-directory");
 
+    di.override(broadcastMessageInjectable, () => {
+      throw new Error("Tried to broadcast message over IPC without explicit override.");
+    });
+
     di.override(spawnInjectable, () => () => {
       return {
         stderr: { on: jest.fn(), removeAllListeners: jest.fn() },
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.test.tsx
index 130dca8625..520f2bb0d4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.test.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import getConfigurationFileModelInjectable from "../../../common/get-configurati
 import appVersionInjectable from "../../../common/get-configuration-file-model/app-version/app-version.injectable";
 import type { AppEvent } from "../../../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import appEventBusInjectable from "../../../common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable";
+import broadcastMessageInjectable from "../../../common/ipc/broadcast-message.injectable";
 
 mockWindow();
 jest.mock("electron", () => ({
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ describe("<Catalog />", () => {
 
     di.override(directoryForUserDataInjectable, () => "some-directory-for-user-data");
 
+    di.override(broadcastMessageInjectable, () => async () => {});
+
     di.permitSideEffects(getConfigurationFileModelInjectable);
     di.permitSideEffects(appVersionInjectable);
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/getDiForUnitTesting.tsx b/src/renderer/getDiForUnitTesting.tsx
index d61c3f5d7e..899d0bf6cf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/getDiForUnitTesting.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/getDiForUnitTesting.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import themeStoreInjectable from "./theme-store.injectable";
 import apiManagerInjectable from "./components/kube-object-menu/dependencies/api-manager.injectable";
 import { ApiManager } from "../common/k8s-api/api-manager";
 import lensResourcesDirInjectable from "../common/vars/lens-resources-dir.injectable";
+import broadcastMessageInjectable from "../common/ipc/broadcast-message.injectable";
 
 export const getDiForUnitTesting = (
   { doGeneralOverrides } = { doGeneralOverrides: false },
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ export const getDiForUnitTesting = (
 
     di.override(lensResourcesDirInjectable, () => "/irrelevant");
 
+    di.override(broadcastMessageInjectable, () => () => {
+      throw new Error("Tried to broadcast message over IPC without explicit override.");
+    });
+
     // eslint-disable-next-line unused-imports/no-unused-vars-ts
     di.override(extensionsStoreInjectable, () => ({ isEnabled: ({ id, isBundled }) => false }) as ExtensionsStore);