diff --git a/src/common/__tests__/search-store.test.ts b/src/common/__tests__/search-store.test.ts
index ac5f13e7cf..b4c99b7e19 100644
--- a/src/common/__tests__/search-store.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/__tests__/search-store.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ import { SearchStore } from "../search-store";
 import { Console } from "console";
 import { stdout, stderr } from "process";
 
+jest.mock("electron", () => ({
+  app: {
+    getPath: () => "/foo",
+  },
+}));
+
 console = new Console(stdout, stderr);
 
 let searchStore: SearchStore = null;
diff --git a/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts b/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts
index 42353a2697..5006859637 100644
--- a/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ jest.mock("winston", () => ({
   }
 }));
 
+jest.mock("electron", () => ({
+  app: {
+    getPath: () => "/foo",
+  },
+}));
+
 jest.mock("../../common/ipc");
 jest.mock("child_process");
 jest.mock("tcp-port-used");
diff --git a/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts b/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts
index 40aaf558f5..0d0bab04ad 100644
--- a/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ const logger = {
   crit: jest.fn(),
 };
 
+jest.mock("electron", () => ({
+  app: {
+    getPath: () => `/tmp`,
+  },
+}));
+
 jest.mock("winston", () => ({
   format: {
     colorize: jest.fn(),
@@ -91,7 +97,9 @@ describe("kubeconfig manager tests", () => {
       contextName: "minikube",
       kubeConfigPath: "minikube-config.yml",
     });
-    contextHandler = jest.fn() as any;
+    contextHandler = {
+      ensureServer: () => Promise.resolve(),
+    } as any;
     jest.spyOn(KubeconfigManager.prototype, "resolveProxyUrl", "get").mockReturnValue("http://127.0.0.1:9191/foo");
   });
 
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ describe("kubeconfig manager tests", () => {
     const kubeConfManager = new KubeconfigManager(cluster, contextHandler);
 
     expect(logger.error).not.toBeCalled();
-    expect(await kubeConfManager.getPath()).toBe(`tmp${path.sep}kubeconfig-foo`);
+    expect(await kubeConfManager.getPath()).toBe(`${path.sep}tmp${path.sep}kubeconfig-foo`);
     // this causes an intermittent "ENXIO: no such device or address, read" error
     //    const file = await fse.readFile(await kubeConfManager.getPath());
     const file = fse.readFileSync(await kubeConfManager.getPath());
diff --git a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager.ts b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager.ts
index 4332b69325..f06ee014c7 100644
--- a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export class KubeconfigManager {
       await this.contextHandler.ensureServer();
       this.tempFile = await this.createProxyKubeconfig();
     } catch (err) {
+      console.log(err);
       logger.error(`Failed to created temp config for auth-proxy`, { err });
     }
   }
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ export class KubeconfigManager {
   protected async createProxyKubeconfig(): Promise<string> {
     const { configDir, cluster } = this;
     const { contextName, kubeConfigPath, id } = cluster;
-    const tempFile = path.join(configDir, `kubeconfig-${id}`);
+    const tempFile = path.normalize(path.join(configDir, `kubeconfig-${id}`));
     const kubeConfig = loadConfig(kubeConfigPath);
     const proxyConfig: Partial<KubeConfig> = {
       currentContext: contextName,
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-pods/__tests__/pod-tolerations.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-pods/__tests__/pod-tolerations.test.tsx
index c353a6e5e3..30ef2e98e9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-pods/__tests__/pod-tolerations.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-pods/__tests__/pod-tolerations.test.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ import { fireEvent, render } from "@testing-library/react";
 import type { IToleration } from "../../../api/workload-kube-object";
 import { PodTolerations } from "../pod-tolerations";
 
+jest.mock("electron", () => ({
+  app: {
+    getPath: () => "/foo",
+  },
+}));
+
 const tolerations: IToleration[] =[
   {
     key: "CriticalAddonsOnly",
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/bottom-bar.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/bottom-bar.test.tsx
index 590e9534f5..eceb02697a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/bottom-bar.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/bottom-bar.test.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ import React from "react";
 import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
 import "@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect";
 
+jest.mock("electron", () => ({
+  app: {
+    getPath: () => "/foo",
+  },
+}));
+
 import { BottomBar } from "./bottom-bar";
 jest.mock("../../../extensions/registries");
 import { statusBarRegistry } from "../../../extensions/registries";
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/dock-tabs.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/dock-tabs.test.tsx
index 37cb7fdc8a..0c5ae7defd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/dock-tabs.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/dock-tabs.test.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ import "@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect";
 import { DockTabs } from "../dock-tabs";
 import { dockStore, IDockTab, TabKind } from "../dock.store";
 
+jest.mock("electron", () => ({
+  app: {
+    getPath: () => "/foo",
+  },
+}));
+
 const onChangeTab = jest.fn();
 
 const getComponent = () => (
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/log-resource-selector.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/log-resource-selector.test.tsx
index 283f5e7d79..62566b868a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/log-resource-selector.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/log-resource-selector.test.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ import { dockerPod, deploymentPod1 } from "./pod.mock";
 import { ThemeStore } from "../../../theme.store";
 import { UserStore } from "../../../../common/user-store";
 
+jest.mock("electron", () => ({
+  app: {
+    getPath: () => "/foo",
+  },
+}));
+
 const getComponent = (tabData: LogTabData) => {
   return (
     <LogResourceSelector
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/log-tab.store.test.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/log-tab.store.test.ts
index 07a5fb3ad2..097a5cdc30 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/log-tab.store.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/__test__/log-tab.store.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ import { dockStore } from "../dock.store";
 import { logTabStore } from "../log-tab.store";
 import { deploymentPod1, deploymentPod2, deploymentPod3, dockerPod } from "./pod.mock";
 
+jest.mock("electron", () => ({
+  app: {
+    getPath: () => "/foo",
+  },
+}));
 
 podsStore.items.push(new Pod(dockerPod));
 podsStore.items.push(new Pod(deploymentPod1));