diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/log-resource-selector.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/log-resource-selector.test.tsx
index 2f7ff9e01d..b5923b98a0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/log-resource-selector.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/log-resource-selector.test.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import callForLogsInjectable from "../call-for-logs.injectable";
 import { LogTabViewModel, LogTabViewModelDependencies } from "../logs-view-model";
 import type { TabId } from "../../dock/store";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { SearchStore } from "../../../../search-store/search-store";
 
 jest.mock("electron", () => ({
   app: {
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ function mockLogTabViewModel(tabId: TabId, deps: Partial<LogTabViewModelDependen
     stopLoadingLogs: jest.fn(),
     getPodById: jest.fn(),
     getPodsByOwnerId: jest.fn(),
-    createSearchStore: jest.fn(),
+    searchStore: new SearchStore(),
     areLogsPresent: jest.fn(),
     ...deps,
   });
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/log-search.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/log-search.test.tsx
index 9514dc6dd2..24c2001eec 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/log-search.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/log-search.test.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function mockLogTabViewModel(tabId: TabId, deps: Partial<LogTabViewModelDependen
     getPodById: jest.fn(),
     getPodsByOwnerId: jest.fn(),
     areLogsPresent: jest.fn(),
-    createSearchStore: () => new SearchStore(),
+    searchStore: new SearchStore(),
     ...deps,
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/logs-view-model.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/logs-view-model.injectable.ts
index cc7012d7b1..d26a34d583 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/logs-view-model.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/logs-view-model.injectable.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import loadLogsInjectable from "./load-logs.injectable";
 import setLogTabDataInjectable from "./set-log-tab-data.injectable";
 import stopLoadingLogsInjectable from "./stop-loading-logs.injectable";
 import { podsStore } from "../../+workloads-pods/pods.store";
-import createSearchStoreInjectable from "../../../search-store/create-search-store.injectable";
 import renameTabInjectable from "../dock/rename-tab.injectable";
 import areLogsPresentInjectable from "./are-logs-present.injectable";
+import searchStoreInjectable from "../../../search-store/search-store.injectable";
 
 export interface InstantiateArgs {
   tabId: TabId;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const logsViewModelInjectable = getInjectable({
     areLogsPresent: di.inject(areLogsPresentInjectable),
     getPodById: id => podsStore.getById(id),
     getPodsByOwnerId: id => podsStore.getPodsByOwnerId(id),
-    createSearchStore: di.inject(createSearchStoreInjectable),
+    searchStore: di.inject(searchStoreInjectable),
   }),
   lifecycle: lifecycleEnum.transient,
 });
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/logs-view-model.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/logs-view-model.ts
index fcc42ba113..73ed0c770f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/logs-view-model.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/logs-view-model.ts
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ export interface LogTabViewModelDependencies {
   getPodById: (id: string) => Pod | undefined;
   getPodsByOwnerId: (id: string) => Pod[];
   areLogsPresent: (tabId: TabId) => boolean;
-  createSearchStore: () => SearchStore;
+  searchStore: SearchStore;
 }
 
 export class LogTabViewModel {
   constructor(protected readonly tabId: TabId, private readonly dependencies: LogTabViewModelDependencies) {}
 
+  get searchStore() {
+    return this.dependencies.searchStore;
+  }
+
   readonly isLoading = computed(() => this.dependencies.areLogsPresent(this.tabId));
   readonly logs = computed(() => this.dependencies.getLogs(this.tabId));
   readonly logsWithoutTimestamps = computed(() => this.dependencies.getLogsWithoutTimestamps(this.tabId));
@@ -54,7 +58,6 @@ export class LogTabViewModel {
 
     return this.dependencies.getPodById(data.selectedPodId);
   });
-  readonly searchStore = this.dependencies.createSearchStore();
 
   updateLogTabData = (partialData: Partial<LogTabData>) => {
     this.dependencies.setLogTabData(this.tabId, { ...this.logTabData.get(), ...partialData });
diff --git a/src/renderer/search-store/create-search-store.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/search-store/search-store.injectable.ts
similarity index 60%
rename from src/renderer/search-store/create-search-store.injectable.ts
rename to src/renderer/search-store/search-store.injectable.ts
index 088a837f8c..3d5d08f484 100644
--- a/src/renderer/search-store/create-search-store.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/search-store/search-store.injectable.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 import { getInjectable, lifecycleEnum } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { SearchStore } from "./search-store";
 
-const createSearchStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
-  instantiate: () => () => new SearchStore(),
-  lifecycle: lifecycleEnum.singleton,
+const searchStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
+  instantiate: () => new SearchStore(),
+  lifecycle: lifecycleEnum.transient,
 });
 
-export default createSearchStoreInjectable;
+export default searchStoreInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/search-store/search-store.test.ts b/src/renderer/search-store/search-store.test.ts
index fa8623274c..f3fc9a4289 100644
--- a/src/renderer/search-store/search-store.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/search-store/search-store.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { stdout, stderr } from "process";
 import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../getDiForUnitTesting";
 import directoryForUserDataInjectable
   from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-user-data/directory-for-user-data.injectable";
+import searchStoreInjectable from "./search-store.injectable";
 
 jest.mock("electron", () => ({
   app: {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ describe("search store tests", () => {
 
     await di.runSetups();
 
-    searchStore = new SearchStore();
+    searchStore = di.inject(searchStoreInjectable);
   });
 
   it("does nothing with empty search query", () => {