diff --git a/extensions/support-page/renderer.tsx b/extensions/support-page/renderer.tsx
index 44f5985398..3c453e227b 100644
--- a/extensions/support-page/renderer.tsx
+++ b/extensions/support-page/renderer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { LensRendererExtension, Registry } from "@k8slens/extensions";
-import { Support } from "./src/support";
+import React from "react";
+import { Component, LensRendererExtension, Navigation, Registry } from "@k8slens/extensions";
 import { supportPageRoute, supportPageURL } from "./src/support.route";
+import { Support } from "./src/support";
 
 export default class SupportPageRendererExtension extends LensRendererExtension {
   async onActivate() {
@@ -19,4 +20,18 @@ export default class SupportPageRendererExtension extends LensRendererExtension
       })
     )
   }
+
+  registerStatusBarIcon(registry: Registry.StatusBarRegistry) {
+    this.disposers.push(
+      registry.add({
+        icon: (
+          <Component.Icon
+            material="support"
+            tooltip="Support"
+            onClick={() => Navigation.navigate(supportPageURL())}
+          />
+        )
+      })
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-loader.ts b/src/extensions/extension-loader.ts
index 5dc6a56277..705d88722c 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-loader.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-loader.ts
@@ -34,33 +34,33 @@ export class ExtensionLoader {
     }
   }
 
-  loadOnClusterRenderer() {
-    logger.info('[EXTENSIONS-LOADER]: load on cluster renderer')
-    this.autoloadExtensions((instance: LensRendererExtension) => {
-      instance.registerPages(pageRegistry)
-    })
-  }
-
-  loadOnMainRenderer() {
-    logger.info('[EXTENSIONS-LOADER]: load on main renderer')
-    this.autoloadExtensions((instance: LensRendererExtension) => {
-      instance.registerPages(pageRegistry)
-      instance.registerAppPreferences(appPreferenceRegistry)
-    })
-  }
-
   loadOnMain() {
     logger.info('[EXTENSIONS-LOADER]: load on main')
     this.autoloadExtensions((instance: LensMainExtension) => {
       instance.registerAppMenus(menuRegistry);
-      instance.registerStatusBarIcon(statusBarRegistry);
+    })
+  }
+
+  loadOnClusterManagerRenderer() {
+    logger.info('[EXTENSIONS-LOADER]: load on main renderer (cluster manager)')
+    this.autoloadExtensions((instance: LensRendererExtension) => {
+      instance.registerPages(pageRegistry)
+      instance.registerAppPreferences(appPreferenceRegistry)
+      instance.registerStatusBarIcon(statusBarRegistry)
+    })
+  }
+
+  loadOnClusterRenderer() {
+    logger.info('[EXTENSIONS-LOADER]: load on cluster renderer (dashboard)')
+    this.autoloadExtensions((instance: LensRendererExtension) => {
+      instance.registerPages(pageRegistry)
     })
   }
 
   protected autoloadExtensions(callback: (instance: LensExtension) => void) {
     return reaction(() => this.extensions.toJS(), (installedExtensions) => {
       for (const [id, ext] of installedExtensions) {
-        let instance = this.instances.get(ext.manifestPath)
+        let instance = this.instances.get(ext.name)
         if (!instance) {
           const extensionModule = this.requireExtension(ext)
           if (!extensionModule) {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class ExtensionLoader {
           instance = new LensExtensionClass({ ...ext.manifest, manifestPath: ext.manifestPath, id: ext.manifestPath }, ext.manifest);
           instance.enable();
           callback(instance)
-          this.instances.set(ext.id, instance)
+          this.instances.set(ext.name, instance)
         }
       }
     }, {
diff --git a/src/extensions/lens-renderer-extension.ts b/src/extensions/lens-renderer-extension.ts
index 5031c3caa8..34e52623ab 100644
--- a/src/extensions/lens-renderer-extension.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/lens-renderer-extension.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { LensExtension } from "./lens-extension"
 import type { PageRegistry } from "./registries/page-registry"
 import type { AppPreferenceRegistry } from "./registries/app-preference-registry";
+import type { StatusBarRegistry } from "./registries";
 
 export class LensRendererExtension extends LensExtension {
   registerPages(registry: PageRegistry) {
@@ -10,4 +11,8 @@ export class LensRendererExtension extends LensExtension {
   registerAppPreferences(registry: AppPreferenceRegistry) {
     return
   }
+
+  registerStatusBarIcon(registry: StatusBarRegistry) {
+    return
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/extensions/registries/app-preference-registry.ts b/src/extensions/registries/app-preference-registry.ts
index dcfb5bc84e..6c54911f82 100644
--- a/src/extensions/registries/app-preference-registry.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/registries/app-preference-registry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { observable } from "mobx"
-import React from "react"
+import type React from "react"
+import { BaseRegistry } from "./base-registry";
 
 export interface AppPreferenceComponents {
   Hint: React.ComponentType<any>;
@@ -11,17 +11,7 @@ export interface AppPreferenceRegistration {
   components: AppPreferenceComponents;
 }
 
-export class AppPreferenceRegistry {
-  preferences = observable.array<AppPreferenceRegistration>([], { deep: false });
-
-  add(preference: AppPreferenceRegistration) {
-    this.preferences.push(preference)
-    return () => {
-      this.preferences.replace(
-        this.preferences.filter(c => c !== preference)
-      )
-    };
-  }
+export class AppPreferenceRegistry extends BaseRegistry<AppPreferenceRegistration> {
 }
 
 export const appPreferenceRegistry = new AppPreferenceRegistry()
diff --git a/src/extensions/registries/base-registry.ts b/src/extensions/registries/base-registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01613a59eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extensions/registries/base-registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Base class for extensions-api registries
+import { observable } from "mobx";
+
+export class BaseRegistry<T = any> {
+  protected items = observable<T>([], { deep: false });
+
+  getItems(): T[] {
+    return this.items.toJS();
+  }
+
+  add(item: T) {
+    this.items.push(item);
+    return () => {
+      this.items.remove(item); // works because of {deep: false};
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/extensions/registries/menu-registry.ts b/src/extensions/registries/menu-registry.ts
index dba3718017..d31d124f30 100644
--- a/src/extensions/registries/menu-registry.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/registries/menu-registry.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
-// Extensions API -> Global menu customize
+// Extensions API -> Global menu customizations
 
-import { observable } from "mobx";
-import { MenuItemConstructorOptions } from "electron";
 import type { MenuTopId } from "../../main/menu";
+import type { MenuItemConstructorOptions } from "electron";
+import { BaseRegistry } from "./base-registry";
 
 export interface MenuRegistration extends MenuItemConstructorOptions {
   parentId?: MenuTopId;
 }
 
-export class MenuRegistry {
-  protected items = observable.array([], { deep: false });
-
-  getItems(): MenuRegistration[] {
-    return this.items.toJS();
-  }
-
-  add(item: MenuRegistration) {
-    this.items.push(item);
-    return () => this.items.remove(item)
-  }
+export class MenuRegistry extends BaseRegistry<MenuRegistration> {
 }
 
 export const menuRegistry = new MenuRegistry();
diff --git a/src/extensions/registries/page-registry.ts b/src/extensions/registries/page-registry.ts
index 2de9f59ec3..d0b8f57329 100644
--- a/src/extensions/registries/page-registry.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/registries/page-registry.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import type { RouteProps } from "react-router";
 import type { IconProps } from "../../renderer/components/icon";
 import type { IClassName } from "../../renderer/utils";
 import type { TabRoute } from "../../renderer/components/layout/tab-layout";
-import { computed, observable } from "mobx";
+import { BaseRegistry } from "./base-registry";
+import { computed } from "mobx";
 
 export enum PageRegistryType {
   GLOBAL = "lens-scope",
@@ -26,21 +27,13 @@ export interface PageComponents {
   MenuIcon?: React.ComponentType<IconProps>;
 }
 
-export class PageRegistry {
-  protected pages = observable.array<PageRegistration>([], { deep: false });
-
+export class PageRegistry extends BaseRegistry<PageRegistration> {
   @computed get globalPages() {
-    return this.pages.filter(page => page.type === PageRegistryType.GLOBAL);
+    return this.items.filter(page => page.type === PageRegistryType.GLOBAL);
   }
 
   @computed get clusterPages() {
-    return this.pages.filter(page => page.type === PageRegistryType.CLUSTER);
-  }
-
-  // fixme: validate route paths to avoid collisions
-  add(pageInit: PageRegistration) {
-    this.pages.push(pageInit);
-    return () => this.pages.remove(pageInit); // works because of {deep: false};
+    return this.items.filter(page => page.type === PageRegistryType.CLUSTER);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/extensions/registries/status-bar-registry.ts b/src/extensions/registries/status-bar-registry.ts
index 0182713ab1..df1599cd28 100644
--- a/src/extensions/registries/status-bar-registry.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/registries/status-bar-registry.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 // Extensions API -> Status bar customizations
 
-import { observable } from "mobx";
+import React from "react";
+import { BaseRegistry } from "./base-registry";
 
 export interface StatusBarRegistration {
+  icon?: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
-export class StatusBarRegistry {
-  items = observable<StatusBarRegistration>([], { deep: false });
-
-  add(item: StatusBarRegistration) {
-  }
+export class StatusBarRegistry extends BaseRegistry<StatusBarRegistration> {
 }
 
 export const statusBarRegistry = new StatusBarRegistry();
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
index 4b9532229f..613cc25f61 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ export class Preferences extends React.Component {
 
   render() {
     const { preferences } = userStore;
-    const extensionPreferences = appPreferenceRegistry.preferences;
     const header = <h2><Trans>Preferences</Trans></h2>;
     return (
       <PageLayout showOnTop className="Preferences" header={header}>
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ export class Preferences extends React.Component {
         </small>
 
         <div className="extensions flex column gaps">
-          {extensionPreferences.map(({ title, components: { Hint, Input } }, index) => {
+          {appPreferenceRegistry.getItems().map(({ title, components: { Hint, Input } }, index) => {
             return (
               <div key={index} className="preference">
                 <h2>{title}</h2>
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/bottom-bar.tsx b/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/bottom-bar.tsx
index 953334b5fe..1847615c7f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/bottom-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/bottom-bar.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Icon } from "../icon";
 import { WorkspaceMenu } from "../+workspaces/workspace-menu";
 import { workspaceStore } from "../../../common/workspace-store";
-import { navigate } from "../../navigation";
+import { statusBarRegistry } from "../../../extensions/registries";
 
 @observer
 export class BottomBar extends React.Component {
@@ -13,18 +13,19 @@ export class BottomBar extends React.Component {
     const { currentWorkspace } = workspaceStore;
     return (
       <div className="BottomBar flex gaps">
-        <div id="current-workspace" className="flex gaps align-center box">
+        <div id="current-workspace" className="flex gaps align-center">
           <Icon small material="layers"/>
           <span className="workspace-name">{currentWorkspace.name}</span>
         </div>
-        <WorkspaceMenu htmlFor="current-workspace"/>
-        <Icon
-          small
-          material="support"
-          tooltip="Support"
-          className="support-icon box right"
-          onClick={() => navigate("/support")}
+        <WorkspaceMenu
+          htmlFor="current-workspace"
         />
+        <div className="extensions box grow flex gaps justify-flex-end">
+          {statusBarRegistry.getItems().map(({ icon }, index) => {
+            if (!icon) return;
+            return <React.Fragment key={index}>{icon}</React.Fragment>
+          })}
+        </div>
       </div>
     )
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/lens-app.tsx b/src/renderer/lens-app.tsx
index e23056b9f8..e6c2baa6c2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/lens-app.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/lens-app.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { extensionLoader } from "../extensions/extension-loader";
 @observer
 export class LensApp extends React.Component {
   static async init() {
-    extensionLoader.loadOnMainRenderer();
+    extensionLoader.loadOnClusterManagerRenderer();
   }
 
   render() {