diff --git a/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/attempt-to-listen.injectable.ts b/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/attempt-to-listen.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04a044252c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/attempt-to-listen.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { AddressInfo } from "net";
+import emitAppEventInjectable from "../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
+import loggerInjectable from "../../common/logger.injectable";
+import lensProxyHttpsServerInjectable from "./https-proxy/server.injectable";
+import lensProxyPortInjectable from "./lens-proxy-port.injectable";
+
+/**
+ * Starts to listen on an OS provided port. Will reject if the server throws
+ * an error.
+ *
+ * Resolves with the port number that was picked
+ */
+export type AttemptToListen = () => Promise<number>;
+
+const attemptToListenInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "attempt-to-listen",
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const proxyServer = di.inject(lensProxyHttpsServerInjectable);
+    const lensProxyPort = di.inject(lensProxyPortInjectable);
+    const logger = di.inject(loggerInjectable);
+    const emitAppEvent = di.inject(emitAppEventInjectable);
+
+    return () => new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {
+      proxyServer
+        .once("listening", () => {
+          proxyServer.removeAllListeners("error"); // don't reject the promise
+
+          const { address, port } = proxyServer.address() as AddressInfo;
+
+          lensProxyPort.set(port);
+
+          logger.info(`[LENS-PROXY]: Proxy server has started at ${address}:${port}`);
+
+          proxyServer.on("error", (error) => {
+            logger.info(`[LENS-PROXY]: Subsequent error: ${error}`);
+          });
+
+          emitAppEvent({ name: "lens-proxy", action: "listen", params: { port }});
+          resolve(port);
+        })
+        .once("error", (error) => {
+          logger.info(`[LENS-PROXY]: Proxy server failed to start: ${error}`);
+          reject(error);
+        });
+
+      proxyServer.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");
+    });
+  },
+});
+
+export default attemptToListenInjectable;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.injectable.ts b/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.injectable.ts
index 265e9dbe4b..b182d24723 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.injectable.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.injectable.ts
@@ -4,21 +4,19 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { LensProxy } from "./lens-proxy";
-import lensProxyPortInjectable from "./lens-proxy-port.injectable";
-import emitAppEventInjectable from "../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 import loggerInjectable from "../../common/logger.injectable";
 import lensProxyHttpsServerInjectable from "./https-proxy/server.injectable";
 import proxyRetryInjectable from "./proxy/retry.injectable";
+import attemptToListenInjectable from "./attempt-to-listen.injectable";
 
 const lensProxyInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "lens-proxy",
 
   instantiate: (di) => new LensProxy({
     proxyServer: di.inject(lensProxyHttpsServerInjectable),
-    lensProxyPort: di.inject(lensProxyPortInjectable),
-    emitAppEvent: di.inject(emitAppEventInjectable),
     logger: di.inject(loggerInjectable),
     proxyRetry: di.inject(proxyRetryInjectable),
+    attemptToListen: di.inject(attemptToListenInjectable),
   }),
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts b/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
index a509d0c230..57435fc26f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
@@ -3,24 +3,22 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-import type net from "net";
 import type https from "https";
 import type http from "http";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../common/cluster/cluster";
 import type { ProxyApiRequestArgs } from "./proxy-functions";
 import type { SetRequired } from "type-fest";
-import type { EmitAppEvent } from "../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 import type { Logger } from "../../common/logger";
 import { disallowedPorts } from "./disallowed-ports";
 import type { ProxyRetry } from "./proxy/retry.injectable";
+import type { AttemptToListen } from "./attempt-to-listen.injectable";
 
 export type GetClusterForRequest = (req: http.IncomingMessage) => Cluster | undefined;
 export type ServerIncomingMessage = SetRequired<http.IncomingMessage, "url" | "method">;
 export type LensProxyApiRequest = (args: ProxyApiRequestArgs) => void | Promise<void>;
 
 interface Dependencies {
-  emitAppEvent: EmitAppEvent;
-  readonly lensProxyPort: { set: (portNumber: number) => void };
+  attemptToListen: AttemptToListen;
   readonly logger: Logger;
   readonly proxyServer: https.Server;
   readonly proxyRetry: ProxyRetry;
@@ -29,40 +27,6 @@ interface Dependencies {
 export class LensProxy {
   constructor(private readonly dependencies: Dependencies) {}
 
-  /**
-   * Starts to listen on an OS provided port. Will reject if the server throws
-   * an error.
-   *
-   * Resolves with the port number that was picked
-   */
-  private attemptToListen(): Promise<number> {
-    return new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.dependencies.proxyServer.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");
-
-      this.dependencies.proxyServer
-        .once("listening", () => {
-          this.dependencies.proxyServer.removeAllListeners("error"); // don't reject the promise
-
-          const { address, port } = this.dependencies.proxyServer.address() as net.AddressInfo;
-
-          this.dependencies.lensProxyPort.set(port);
-
-          this.dependencies.logger.info(`[LENS-PROXY]: Proxy server has started at ${address}:${port}`);
-
-          this.dependencies.proxyServer.on("error", (error) => {
-            this.dependencies.logger.info(`[LENS-PROXY]: Subsequent error: ${error}`);
-          });
-
-          this.dependencies.emitAppEvent({ name: "lens-proxy", action: "listen", params: { port }});
-          resolve(port);
-        })
-        .once("error", (error) => {
-          this.dependencies.logger.info(`[LENS-PROXY]: Proxy server failed to start: ${error}`);
-          reject(error);
-        });
-    });
-  }
-
   /**
    * Starts the lens proxy.
    * @resolves After the server is listening on a good port
@@ -73,7 +37,7 @@ export class LensProxy {
 
     while(true) {
       this.dependencies.proxyServer?.close();
-      const port = await this.attemptToListen();
+      const port = await this.dependencies.attemptToListen();
 
       if (!disallowedPorts.has(port)) {
         // We didn't get a port that would result in an ERR_UNSAFE_PORT error, use it