diff --git a/src/common/__tests__/cluster-store.test.ts b/src/common/__tests__/cluster-store.test.ts
index b5d173b976..f95ba43a20 100644
--- a/src/common/__tests__/cluster-store.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/__tests__/cluster-store.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import directoryForUserDataInjectable from "../app-paths/directory-for-user-data
 import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../main/getDiForUnitTesting";
 import getConfigurationFileModelInjectable from "../get-configuration-file-model/get-configuration-file-model.injectable";
 import assert from "assert";
-import directoryForTempInjectable from "../app-paths/directory-for-temp/directory-for-temp.injectable";
+import directoryForTempInjectable from "../app-paths/directory-for-temp.injectable";
 import kubectlBinaryNameInjectable from "../../main/kubectl/binary-name.injectable";
 import kubectlDownloadingNormalizedArchInjectable from "../../main/kubectl/normalized-arch.injectable";
 import normalizedPlatformInjectable from "../vars/normalized-platform.injectable";
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ describe("cluster-store", () => {
     mainDi.override(directoryForUserDataInjectable, () => ({
       get: () => "some-directory-for-user-data",
     }));
-    mainDi.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => "some-temp-directory");
+    mainDi.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => ({
+      get: () => "some-directory-for-temp",
+    }));
     mainDi.override(kubectlBinaryNameInjectable, () => "kubectl");
     mainDi.override(kubectlDownloadingNormalizedArchInjectable, () => "amd64");
     mainDi.override(normalizedPlatformInjectable, () => "darwin");
diff --git a/src/common/app-paths/directory-for-temp.injectable.ts b/src/common/app-paths/directory-for-temp.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4099de2749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/app-paths/directory-for-temp.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { createLazyInitializableState } from "../initializable-state/create-lazy";
+import { appPathsInjectionToken } from "./token";
+
+const directoryForTempInjectable = createLazyInitializableState({
+  id: "directory-for-temp",
+  init: (di) => di.inject(appPathsInjectionToken).get().temp,
+});
+
+export default directoryForTempInjectable;
diff --git a/src/common/app-paths/directory-for-temp/directory-for-temp.injectable.ts b/src/common/app-paths/directory-for-temp/directory-for-temp.injectable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b51e8e0489..0000000000
--- a/src/common/app-paths/directory-for-temp/directory-for-temp.injectable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * 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 { appPathsInjectionToken } from "../app-path-injection-token";
-
-const directoryForTempInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "directory-for-temp",
-  instantiate: (di) => di.inject(appPathsInjectionToken).temp,
-});
-
-export default directoryForTempInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/__test__/cluster.test.ts b/src/main/__test__/cluster.test.ts
index 02fe113c50..a3fd9e10b7 100644
--- a/src/main/__test__/cluster.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/__test__/cluster.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import createContextHandlerInjectable from "../context-handler/create-context-ha
 import type { ClusterContextHandler } from "../context-handler/context-handler";
 import { parse } from "url";
 import directoryForUserDataInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-user-data.injectable";
-import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp/directory-for-temp.injectable";
+import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp.injectable";
 import normalizedPlatformInjectable from "../../common/vars/normalized-platform.injectable";
 import kubectlBinaryNameInjectable from "../kubectl/binary-name.injectable";
 import kubectlDownloadingNormalizedArchInjectable from "../kubectl/normalized-arch.injectable";
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ describe("create clusters", () => {
     di.override(directoryForUserDataInjectable, () => ({
       get: () => "some-directory-for-user-data",
     }));
-    di.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => "some-directory-for-temp");
+    di.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => ({
+      get: () => "some-directory-for-temp",
+    }));
     di.override(kubectlBinaryNameInjectable, () => "kubectl");
     di.override(kubectlDownloadingNormalizedArchInjectable, () => "amd64");
     di.override(normalizedPlatformInjectable, () => "darwin");
diff --git a/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts b/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts
index 29bfed5515..f7b37e7da2 100644
--- a/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import path from "path";
 import spawnInjectable from "../child-process/spawn.injectable";
 import getConfigurationFileModelInjectable from "../../common/get-configuration-file-model/get-configuration-file-model.injectable";
 import directoryForUserDataInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-user-data.injectable";
-import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp/directory-for-temp.injectable";
+import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp.injectable";
 import normalizedPlatformInjectable from "../../common/vars/normalized-platform.injectable";
 import kubectlBinaryNameInjectable from "../kubectl/binary-name.injectable";
 import kubectlDownloadingNormalizedArchInjectable from "../kubectl/normalized-arch.injectable";
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ describe("kube auth proxy tests", () => {
     di.override(directoryForUserDataInjectable, () => ({
       get: () => "some-directory-for-user-data",
     }));
-    di.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => "some-directory-for-temp");
+    di.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => ({
+      get: () => "some-directory-for-temp",
+    }));
 
     spawnMock = jest.fn();
     di.override(spawnInjectable, () => spawnMock);
diff --git a/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts b/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts
index 61264b8dd1..4fc0f57523 100644
--- a/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { KubeconfigManager } from "../kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../common/cluster/cluster";
 import createKubeconfigManagerInjectable from "../kubeconfig-manager/create-kubeconfig-manager.injectable";
 import { createClusterInjectionToken } from "../../common/cluster/create-cluster-injection-token";
-import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp/directory-for-temp.injectable";
+import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp.injectable";
 import createContextHandlerInjectable from "../context-handler/create-context-handler.injectable";
 import type { DiContainer } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { parse } from "url";
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ describe("kubeconfig manager tests", () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
 
-    di.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => "/some-directory-for-temp");
+    di.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => ({
+      get: () => "/some-directory-for-temp",
+    }));
     di.override(directoryForUserDataInjectable, () => ({
       get: () => "/some-directory-for-user-data",
     }));
diff --git a/src/main/catalog-sources/__test__/kubeconfig-sync.test.ts b/src/main/catalog-sources/__test__/kubeconfig-sync.test.ts
index 0afae049b0..224d420a7a 100644
--- a/src/main/catalog-sources/__test__/kubeconfig-sync.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/catalog-sources/__test__/kubeconfig-sync.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { loadFromOptions } from "../../../common/kube-helpers";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../../common/cluster/cluster";
 import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../getDiForUnitTesting";
 import directoryForUserDataInjectable from "../../../common/app-paths/directory-for-user-data.injectable";
-import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp/directory-for-temp.injectable";
+import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp.injectable";
 import { iter, strictGet } from "../../../common/utils";
 import type { ComputeKubeconfigDiff } from "../kubeconfig-sync/compute-diff.injectable";
 import computeKubeconfigDiffInjectable from "../kubeconfig-sync/compute-diff.injectable";
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ describe("kubeconfig-sync.source tests", () => {
   beforeEach(async () => {
     di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
 
-    di.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => "/some-directory-for-temp");
-
     clusters = new Map();
     di.override(getClusterByIdInjectable, () => id => clusters.get(id));
     di.override(directoryForUserDataInjectable, () => ({
       get: () => "some-directory-for-user-data",
     }));
-    di.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => "some-directory-for-temp");
+    di.override(directoryForTempInjectable, () => ({
+      get: () => "some-directory-for-temp",
+    }));
     di.override(kubectlBinaryNameInjectable, () => "kubectl");
     di.override(kubectlDownloadingNormalizedArchInjectable, () => "amd64");
     di.override(normalizedPlatformInjectable, () => "darwin");
diff --git a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/create-kubeconfig-manager.injectable.ts b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/create-kubeconfig-manager.injectable.ts
index ed75943398..12aeb82453 100644
--- a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/create-kubeconfig-manager.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/create-kubeconfig-manager.injectable.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../common/cluster/cluster";
-import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp/directory-for-temp.injectable";
+import directoryForTempInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-temp.injectable";
 import type { KubeconfigManagerDependencies } from "./kubeconfig-manager";
 import { KubeconfigManager } from "./kubeconfig-manager";
 import loggerInjectable from "../../common/logger.injectable";
diff --git a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager.ts b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager.ts
index a51599169e..89a3f4a6fc 100644
--- a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ import type { GetDirnameOfPath } from "../../common/path/get-dirname.injectable"
 import type { PathExists } from "../../common/fs/path-exists.injectable";
 import type { DeleteFile } from "../../common/fs/delete-file.injectable";
 import type { WriteFile } from "../../common/fs/write-file.injectable";
+import type { LazyInitializableState } from "../../common/initializable-state/create-lazy";
 
 export interface KubeconfigManagerDependencies {
-  readonly directoryForTemp: string;
+  readonly directoryForTemp: LazyInitializableState<string>;
   readonly logger: Logger;
   readonly lensProxyPort: { get: () => number };
   joinPaths: JoinPaths;
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ export class KubeconfigManager {
     const { cluster } = this;
     const { contextName, id } = cluster;
     const tempFile = this.dependencies.joinPaths(
-      this.dependencies.directoryForTemp,
+      this.dependencies.directoryForTemp.get(),
       `kubeconfig-${id}`,
     );
     const kubeConfig = await cluster.getKubeconfig();