diff --git a/packages/core/src/main/k8s/api-base-host-header.injectable.ts b/packages/core/src/main/k8s/api-base-host-header.injectable.ts
index 281c4fda84..fda4fe800a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/main/k8s/api-base-host-header.injectable.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/main/k8s/api-base-host-header.injectable.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const apiBaseHostHeaderInjectable = getInjectable({
   instantiate: (di) => {
     const lensProxyPort = di.inject(lensProxyPortInjectable);
 
-    return `localhost:${lensProxyPort.get()}`;
+    return `lens.app:${lensProxyPort.get()}`;
   },
   injectionToken: apiBaseHostHeaderInjectionToken,
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy-certificate-request-handler.injectable.ts b/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy-certificate-request-handler.injectable.ts
index c26d1ac275..5f6938912a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy-certificate-request-handler.injectable.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy-certificate-request-handler.injectable.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
-import type { SelfSignedCert } from "selfsigned";
 import { lensProxyCertificateChannel } from "../../common/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate-channel";
 import { getRequestChannelListenerInjectable } from "../utils/channel/channel-listeners/listener-tokens";
 import lensProxyCertificateInjectable from "../../common/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate.injectable";
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import lensProxyCertificateInjectable from "../../common/certificate/lens-proxy-
 const lensProxyCertificateRequestHandlerInjectable = getRequestChannelListenerInjectable({
   channel: lensProxyCertificateChannel,
   handler: (di) => {
-    const lensProxyCertificate = di.inject(lensProxyCertificateInjectable).get() as SelfSignedCert;
+    const lensProxyCertificate = di.inject(lensProxyCertificateInjectable).get();
 
     return () => ({
       cert: lensProxyCertificate.cert,