diff --git a/src/main/app-updater.ts b/src/main/app-updater.ts
index 5d2147923c..9a5d2f0212 100644
--- a/src/main/app-updater.ts
+++ b/src/main/app-updater.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ autoUpdater.logger = {
   debug: message => logger.debug(`[AUTO-UPDATE]: electron-updater: %s`, message),
 };
 
+interface Dependencies {
+  isAutoUpdateEnabled: () => boolean;
+}
+
 /**
  * starts the automatic update checking
  */
-export const startUpdateChecking = (isAutoUpdateEnabled : () => boolean) => once(function (interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24): void {
+export const startUpdateChecking = ({ isAutoUpdateEnabled } : Dependencies) => once(function (interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24): void {
   if (!isAutoUpdateEnabled() || isTestEnv) {
     return;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-update-checking.injectable.ts b/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-update-checking.injectable.ts
index 9c69328541..918e985265 100644
--- a/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-update-checking.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-update-checking.injectable.ts
@@ -4,24 +4,21 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { afterRootFrameIsReadyInjectionToken } from "../../start-main-application/runnable-tokens/after-root-frame-is-ready-injection-token";
-import { startUpdateChecking } from "../../app-updater";
-import isAutoUpdateEnabledInjectable from "../../is-auto-update-enabled.injectable";
+import startUpdateCheckingInjectable from "../../start-update-checking.injectable";
 
 const setupUpdateCheckingInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "setup-update-checking",
 
   instantiate: (di) => {
-    const isAutoUpdateEnabled = di.inject(isAutoUpdateEnabledInjectable);
+    const startUpdateChecking = di.inject(startUpdateCheckingInjectable);
 
     return {
       run: () => {
-        startUpdateChecking(isAutoUpdateEnabled)();
+        startUpdateChecking();
       },
     };
   },
 
-  causesSideEffects: true,
-
   injectionToken: afterRootFrameIsReadyInjectionToken,
 });
 
diff --git a/src/main/start-update-checking.injectable.ts b/src/main/start-update-checking.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4571e70df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/start-update-checking.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { startUpdateChecking } from "./app-updater";
+import isAutoUpdateEnabledInjectable from "./is-auto-update-enabled.injectable";
+
+const startUpdateCheckingInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "start-update-checking",
+
+  instantiate: (di) => startUpdateChecking({
+    isAutoUpdateEnabled: di.inject(isAutoUpdateEnabledInjectable),
+  }),
+
+  causesSideEffects: true,
+});
+
+export default startUpdateCheckingInjectable;