diff --git a/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts b/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts
index 3b79c3ab56..db948df25a 100644
--- a/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts
+++ b/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ export interface KubernetesClusterStatus extends CatalogEntityStatus {
 }
 
 export class KubernetesCluster extends CatalogEntity<CatalogEntityMetadata, KubernetesClusterStatus, KubernetesClusterSpec> {
-  public readonly apiVersion = "entity.k8slens.dev/v1alpha1";
-  public readonly kind = "KubernetesCluster";
+  public static readonly apiVersion = "entity.k8slens.dev/v1alpha1";
+  public static readonly kind = "KubernetesCluster";
+
+  public readonly apiVersion = KubernetesCluster.apiVersion;
+  public readonly kind = KubernetesCluster.kind;
 
   async connect(): Promise<void> {
     if (app) {
diff --git a/src/main/catalog/catalog-entity-registry.ts b/src/main/catalog/catalog-entity-registry.ts
index 4cecf4f49b..f2188132eb 100644
--- a/src/main/catalog/catalog-entity-registry.ts
+++ b/src/main/catalog/catalog-entity-registry.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 import { action, computed, IComputedValue, IObservableArray, makeObservable, observable } from "mobx";
-import { CatalogCategoryRegistry, catalogCategoryRegistry, CatalogEntity } from "../../common/catalog";
+import { CatalogCategoryRegistry, catalogCategoryRegistry, CatalogEntity, CatalogEntityKindData } from "../../common/catalog";
 import { iter } from "../../common/utils";
 
 export class CatalogEntityRegistry {
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ export class CatalogEntityRegistry {
 
     return items as T[];
   }
+
+  getItemsByEntityClass<T extends CatalogEntity>({ apiVersion, kind }: CatalogEntityKindData): T[] {
+    return this.getItemsForApiKind(apiVersion, kind);
+  }
 }
 
 export const catalogEntityRegistry = new CatalogEntityRegistry(catalogCategoryRegistry);
diff --git a/src/main/initializers/ipc.ts b/src/main/initializers/ipc.ts
index 95c4571a41..3614c602d7 100644
--- a/src/main/initializers/ipc.ts
+++ b/src/main/initializers/ipc.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { IpcMainInvokeEvent } from "electron";
-import type { KubernetesCluster } from "../../common/catalog-entities";
+import { KubernetesCluster } from "../../common/catalog-entities";
 import { clusterFrameMap } from "../../common/cluster-frames";
 import { clusterActivateHandler, clusterSetFrameIdHandler, clusterVisibilityHandler, clusterRefreshHandler, clusterDisconnectHandler, clusterKubectlApplyAllHandler, clusterKubectlDeleteAllHandler, clusterDeleteHandler } from "../../common/cluster-ipc";
 import { ClusterId, ClusterStore } from "../../common/cluster-store";
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ export function initIpcMainHandlers() {
   });
 
   ipcMainHandle(clusterVisibilityHandler, (event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, clusterId: ClusterId, visible: boolean) => {
-    const entity = catalogEntityRegistry.getById<KubernetesCluster>(clusterId);
+    const entity = catalogEntityRegistry.getById(clusterId);
 
-    for (const kubeEntity of catalogEntityRegistry.getItemsForApiKind(entity.apiVersion, entity.kind)) {
+    for (const kubeEntity of catalogEntityRegistry.getItemsByEntityClass(KubernetesCluster)) {
       kubeEntity.status.active = false;
     }