diff --git a/src/common/base-store.ts b/src/common/base-store.ts
index 54f6d2a5a2..c5fc7383b1 100644
--- a/src/common/base-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/base-store.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ export abstract class BaseStore<T> extends Singleton {
   protected constructor(protected params: BaseStoreParams<T>) {
     super();
     makeObservable(this);
+
+    if (ipcRenderer) {
+      params.migrations = undefined; // don't run migrations on renderer
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
index 8cababf3c6..1bd18e06e8 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-import { app } from "electron";
+import { app, ipcMain } from "electron";
 import semver from "semver";
 import { action, computed, observable, reaction, makeObservable } from "mobx";
 import { BaseStore } from "../base-store";
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> /* implements UserStore
     });
 
     makeObservable(this);
-    fileNameMigration();
+
+    if (ipcMain) {
+      fileNameMigration();
+    }
+
     this.load();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/migrations/user-store/5.0.3-beta.1.ts b/src/migrations/user-store/5.0.3-beta.1.ts
index ea1c9dde52..05a1767f08 100644
--- a/src/migrations/user-store/5.0.3-beta.1.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/user-store/5.0.3-beta.1.ts
@@ -19,21 +19,22 @@
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+import { app } from "electron";
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import os from "os";
 import type { ClusterStoreModel } from "../../common/cluster-store";
 import type { KubeconfigSyncEntry, UserPreferencesModel } from "../../common/user-store";
 import { MigrationDeclaration, migrationLog } from "../helpers";
-import { getPath, isLogicalChildPath, storedKubeConfigFolder } from "../../common/utils";
+import { isLogicalChildPath, storedKubeConfigFolder } from "../../common/utils";
 
 export default {
   version: "5.0.3-beta.1",
   run(store) {
     try {
       const { syncKubeconfigEntries = [], ...preferences }: UserPreferencesModel = store.get("preferences") ?? {};
-      const { clusters = [] }: ClusterStoreModel = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path.resolve(getPath("userData"), "lens-cluster-store.json"), "utf-8")) ?? {};
-      const extensionDataDir = path.resolve(getPath("userData"), "extension_data");
+      const { clusters = [] }: ClusterStoreModel = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path.resolve(app.getPath("userData"), "lens-cluster-store.json"), "utf-8")) ?? {};
+      const extensionDataDir = path.resolve(app.getPath("userData"), "extension_data");
       const syncPaths = new Set(syncKubeconfigEntries.map(s => s.filePath));
 
       syncPaths.add(path.join(os.homedir(), ".kube"));
diff --git a/src/migrations/user-store/file-name-migration.ts b/src/migrations/user-store/file-name-migration.ts
index 10d7a7c99b..932e542642 100644
--- a/src/migrations/user-store/file-name-migration.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/user-store/file-name-migration.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+import { app } from "electron";
 import fse from "fs-extra";
 import path from "path";
-import { getPath } from "../../common/utils/getPath";
 
 export function fileNameMigration() {
-  const userDataPath = getPath("userData");
+  const userDataPath = app.getPath("userData");
   const configJsonPath = path.join(userDataPath, "config.json");
   const lensUserStoreJsonPath = path.join(userDataPath, "lens-user-store.json");