diff --git a/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts b/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts
index f90381eb44..0dbd07c63c 100644
--- a/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts
@@ -4,24 +4,29 @@
  */
 
 import type { AppEvent } from "../app-event-bus/event-bus";
-import { appEventBus } from "../app-event-bus/event-bus";
-import { assert, Console } from "console";
-import { stdout, stderr } from "process";
-
-console = new Console(stdout, stderr);
+import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../main/getDiForUnitTesting";
+import appEventBusInjectable from "../app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable";
+import type { EventEmitter } from "../event-emitter";
 
 describe("event bus tests", () => {
+  let appEventBus: EventEmitter<[AppEvent]>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const di = getDiForUnitTesting();
+
+    appEventBus = di.inject(appEventBusInjectable);
+  });
+
   describe("emit", () => {
     it("emits an event", () => {
-      let event: AppEvent | undefined;
+      let event!: AppEvent;
 
       appEventBus.addListener((data) => {
         event = data;
       });
 
       appEventBus.emit({ name: "foo", action: "bar" });
-      assert(event);
-      expect(event?.name).toBe("foo");
+      expect(event.name).toBe("foo");
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable.ts b/src/common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable.ts
index 31ed3dd3a1..a4c57612d1 100644
--- a/src/common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import { appEventBus } from "./event-bus";
+import { EventEmitter } from "../event-emitter";
+import type { AppEvent } from "./event-bus";
 
 const appEventBusInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "app-event-bus",
-  instantiate: () => appEventBus,
-  causesSideEffects: true,
+  instantiate: () => new EventEmitter<[AppEvent]>(),
 });
 
 export default appEventBusInjectable;
diff --git a/src/common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable.ts b/src/common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable.ts
index 47bf2ca691..842af570c9 100644
--- a/src/common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import appEventBusInjectable from "./app-event-bus.injectable";
+import type { AppEvent } from "./event-bus";
+
+export type EmitEvent = (event: AppEvent) => void;
 
 const emitEventInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "emit-event",
-  instantiate: (di) => di.inject(appEventBusInjectable).emit,
+  instantiate: (di): EmitEvent => {
+    const appEventBus = di.inject(appEventBusInjectable);
+
+    return (event) => appEventBus.emit(event);
+  },
 });
 
 export default emitEventInjectable;
diff --git a/src/common/app-event-bus/event-bus.ts b/src/common/app-event-bus/event-bus.ts
index 67d23587c7..04ec73f3f8 100644
--- a/src/common/app-event-bus/event-bus.ts
+++ b/src/common/app-event-bus/event-bus.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-import { EventEmitter } from "../event-emitter";
-
+/**
+ * The shape of an event that can be emitted for telemetry purposes
+ */
 export interface AppEvent {
   name: string;
   action: string;
   destination?: string;
   params?: Record<string, any>;
 }
-
-export const appEventBus = new EventEmitter<[AppEvent]>();
diff --git a/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.injectable.ts b/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.injectable.ts
index 8be7fd8c71..7628dc4003 100644
--- a/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.injectable.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import directoryForUserDataInjectable from "../app-paths/directory-for-user-data
 import appVersionInjectable from "../get-configuration-file-model/app-version/app-version.injectable";
 import getConfigurationFileModelInjectable from "../get-configuration-file-model/get-configuration-file-model.injectable";
 import loggerInjectable from "../logger.injectable";
+import emitEventInjectable from "../app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 const clusterStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "cluster-store",
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ const clusterStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
       appVersion: di.inject(appVersionInjectable),
       directoryForUserData: di.inject(directoryForUserDataInjectable),
       getConfigurationFileModel: di.inject(getConfigurationFileModelInjectable),
+      emitEvent: di.inject(emitEventInjectable),
     });
   },
 
diff --git a/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.ts b/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.ts
index 4163ad6f76..0de3c67385 100644
--- a/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { action, comparer, computed, makeObservable, observable, reaction } from
 import type { BaseStoreDependencies } from "../base-store";
 import { BaseStore } from "../base-store";
 import { Cluster } from "../cluster/cluster";
-import type { AppEvent } from "../app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import { ipcMainHandle } from "../ipc";
 import { disposer, toJS } from "../utils";
 import type { ClusterModel, ClusterId, ClusterState } from "../cluster-types";
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import { clusterStates } from "../ipc/cluster";
 import type { CreateCluster } from "../cluster/create-cluster-injection-token";
 import type { ReadClusterConfigSync } from "./read-cluster-config.injectable";
 import type { Migrations } from "conf/dist/source/types";
-import type { EventEmitter } from "../event-emitter";
+import type { EmitEvent } from "../app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 export interface ClusterStoreModel {
   clusters?: ClusterModel[];
@@ -27,8 +26,8 @@ export interface ClusterStoreModel {
 interface ClusterStoreDependencies extends BaseStoreDependencies {
   createCluster: CreateCluster;
   readClusterConfigSync: ReadClusterConfigSync;
+  emitEvent: EmitEvent;
   readonly migrations: Migrations<ClusterStoreModel> | undefined;
-  readonly appEventBus: EventEmitter<[AppEvent]>;
 }
 
 export class ClusterStore extends BaseStore<ClusterStoreModel> {
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ export class ClusterStore extends BaseStore<ClusterStoreModel> {
   }
 
   addCluster(clusterOrModel: ClusterModel | Cluster): Cluster {
-    this.dependencies.appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "add" });
+    this.dependencies.emitEvent({ name: "cluster", action: "add" });
 
     const cluster = clusterOrModel instanceof Cluster
       ? clusterOrModel
diff --git a/src/common/event-emitter.ts b/src/common/event-emitter.ts
index 4d7f5ca53c..03f8e2754b 100644
--- a/src/common/event-emitter.ts
+++ b/src/common/event-emitter.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class EventEmitter<D extends [...any[]]> {
     this.listeners.length = 0;
   }
 
-  emit = (...data: D) => {
+  emit(...data: D) {
     for (const [callback, { once }] of this.listeners) {
       if (once) {
         this.removeListener(callback);
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ export class EventEmitter<D extends [...any[]]> {
         break;
       }
     }
-  };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.ts
index e511dd8454..ee93b3eb60 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.ts
@@ -3,38 +3,12 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-import { JsonApi } from "./json-api";
-import { apiPrefix, isDebugging, isDevelopment } from "../vars";
-import { appEventBus } from "../app-event-bus/event-bus";
+import type { JsonApi } from "./json-api";
+import { getInjectionToken } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi } from "../../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/as-legacy-global-object-for-extension-api";
 
-export let apiBase: JsonApi;
+export const apiBaseInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<JsonApi>({
+  id: "api-base-token",
+});
 
-if (typeof window === "undefined") {
-  appEventBus.addListener((event) => {
-    if (event.name !== "lens-proxy" && event.action !== "listen") return;
-
-    const params = event.params as { port?: number };
-
-    if (!params.port) return;
-
-    apiBase = new JsonApi({
-      serverAddress: `http://127.0.0.1:${params.port}`,
-      apiBase: apiPrefix,
-      debug: isDevelopment || isDebugging,
-    }, {
-      headers: {
-        "Host": `localhost:${params.port}`,
-      },
-    });
-  });
-} else {
-  apiBase = new JsonApi({
-    serverAddress: `http://127.0.0.1:${window.location.port}`,
-    apiBase: apiPrefix,
-    debug: isDevelopment || isDebugging,
-  }, {
-    headers: {
-      "Host": window.location.host,
-    },
-  });
-}
+export const apiBase = asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi(apiBaseInjectionToken);
diff --git a/src/common/user-store/user-store.injectable.ts b/src/common/user-store/user-store.injectable.ts
index dbda8f629e..4d6fcf812e 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store/user-store.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store/user-store.injectable.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import directoryForUserDataInjectable from "../app-paths/directory-for-user-data
 import appVersionInjectable from "../get-configuration-file-model/app-version/app-version.injectable";
 import getConfigurationFileModelInjectable from "../get-configuration-file-model/get-configuration-file-model.injectable";
 import loggerInjectable from "../logger.injectable";
+import emitEventInjectable from "../app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 const userStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "user-store",
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ const userStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
       appVersion: di.inject(appVersionInjectable),
       directoryForUserData: di.inject(directoryForUserDataInjectable),
       getConfigurationFileModel: di.inject(getConfigurationFileModelInjectable),
+      emitEvent: di.inject(emitEventInjectable),
     });
   },
 
diff --git a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
index bd453723eb..a2df5fca89 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import type { BaseStoreDependencies } from "../base-store";
 import { BaseStore } from "../base-store";
 import { getAppVersion } from "../utils/app-version";
 import { kubeConfigDefaultPath } from "../kube-helpers";
-import { appEventBus } from "../app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import { getOrInsertSet, toggle, toJS, object } from "../../renderer/utils";
 import { DESCRIPTORS } from "./preferences-helpers";
 import type { UserPreferencesModel, StoreType } from "./preferences-helpers";
 import type { SelectedUpdateChannel } from "../application-update/selected-update-channel/selected-update-channel.injectable";
 import type { UpdateChannelId } from "../application-update/update-channels";
 import type { Migrations } from "conf/dist/source/types";
+import type { EmitEvent } from "../app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 export interface UserStoreModel {
   lastSeenAppVersion: string;
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export interface UserStoreModel {
 interface UserStoreDependencies extends BaseStoreDependencies {
   readonly selectedUpdateChannel: SelectedUpdateChannel;
   readonly migrations: Migrations<UserStoreModel> | undefined;
+  emitEvent: EmitEvent;
 }
 
 export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> /* implements UserStoreFlatModel (when strict null is enabled) */ {
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> /* implements UserStore
 
   @action
   saveLastSeenAppVersion() {
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: "app", action: "whats-new-seen" });
+    this.dependencies.emitEvent({ name: "app", action: "whats-new-seen" });
     this.lastSeenAppVersion = getAppVersion();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/common/vars.ts b/src/common/vars.ts
index 663703d7d0..3b4a542703 100644
--- a/src/common/vars.ts
+++ b/src/common/vars.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ export const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";
  */
 export const isLinux = process.platform === "linux";
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use `di.inject(isDebuggingInjectable)` instead
+ */
 export const isDebugging = ["true", "1", "yes", "y", "on"].includes((process.env.DEBUG ?? "").toLowerCase());
+
 export const isSnap = !!process.env.SNAP;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/common/vars/is-debugging.injectable.ts b/src/common/vars/is-debugging.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..079086e628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/vars/is-debugging.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 { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+
+const isDebuggingInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "is-debugging",
+  instantiate: () => ["true", "1", "yes", "y", "on"].includes((process.env.DEBUG ?? "").toLowerCase()),
+  causesSideEffects: true,
+});
+
+export default isDebuggingInjectable;
diff --git a/src/extensions/common-api/event-bus.ts b/src/extensions/common-api/event-bus.ts
index c6d2a1a34b..d95e3f49d4 100644
--- a/src/extensions/common-api/event-bus.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/common-api/event-bus.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-export { appEventBus } from "../../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
+import appEventBusInjectable from "../../common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable";
+import { asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi } from "../as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/as-legacy-global-object-for-extension-api";
+
 export type { AppEvent } from "../../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
+
+export const appEventBus = asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi(appEventBusInjectable);
diff --git a/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-ipc-main-handlers/setup-ipc-main-handlers.injectable.ts b/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-ipc-main-handlers/setup-ipc-main-handlers.injectable.ts
index 24f90f01b3..f6e604c4a0 100644
--- a/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-ipc-main-handlers/setup-ipc-main-handlers.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-ipc-main-handlers/setup-ipc-main-handlers.injectable.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import directoryForLensLocalStorageInjectable from "../../../../common/directory-for-lens-local-storage/directory-for-lens-local-storage.injectable";
+import type { SetupIpcMainHandlersDependencies } from "./setup-ipc-main-handlers";
 import { setupIpcMainHandlers } from "./setup-ipc-main-handlers";
 import loggerInjectable from "../../../../common/logger.injectable";
 import clusterManagerInjectable from "../../../cluster-manager.injectable";
@@ -14,39 +15,29 @@ import { onLoadOfApplicationInjectionToken } from "../../../start-main-applicati
 import operatingSystemThemeInjectable from "../../../theme/operating-system-theme.injectable";
 import catalogEntityRegistryInjectable from "../../../catalog/entity-registry.injectable";
 import askUserForFilePathsInjectable from "../../../ipc/ask-user-for-file-paths.injectable";
+import emitEventInjectable from "../../../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 const setupIpcMainHandlersInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "setup-ipc-main-handlers",
 
   instantiate: (di) => {
     const logger = di.inject(loggerInjectable);
-
-    const directoryForLensLocalStorage = di.inject(
-      directoryForLensLocalStorageInjectable,
-    );
-
-    const clusterManager = di.inject(clusterManagerInjectable);
-    const applicationMenuItems = di.inject(applicationMenuItemsInjectable);
-    const getAbsolutePath = di.inject(getAbsolutePathInjectable);
-    const catalogEntityRegistry = di.inject(catalogEntityRegistryInjectable);
-    const clusterStore = di.inject(clusterStoreInjectable);
-    const operatingSystemTheme = di.inject(operatingSystemThemeInjectable);
-    const askUserForFilePaths = di.inject(askUserForFilePathsInjectable);
+    const deps: SetupIpcMainHandlersDependencies = {
+      directoryForLensLocalStorage: di.inject(directoryForLensLocalStorageInjectable),
+      clusterManager: di.inject(clusterManagerInjectable),
+      applicationMenuItems: di.inject(applicationMenuItemsInjectable),
+      getAbsolutePath: di.inject(getAbsolutePathInjectable),
+      catalogEntityRegistry: di.inject(catalogEntityRegistryInjectable),
+      clusterStore: di.inject(clusterStoreInjectable),
+      operatingSystemTheme: di.inject(operatingSystemThemeInjectable),
+      askUserForFilePaths: di.inject(askUserForFilePathsInjectable),
+      emitEvent: di.inject(emitEventInjectable),
+    };
 
     return {
       run: () => {
         logger.debug("[APP-MAIN] initializing ipc main handlers");
-
-        setupIpcMainHandlers({
-          applicationMenuItems,
-          getAbsolutePath,
-          directoryForLensLocalStorage,
-          clusterManager,
-          catalogEntityRegistry,
-          clusterStore,
-          operatingSystemTheme,
-          askUserForFilePaths,
-        });
+        setupIpcMainHandlers(deps);
       },
     };
   },
diff --git a/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-ipc-main-handlers/setup-ipc-main-handlers.ts b/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-ipc-main-handlers/setup-ipc-main-handlers.ts
index 9342696c77..6b0c534b52 100644
--- a/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-ipc-main-handlers/setup-ipc-main-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/main/electron-app/runnables/setup-ipc-main-handlers/setup-ipc-main-handlers.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { clusterFrameMap } from "../../../../common/cluster-frames";
 import { clusterActivateHandler, clusterSetFrameIdHandler, clusterVisibilityHandler, clusterRefreshHandler, clusterDisconnectHandler, clusterKubectlApplyAllHandler, clusterKubectlDeleteAllHandler, clusterDeleteHandler, clusterSetDeletingHandler, clusterClearDeletingHandler } from "../../../../common/ipc/cluster";
 import type { ClusterId } from "../../../../common/cluster-types";
 import { ClusterStore } from "../../../../common/cluster-store/cluster-store";
-import { appEventBus } from "../../../../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import { broadcastMainChannel, broadcastMessage, ipcMainHandle, ipcMainOn } from "../../../../common/ipc";
 import type { CatalogEntityRegistry } from "../../../catalog";
 import { pushCatalogToRenderer } from "../../../catalog-pusher";
@@ -24,8 +23,9 @@ import { openFilePickingDialogChannel } from "../../../../common/ipc/dialog";
 import { getNativeThemeChannel } from "../../../../common/ipc/native-theme";
 import type { Theme } from "../../../theme/operating-system-theme-state.injectable";
 import type { AskUserForFilePaths } from "../../../ipc/ask-user-for-file-paths.injectable";
+import type { EmitEvent } from "../../../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
-interface Dependencies {
+export interface SetupIpcMainHandlersDependencies {
   directoryForLensLocalStorage: string;
   getAbsolutePath: GetAbsolutePath;
   applicationMenuItems: IComputedValue<MenuItemOpts[]>;
@@ -34,9 +34,20 @@ interface Dependencies {
   clusterStore: ClusterStore;
   operatingSystemTheme: IComputedValue<Theme>;
   askUserForFilePaths: AskUserForFilePaths;
+  emitEvent: EmitEvent;
 }
 
-export const setupIpcMainHandlers = ({ applicationMenuItems, directoryForLensLocalStorage, getAbsolutePath, clusterManager, catalogEntityRegistry, clusterStore, operatingSystemTheme, askUserForFilePaths }: Dependencies) => {
+export const setupIpcMainHandlers = ({
+  applicationMenuItems,
+  directoryForLensLocalStorage,
+  getAbsolutePath,
+  clusterManager,
+  catalogEntityRegistry,
+  clusterStore,
+  operatingSystemTheme,
+  askUserForFilePaths,
+  emitEvent,
+}: SetupIpcMainHandlersDependencies) => {
   ipcMainHandle(clusterActivateHandler, (event, clusterId: ClusterId, force = false) => {
     return ClusterStore.getInstance()
       .getById(clusterId)
@@ -65,7 +76,7 @@ export const setupIpcMainHandlers = ({ applicationMenuItems, directoryForLensLoc
   });
 
   ipcMainHandle(clusterDisconnectHandler, (event, clusterId: ClusterId) => {
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "stop" });
+    emitEvent({ name: "cluster", action: "stop" });
     const cluster = ClusterStore.getInstance().getById(clusterId);
 
     if (cluster) {
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ export const setupIpcMainHandlers = ({ applicationMenuItems, directoryForLensLoc
   });
 
   ipcMainHandle(clusterDeleteHandler, async (event, clusterId: ClusterId) => {
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "remove" });
+    emitEvent({ name: "cluster", action: "remove" });
 
     const clusterStore = ClusterStore.getInstance();
     const cluster = clusterStore.getById(clusterId);
@@ -109,7 +120,7 @@ export const setupIpcMainHandlers = ({ applicationMenuItems, directoryForLensLoc
   });
 
   ipcMainHandle(clusterKubectlApplyAllHandler, async (event, clusterId: ClusterId, resources: string[], extraArgs: string[]) => {
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "kubectl-apply-all" });
+    emitEvent({ name: "cluster", action: "kubectl-apply-all" });
     const cluster = ClusterStore.getInstance().getById(clusterId);
 
     if (cluster) {
@@ -128,7 +139,7 @@ export const setupIpcMainHandlers = ({ applicationMenuItems, directoryForLensLoc
   });
 
   ipcMainHandle(clusterKubectlDeleteAllHandler, async (event, clusterId: ClusterId, resources: string[], extraArgs: string[]) => {
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "kubectl-delete-all" });
+    emitEvent({ name: "cluster", action: "kubectl-delete-all" });
     const cluster = ClusterStore.getInstance().getById(clusterId);
 
     if (cluster) {
diff --git a/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts b/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts
index 0d5f356d1f..8a09dbeab5 100644
--- a/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts
+++ b/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import { getAbsolutePathFake } from "../common/test-utils/get-absolute-path-fake
 import joinPathsInjectable from "../common/path/join-paths.injectable";
 import { joinPathsFake } from "../common/test-utils/join-paths-fake";
 import hotbarStoreInjectable from "../common/hotbars/store.injectable";
-import appEventBusInjectable from "../common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable";
-import { EventEmitter } from "../common/event-emitter";
-import type { AppEvent } from "../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import commandLineArgumentsInjectable from "./utils/command-line-arguments.injectable";
 import initializeExtensionsInjectable from "./start-main-application/runnables/initialize-extensions.injectable";
 import lensResourcesDirInjectable from "../common/vars/lens-resources-dir.injectable";
@@ -178,9 +175,6 @@ export function getDiForUnitTesting(opts: { doGeneralOverrides?: boolean } = {})
       execFileInjectable,
     ]);
 
-    // TODO: Remove usages of globally exported appEventBus to get rid of this
-    di.override(appEventBusInjectable, () => new EventEmitter<[AppEvent]>());
-
     di.override(appNameInjectable, () => "some-app-name");
     di.override(broadcastMessageInjectable, () => (channel) => {
       throw new Error(`Tried to broadcast message to channel "${channel}" over IPC without explicit override.`);
diff --git a/src/main/k8s-api/api-base.injectable.ts b/src/main/k8s-api/api-base.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..480cc13157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/k8s-api/api-base.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { apiBaseInjectionToken } from "../../common/k8s-api/api-base";
+import { JsonApi } from "../../common/k8s-api/json-api";
+import { apiPrefix } from "../../common/vars";
+import isDebuggingInjectable from "../../common/vars/is-debugging.injectable";
+import isDevelopmentInjectable from "../../common/vars/is-development.injectable";
+import lensProxyPortInjectable from "../lens-proxy/lens-proxy-port.injectable";
+
+const apiBaseInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "api-base",
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const lensProxyPort = di.inject(lensProxyPortInjectable);
+    const isDevelopment = di.inject(isDevelopmentInjectable);
+    const isDebugging= di.inject(isDebuggingInjectable);
+    const proxyPort = lensProxyPort.get();
+
+    return new JsonApi({
+      serverAddress: `http://127.0.0.1:${proxyPort}`,
+      apiBase: apiPrefix,
+      debug: isDevelopment || isDebugging,
+    }, {
+      headers: {
+        "Host": `localhost:${proxyPort}`,
+      },
+    });
+  },
+  injectionToken: apiBaseInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default apiBaseInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.injectable.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.injectable.ts
index 34cb327339..b65b1dfcae 100644
--- a/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.injectable.ts
@@ -10,26 +10,20 @@ import httpProxy from "http-proxy";
 import clusterManagerInjectable from "../cluster-manager.injectable";
 import shellApiRequestInjectable from "./proxy-functions/shell-api-request/shell-api-request.injectable";
 import lensProxyPortInjectable from "./lens-proxy-port.injectable";
+import emitEventInjectable from "../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 const lensProxyInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "lens-proxy",
 
-  instantiate: (di) => {
-    const clusterManager = di.inject(clusterManagerInjectable);
-    const router = di.inject(routerInjectable);
-    const shellApiRequest = di.inject(shellApiRequestInjectable);
-    const proxy = httpProxy.createProxy();
-    const lensProxyPort = di.inject(lensProxyPortInjectable);
-
-    return new LensProxy({
-      router,
-      proxy,
-      kubeApiUpgradeRequest,
-      shellApiRequest,
-      getClusterForRequest: clusterManager.getClusterForRequest,
-      lensProxyPort,
-    });
-  },
+  instantiate: (di) => new LensProxy({
+    router: di.inject(routerInjectable),
+    proxy: httpProxy.createProxy(),
+    kubeApiUpgradeRequest,
+    shellApiRequest: di.inject(shellApiRequestInjectable),
+    getClusterForRequest: di.inject(clusterManagerInjectable).getClusterForRequest,
+    lensProxyPort: di.inject(lensProxyPortInjectable),
+    emitEvent: di.inject(emitEventInjectable),
+  }),
 });
 
 export default lensProxyInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
index 5e58104d60..4263b5b798 100644
--- a/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import type { ClusterContextHandler } from "../context-handler/context-handler";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../common/cluster/cluster";
 import type { ProxyApiRequestArgs } from "./proxy-functions";
-import { appEventBus } from "../../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import { getBoolean } from "../utils/parse-query";
 import assert from "assert";
 import type { SetRequired } from "type-fest";
+import type { EmitEvent } from "../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 type GetClusterForRequest = (req: http.IncomingMessage) => Cluster | undefined;
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ interface Dependencies {
   router: Router;
   proxy: httpProxy;
   lensProxyPort: { set: (portNumber: number) => void };
+  emitEvent: EmitEvent;
 }
 
 const watchParam = "watch";
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export class LensProxy {
             logger.info(`[LENS-PROXY]: Subsequent error: ${error}`);
           });
 
-          appEventBus.emit({ name: "lens-proxy", action: "listen", params: { port }});
+          this.dependencies.emitEvent({ name: "lens-proxy", action: "listen", params: { port }});
           resolve(port);
         })
         .once("error", (error) => {
diff --git a/src/main/resource-applier.ts b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
index 30c85e8fa0..66de685d0e 100644
--- a/src/main/resource-applier.ts
+++ b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,24 @@ import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
 import path from "path";
 import tempy from "tempy";
 import logger from "./logger";
-import { appEventBus } from "../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import { isChildProcessError } from "../common/utils";
 import type { Patch } from "rfc6902";
 import { promiseExecFile } from "../common/utils/promise-exec";
+import type { EmitEvent } from "../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
+import emitEventInjectable from "../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
+import { getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi, Environments } from "../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/legacy-global-di-for-extension-api";
 
 export class ResourceApplier {
-  constructor(protected cluster: Cluster) {}
+  private readonly dependencies: { emitEvent: EmitEvent };
+
+  constructor(protected cluster: Cluster) {
+    // TODO: replace with dependencies
+    const di = getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi(Environments.main);
+
+    this.dependencies = {
+      emitEvent: di.inject(emitEventInjectable),
+    };
+  }
 
   /**
    * Patch a kube resource's manifest, throwing any error that occurs.
@@ -27,7 +38,7 @@ export class ResourceApplier {
    * @param ns The optional namespace of the kube resource
    */
   async patch(name: string, kind: string, patch: Patch, ns?: string): Promise<string> {
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: "resource", action: "patch" });
+    this.dependencies.emitEvent({ name: "resource", action: "patch" });
 
     const kubectl = await this.cluster.ensureKubectl();
     const kubectlPath = await kubectl.getPath();
@@ -64,7 +75,7 @@ export class ResourceApplier {
 
   async apply(resource: KubernetesObject | any): Promise<string> {
     resource = this.sanitizeObject(resource);
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: "resource", action: "apply" });
+    this.dependencies.emitEvent({ name: "resource", action: "apply" });
 
     return this.kubectlApply(yaml.dump(resource));
   }
diff --git a/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts b/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts
index 42286ee24d..7d460120a7 100644
--- a/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ import os from "os";
 import { isMac, isWindows } from "../../common/vars";
 import { UserStore } from "../../common/user-store";
 import * as pty from "node-pty";
-import { appEventBus } from "../../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import { stat } from "fs/promises";
 import { getOrInsertWith } from "../../common/utils";
 import { type TerminalMessage, TerminalChannels } from "../../common/terminal/channels";
+import emitEventInjectable from "../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
+import { Environments, getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi } from "../../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/legacy-global-di-for-extension-api";
 
 export class ShellOpenError extends Error {
   constructor(message: string, options?: ErrorOptions) {
@@ -287,7 +288,11 @@ export abstract class ShellSession {
         }
       });
 
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: this.ShellType, action: "open" });
+    // TODO: replace with dependencies
+    const di = getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi(Environments.main);
+    const emitEvent = di.inject(emitEventInjectable);
+
+    emitEvent({ name: this.ShellType, action: "open" });
   }
 
   protected getPathEntries(): string[] {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+add-cluster/add-cluster.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+add-cluster/add-cluster.tsx
index 6630420ad6..f7f22e1baa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+add-cluster/add-cluster.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+add-cluster/add-cluster.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import path from "path";
 import React from "react";
 import * as uuid from "uuid";
-import { appEventBus } from "../../../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import { loadConfigFromString, splitConfig } from "../../../common/kube-helpers";
 import { docsUrl } from "../../../common/vars";
 import { isDefined, iter } from "../../utils";
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ import { withInjectables } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-react";
 import getCustomKubeConfigDirectoryInjectable from "../../../common/app-paths/get-custom-kube-config-directory/get-custom-kube-config-directory.injectable";
 import type { NavigateToCatalog } from "../../../common/front-end-routing/routes/catalog/navigate-to-catalog.injectable";
 import navigateToCatalogInjectable from "../../../common/front-end-routing/routes/catalog/navigate-to-catalog.injectable";
+import type { EmitEvent } from "../../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
+import emitEventInjectable from "../../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 interface Option {
   config: KubeConfig;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ interface Option {
 interface Dependencies {
   getCustomKubeConfigDirectory: (directoryName: string) => string;
   navigateToCatalog: NavigateToCatalog;
+  emitEvent: EmitEvent;
 }
 
 function getContexts(config: KubeConfig): Map<string, Option> {
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ class NonInjectedAddCluster extends React.Component<Dependencies> {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster-add", action: "start" });
+    this.props.emitEvent({ name: "cluster-add", action: "start" });
   }
 
   @computed get allErrors(): string[] {
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ class NonInjectedAddCluster extends React.Component<Dependencies> {
 
   addClusters = action(async () => {
     this.isWaiting = true;
-    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster-add", action: "click" });
+    this.props.emitEvent({ name: "cluster-add", action: "click" });
 
     try {
       const absPath = this.props.getCustomKubeConfigDirectory(uuid.v4());
@@ -155,10 +157,8 @@ class NonInjectedAddCluster extends React.Component<Dependencies> {
 
 export const AddCluster = withInjectables<Dependencies>(NonInjectedAddCluster, {
   getProps: (di) => ({
-    getCustomKubeConfigDirectory: di.inject(
-      getCustomKubeConfigDirectoryInjectable,
-    ),
-
+    getCustomKubeConfigDirectory: di.inject(getCustomKubeConfigDirectoryInjectable),
     navigateToCatalog: di.inject(navigateToCatalogInjectable),
+    emitEvent: di.inject(emitEventInjectable),
   }),
 });
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.tsx
index 723c21da13..7a0ac49678 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import navigateToCatalogInjectable from "../../../common/front-end-routing/route
 import catalogRouteParametersInjectable from "./catalog-route-parameters.injectable";
 import { browseCatalogTab } from "./catalog-browse-tab";
 import type { AppEvent } from "../../../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
-import appEventBusInjectable from "../../../common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable";
 import hotbarStoreInjectable from "../../../common/hotbars/store.injectable";
 import type { HotbarStore } from "../../../common/hotbars/store";
 import type { VisitEntityContextMenu } from "../../../common/catalog/visit-entity-context-menu.injectable";
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ import type { Navigate } from "../../navigation/navigate.injectable";
 import navigateInjectable from "../../navigation/navigate.injectable";
 import type { NormalizeCatalogEntityContextMenu } from "../../catalog/normalize-menu-item.injectable";
 import normalizeCatalogEntityContextMenuInjectable from "../../catalog/normalize-menu-item.injectable";
+import emitEventInjectable from "../../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 interface Dependencies {
   catalogPreviousActiveTabStorage: StorageLayer<string | null>;
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ export const Catalog = withInjectables<Dependencies>(NonInjectedCatalog, {
     customCategoryViews: di.inject(customCategoryViewsInjectable),
     routeParameters: di.inject(catalogRouteParametersInjectable),
     navigateToCatalog: di.inject(navigateToCatalogInjectable),
-    emitEvent: di.inject(appEventBusInjectable).emit,
+    emitEvent: di.inject(emitEventInjectable),
     hotbarStore: di.inject(hotbarStoreInjectable),
     catalogCategoryRegistry: di.inject(catalogCategoryRegistryInjectable),
     visitEntityContextMenu: di.inject(visitEntityContextMenuInjectable),
diff --git a/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.injectable.ts
index 9dd4f59702..cfb3f62973 100644
--- a/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.injectable.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import extensionLoaderInjectable from "../../../../extensions/extension-loader/e
 import catalogEntityRegistryInjectable from "../../../api/catalog/entity/registry.injectable";
 import frameRoutingIdInjectable from "./frame-routing-id/frame-routing-id.injectable";
 import hostedClusterInjectable from "../../../cluster-frame-context/hosted-cluster.injectable";
-import appEventBusInjectable from "../../../../common/app-event-bus/app-event-bus.injectable";
 import clusterFrameContextInjectable from "../../../cluster-frame-context/cluster-frame-context.injectable";
 import assert from "assert";
+import emitEventInjectable from "../../../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 
 const initClusterFrameInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "init-cluster-frame",
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const initClusterFrameInjectable = getInjectable({
       loadExtensions: di.inject(extensionLoaderInjectable).loadOnClusterRenderer,
       catalogEntityRegistry: di.inject(catalogEntityRegistryInjectable),
       frameRoutingId: di.inject(frameRoutingIdInjectable),
-      emitEvent: di.inject(appEventBusInjectable).emit,
+      emitEvent: di.inject(emitEventInjectable),
       clusterFrameContext: di.inject(clusterFrameContextInjectable),
     });
   },
diff --git a/src/renderer/k8s/api-base.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/k8s/api-base.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5eda130eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/k8s/api-base.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { apiBaseInjectionToken } from "../../common/k8s-api/api-base";
+import { JsonApi } from "../../common/k8s-api/json-api";
+import { apiPrefix } from "../../common/vars";
+import isDebuggingInjectable from "../../common/vars/is-debugging.injectable";
+import isDevelopmentInjectable from "../../common/vars/is-development.injectable";
+
+const apiBaseInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "api-base",
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const isDevelopment = di.inject(isDevelopmentInjectable);
+    const isDebugging= di.inject(isDebuggingInjectable);
+
+    return new JsonApi({
+      serverAddress: `http://127.0.0.1:${window.location.port}`,
+      apiBase: apiPrefix,
+      debug: isDevelopment || isDebugging,
+    }, {
+      headers: {
+        "Host": window.location.host,
+      },
+    });
+  },
+  injectionToken: apiBaseInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default apiBaseInjectable;