diff --git a/src/common/cluster-ipc.ts b/src/common/cluster-ipc.ts
index 6cc9219805..5e1b86992b 100644
--- a/src/common/cluster-ipc.ts
+++ b/src/common/cluster-ipc.ts
@@ -5,20 +5,24 @@ import { tracker } from "./tracker";
 export const clusterIpc = {
   init: createIpcChannel({
     channel: "cluster:init",
-    handle: async (clusterId: ClusterId) => {
-      return clusterStore.getById(clusterId)?.pushState();
+    handle: async (clusterId: ClusterId, frameId: number) => {
+      const cluster = clusterStore.getById(clusterId);
+      if (cluster) {
+        cluster.frameId = frameId; // save cluster's webFrame.routingId to be able to send push-updates
+        return cluster.pushState();
+      }
     },
   }),
   activate: createIpcChannel({
     channel: "cluster:activate",
-    handle: async (clusterId: ClusterId = clusterStore.activeClusterId) => {
+    handle: (clusterId: ClusterId) => {
       return clusterStore.getById(clusterId)?.activate();
     },
   }),
 
   disconnect: createIpcChannel({
     channel: "cluster:disconnect",
-    handle: (clusterId: ClusterId = clusterStore.activeClusterId) => {
+    handle: (clusterId: ClusterId) => {
       tracker.event("cluster", "stop");
       return clusterStore.getById(clusterId)?.disconnect();
     },
@@ -29,7 +33,6 @@ export const clusterIpc = {
     handle: async (clusterId: ClusterId, feature: string, config?: any) => {
       tracker.event("cluster", "install", feature);
       const cluster = clusterStore.getById(clusterId);
-
       if (cluster) {
         await cluster.installFeature(feature, config)
       } else {
diff --git a/src/common/ipc.ts b/src/common/ipc.ts
index ea0633c34e..428a11c933 100644
--- a/src/common/ipc.ts
+++ b/src/common/ipc.ts
@@ -2,106 +2,46 @@
 // https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/ipc-main
 // https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/ipc-renderer
 
-import { ipcMain, ipcRenderer, IpcRendererEvent, WebContents, webContents } from "electron"
+import { ipcMain, ipcRenderer, WebContents, webContents } from "electron"
 import logger from "../main/logger";
-import { getRandId } from "./utils";
 
 export type IpcChannel = string;
 
-export enum IpcMode {
-  SYNC = "sync",
-  ASYNC = "async",
-}
-
-export interface IpcChannelRequest<A extends any[] = any> {
-  msgId: string;
-  args: A;
-}
-
-export interface IpcChannelResponse<T extends any[] = any, E = any> {
-  msgId: string;
-  data?: T;
-  error?: E;
-}
-
 export interface IpcChannelOptions {
   channel: IpcChannel; // main <-> renderer communication channel name
-  mode?: IpcMode; // default: "async", use "sync" as last resort: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/ipc-renderer#ipcrenderersendsyncchannel-args
-  handle?: (...args: any[]) => any; // main-process message handler
+  handle?: (...args: any[]) => void; // message handler
   autoBind?: boolean; // auto-bind message handler in main-process, default: true
   timeout?: number; // timeout for waiting response from the sender
-  once?: boolean; // todo: add support
+  once?: boolean; // one-time event
 }
 
-export function createIpcChannel({ autoBind = true, mode = IpcMode.ASYNC, timeout = 0, handle, channel }: IpcChannelOptions) {
-  channel = `${mode}:${channel}`
-
+export function createIpcChannel({ autoBind = true, once, timeout = 0, handle, channel }: IpcChannelOptions) {
   const ipcChannel = {
     channel: channel,
     handleInMain: () => {
       logger.info(`[IPC]: setup channel "${channel}"`);
-
-      ipcMain.on(channel, async (event, req: IpcChannelRequest) => {
-        let resolved = false;
+      const ipcHandler = once ? ipcMain.handleOnce : ipcMain.handle;
+      ipcHandler(channel, async (event, ...args) => {
         let timerId: any;
-
-        function resolve(res: Partial<IpcChannelResponse>) {
-          if (resolved) return;
-          res.msgId = req.msgId; // return back to sender to be able to handle response
-          resolved = true
-          logger.debug(`[IPC]: sending response to "${channel}"`, res);
-          if (mode === IpcMode.SYNC) {
-            event.returnValue = res;
-          } else {
-            event.reply(channel, res);
-          }
-        }
-
-        if (timeout > 0) {
-          timerId = setTimeout(() => {
-            const timeoutError = new Error(`[IPC]: response timeout in ${timeout}ms`);
-            resolve({ error: timeoutError })
-          }, timeout);
-        }
-
         try {
-          const data = await handle(...req.args); // todo: maybe exec in separate thread/worker
-          resolve({ data })
+          if (timeout > 0) {
+            timerId = setTimeout(() => {
+              throw new Error(`[IPC]: response timeout in ${timeout}ms`)
+            }, timeout);
+          }
+          return await handle(...args); // todo: maybe exec in separate thread/worker
         } catch (error) {
-          resolve({
-            error: String(error)
-          })
+          throw error
         } finally {
           clearTimeout(timerId);
         }
       })
     },
-    invokeFromRenderer: async (...args: any[]) => {
-      const req: IpcChannelRequest = {
-        msgId: getRandId({ prefix: "ipc-msg-id" }),
-        args: args,
-      }
-      if (mode === IpcMode.SYNC) {
-        ipcRenderer.sendSync(channel, req)
-      } else {
-        ipcRenderer.send(channel, req)
-      }
-      return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
-        ipcRenderer.on(channel, function waitResponseHandler(event: IpcRendererEvent, res: IpcChannelResponse) {
-          if (req.msgId === res.msgId) {
-            const meta = { ...req, ...res };
-            if (res.data) {
-              logger.debug(`[IPC]: "${channel}" resolve`, meta);
-              resolve(res.data);
-            }
-            if (res.error) {
-              logger.error(`[IPC]: "${channel}" reject`, meta);
-              reject(res.error);
-            }
-            ipcRenderer.off(channel, waitResponseHandler); // unsubscribe since handled
-          }
-        });
-      })
+    removeHandler() {
+      ipcMain.removeHandler(channel);
+    },
+    invokeFromRenderer: async <T>(...args: any[]): Promise<T> => {
+      return ipcRenderer.invoke(channel, ...args);
     },
   }
   if (autoBind && ipcMain) {
@@ -112,13 +52,14 @@ export function createIpcChannel({ autoBind = true, mode = IpcMode.ASYNC, timeou
 
 export interface IpcBroadcastParams<A extends any[] = any> {
   channel: IpcChannel
-  webContentId?: number; // sends to single webContents view
+  webContentId?: number; // send to single webContents view
+  frameId?: number; // send to inner frame of webContents
   filter?: (webContent: WebContents) => boolean
   timeout?: number; // todo: add support
   args?: A;
 }
 
-export function broadcastIpc({ channel, webContentId, filter, args = [] }: IpcBroadcastParams) {
+export function broadcastIpc({ channel, frameId, webContentId, filter, args = [] }: IpcBroadcastParams) {
   const singleView = webContentId ? webContents.fromId(webContentId) : null;
   let views = singleView ? [singleView] : webContents.getAllWebContents();
   if (filter) {
@@ -127,6 +68,9 @@ export function broadcastIpc({ channel, webContentId, filter, args = [] }: IpcBr
   views.forEach(webContent => {
     const type = webContent.getType();
     logger.debug(`[IPC]: broadcasting "${channel}" to ${type}=${webContent.id}`, { args });
-    webContent.send(channel, ...[args].flat());
+    webContent.send(channel, ...args);
+    if (frameId) {
+      webContent.sendToFrame(frameId, channel, ...args)
+    }
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/main/cluster.ts b/src/main/cluster.ts
index 5d28d4ba5a..6ba0fb1f48 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export interface ClusterState extends ClusterModel {
 
 export class Cluster implements ClusterModel {
   public id: ClusterId;
+  public frameId: number;
   public kubeCtl: Kubectl
   public contextHandler: ContextHandler;
   protected kubeconfigManager: KubeconfigManager;
@@ -389,8 +390,8 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel {
   pushState = (state = this.getState()): ClusterState => {
     logger.debug(`[CLUSTER]: push-state`, state);
     broadcastIpc({
-      // webContentId: viewId, // todo: send to cluster-view only
       channel: "cluster:state",
+      frameId: this.frameId,
       args: [state],
     });
     return state;
diff --git a/src/main/menu.ts b/src/main/menu.ts
index f8c4b41ac0..202f61475e 100644
--- a/src/main/menu.ts
+++ b/src/main/menu.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import type { ClusterId } from "../common/cluster-store";
-import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, Menu, MenuItem, MenuItemConstructorOptions, shell } from "electron"
+import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, Menu, MenuItem, MenuItemConstructorOptions, shell, webContents } from "electron"
 import { autorun } from "mobx";
 import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
 import { appName, isMac, issuesTrackerUrl, isWindows, slackUrl } from "../common/vars";
@@ -30,12 +29,11 @@ export function buildMenu(windowManager: WindowManager) {
     return menuItems;
   }
 
-  function navigate(url: string, clusterId?: ClusterId) {
+  function navigate(url: string) {
     logger.info(`[MENU]: navigating to ${url}`);
     windowManager.navigate({
       channel: "menu:navigate",
       url: url,
-      clusterId: clusterId,
     })
   }
 
@@ -146,33 +144,24 @@ export function buildMenu(windowManager: WindowManager) {
         label: 'Back',
         accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+[',
         click() {
-          windowManager.getActiveClusterView()?.goBack();
+          webContents.getFocusedWebContents()?.goBack();
         }
       },
       {
         label: 'Forward',
         accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+]',
         click() {
-          windowManager.getActiveClusterView()?.goForward();
+          webContents.getFocusedWebContents()?.goForward();
         }
       },
       {
         label: 'Reload',
         accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+R',
         click() {
-          windowManager.getActiveClusterView()?.reload();
+          webContents.getFocusedWebContents()?.reload();
         }
       },
       { role: 'toggleDevTools' },
-      ...activeClusterOnly([
-        {
-          accelerator: "CmdOrCtrl+Shift+I",
-          label: "Toggle Dashboard DevTools",
-          click() {
-            windowManager.getActiveClusterView()?.toggleDevTools();
-          }
-        }
-      ]),
       { type: 'separator' },
       { role: 'resetZoom' },
       { role: 'zoomIn' },
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index 7051db1055..9fcfa26931 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export class WindowManager {
       backgroundColor: "#1e2124",
       webPreferences: {
         nodeIntegration: true,
+        nodeIntegrationInSubFrames: true,
         enableRemoteModule: true,
-        webviewTag: true,
       },
     });
     this.windowState.manage(this.mainView);
@@ -50,18 +50,14 @@ export class WindowManager {
     initMenu(this);
   }
 
-  navigate({ url, channel, clusterId }: { url: string, channel: string, clusterId?: ClusterId }) {
-    if (clusterId) {
-      this.getClusterView(clusterId)?.send(channel, url);
+  navigate({ url, channel, frameId }: { url: string, channel: string, frameId?: number }) {
+    if (frameId) {
+      this.mainView.webContents.sendToFrame(frameId, channel, url);
     } else {
       this.mainView.webContents.send(channel, url);
     }
   }
 
-  getActiveClusterView() {
-    return this.getClusterView(this.activeClusterId)
-  }
-
   getClusterView(clusterId: ClusterId): WebContents {
     return webContents.getAllWebContents().find(view => {
       return new URL(view.getURL()).host.split(".")[0] === clusterId;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
index af91aa6891..0c3044fc12 100755
--- a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
@@ -32,13 +32,17 @@ import { ErrorBoundary } from "./error-boundary";
 import { Terminal } from "./dock/terminal";
 import { getHostedCluster, getHostedClusterId } from "../../common/cluster-store";
 import logger from "../../main/logger";
+import { clusterIpc } from "../../common/cluster-ipc";
+import { webFrame } from "electron";
 
 @observer
 export class App extends React.Component {
   static async init() {
-    logger.info(`[APP]: Init dashboard, clusterId=${getHostedClusterId()}`)
+    const clusterId = getHostedClusterId();
+    logger.info(`[APP]: Init dashboard, clusterId=${clusterId}`)
     await Terminal.preloadFonts()
-    await getHostedCluster().whenInitialized; // wait for cluster-state before initial render
+    await clusterIpc.init.invokeFromRenderer(clusterId, webFrame.routingId);
+    await getHostedCluster().whenInitialized;
   }
 
   get startURL() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/lens-views.ts b/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/lens-views.ts
index 9fa42993cd..67a0ac68e2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/lens-views.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/cluster-manager/lens-views.ts
@@ -1,62 +1,37 @@
-import { ipcRenderer, WebviewTag } from "electron";
-import { observable, when } from "mobx";
+import { observable } from "mobx";
 import { ClusterId, clusterStore } from "../../../common/cluster-store";
-import { clusterIpc } from "../../../common/cluster-ipc";
-import { clusterViewURL, getMatchedCluster, getMatchedClusterId } from "./cluster-view.route"
-import { navigate } from "../../navigation";
+import { getMatchedCluster } from "./cluster-view.route"
 import logger from "../../../main/logger";
 
 export interface LensView {
   isLoaded?: boolean
   clusterId: ClusterId;
-  view: WebviewTag
+  view: HTMLIFrameElement
 }
 
 export const lensViews = observable.map<ClusterId, LensView>();
 
-export async function navigateInClusterView(path: string, clusterId: ClusterId) {
-  // select active cluster in common view
-  if (clusterId !== getMatchedClusterId()) {
-    clusterStore.setActive(clusterId);
-    navigate(clusterViewURL({ params: { clusterId } }));
-  }
-  // navigate in cluster-view when ready
-  await when(() => hasLoadedView(clusterId))
-  ipcRenderer.sendTo(getViewId(clusterId), "menu:navigate", path);
-}
-
 export function hasLoadedView(clusterId: ClusterId): boolean {
   return !!lensViews.get(clusterId)?.isLoaded;
 }
 
-export function getViewId(clusterId: ClusterId): number {
-  const webview = lensViews.get(clusterId)?.view
-  if (webview) {
-    return webview.getWebContentsId()
-  }
-}
-
-// todo: figure out how to replace <webview>-tag to <iframe> with nodeIntegration=true
-export function initView(clusterId: ClusterId) {
+export async function initView(clusterId: ClusterId) {
   if (!clusterId || lensViews.has(clusterId)) {
     return;
   }
-  logger.info(`[CLUSTER-VIEW]: init dashboard, clusterId=${clusterId}`)
-  const parentElem = document.getElementById("lens-views"); // defined in cluster-manager's css-grid
-  const webview = document.createElement("webview");
-  webview.setAttribute("src", `//${clusterId}.${location.host}`)
-  webview.setAttribute("nodeintegration", "true")
-  webview.setAttribute("enableremotemodule", "true")
-  webview.addEventListener("did-finish-load", () => {
-    logger.info(`[CLUSTER-VIEW]: loaded, clusterId=${clusterId}`)
-    clusterIpc.init.invokeFromRenderer(clusterId); // push cluster-state to webview and init render
+  logger.info(`[LENS-VIEW]: init dashboard, clusterId=${clusterId}`)
+  const cluster = clusterStore.getById(clusterId);
+  await cluster.whenInitialized;
+  const parentElem = document.getElementById("lens-views");
+  const iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
+  iframe.name = cluster.preferences.clusterName;
+  iframe.setAttribute("src", `//${clusterId}.${location.host}`)
+  iframe.addEventListener("load", async () => {
+    logger.info(`[LENS-VIEW]: loaded from ${iframe.src}`)
     lensViews.get(clusterId).isLoaded = true;
-  });
-  webview.addEventListener("did-fail-load", (event) => {
-    logger.error(`[CLUSTER-VIEW]: failed to load, clusterId=${clusterId}`, event)
-  });
-  lensViews.set(clusterId, { clusterId, view: webview });
-  parentElem.appendChild(webview); // add to dom and init cluster-page loading
+  })
+  lensViews.set(clusterId, { clusterId, view: iframe });
+  parentElem.appendChild(iframe);
 }
 
 export function refreshViews() {