diff --git a/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts b/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts
index cd217d3a02..7c6727ada5 100644
--- a/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts
+++ b/src/common/catalog-entities/kubernetes-cluster.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
 
 import { catalogCategoryRegistry } from "../catalog/catalog-category-registry";
 import { CatalogEntity, CatalogEntityActionContext, CatalogEntityAddMenuContext, CatalogEntityContextMenuContext, CatalogEntityMetadata, CatalogEntityStatus } from "../catalog";
-import { clusterDisconnectHandler } from "../cluster-ipc";
+import { clusterActivateHandler, clusterDisconnectHandler } from "../cluster-ipc";
 import { ClusterStore } from "../cluster-store";
 import { requestMain } from "../ipc";
 import { productName } from "../vars";
 import { CatalogCategory, CatalogCategorySpec } from "../catalog";
+import { app } from "electron";
 
 export type KubernetesClusterSpec = {
   kubeconfigPath: string;
@@ -40,6 +41,38 @@ export class KubernetesCluster extends CatalogEntity<CatalogEntityMetadata, Kube
   public readonly apiVersion = "entity.k8slens.dev/v1alpha1";
   public readonly kind = "KubernetesCluster";
 
+  async connect(): Promise<void> {
+    if (app) {
+      const cluster = ClusterStore.getInstance().getById(this.metadata.uid);
+
+      if (!cluster) return;
+
+      await cluster.activate();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await requestMain(clusterActivateHandler, this.metadata.uid, false);
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  async disconnect(): Promise<void> {
+    if (app) {
+      const cluster = ClusterStore.getInstance().getById(this.metadata.uid);
+
+      if (!cluster) return;
+
+      cluster.disconnect();
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await requestMain(clusterDisconnectHandler, this.metadata.uid, false);
+
+    return;
+  }
+
   async onRun(context: CatalogEntityActionContext) {
     context.navigate(`/cluster/${this.metadata.uid}`);
   }