diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 3de849de34..c80aaab823 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ module.exports =  {
         "build/*.ts",
         "src/**/*.ts",
         "integration/**/*.ts",
-        "src/extensions/**/*.ts*"
+        "src/extensions/**/*.ts*",
+        "extensions/**/*.ts*"
       ],
       parser: "@typescript-eslint/parser",
       extends:  [
diff --git a/extensions/telemetry/main.ts b/extensions/telemetry/main.ts
index bf1bb1cf34..262980700f 100644
--- a/extensions/telemetry/main.ts
+++ b/extensions/telemetry/main.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import { LensMainExtension } from "@lens/extensions";
-import { TelemetryPreferencesStore } from "./src/telemetry-preferences-store"
+import { telemetryPreferencesStore } from "./src/telemetry-preferences-store"
+import { tracker } from "./src/tracker";
 
 export default class TelemetryMainExtension extends LensMainExtension {
-  protected preferencesStore: TelemetryPreferencesStore
 
   async onActivate() {
     console.log("telemetry main extension activated")
-    this.preferencesStore = TelemetryPreferencesStore.getInstance<TelemetryPreferencesStore>()
-    await this.preferencesStore.load()
+    tracker.start()
+    await telemetryPreferencesStore.load()
   }
 
   onDeactivate() {
+    tracker.stop()
     console.log("telemetry main extension deactivated")
   }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/telemetry/package-lock.json b/extensions/telemetry/package-lock.json
index f2e17b45d7..1219363028 100644
--- a/extensions/telemetry/package-lock.json
+++ b/extensions/telemetry/package-lock.json
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-2.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XRsRjdf+j5ml+y/6GKHPZbrF/8p2Yga0JPtdqTIY2Xe5ohJPD9saDJJLPvp9+NSBprVvevdXZybnj2cv8OEd0A==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-XRsRjdf+j5ml+y/6GKHPZbrF/8p2Yga0JPtdqTIY2Xe5ohJPD9saDJJLPvp9+NSBprVvevdXZybnj2cv8OEd0A=="
+    },
+    "qs": {
+      "version": "6.5.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.5.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-N5ZAX4/LxJmF+7wN74pUD6qAh9/wnvdQcjq9TZjevvXzSUo7bfmw91saqMjzGS2xq91/odN2dW/WOl7qQHNDGA=="
     },
     "querystring": {
       "version": "0.2.0",
@@ -2389,6 +2585,33 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-jcrkcOHIirwtYA//Sndihtp15jc=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "request": {
+      "version": "2.88.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/request/-/request-2.88.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MsvtOrfG9ZcrOwAW+Qi+F6HbD0CWXEh9ou77uOb7FM2WPhwT7smM833PzanhJLsgXjN89Ir6V2PczXNnMpwKhw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "aws-sign2": "~0.7.0",
+        "aws4": "^1.8.0",
+        "caseless": "~0.12.0",
+        "combined-stream": "~1.0.6",
+        "extend": "~3.0.2",
+        "forever-agent": "~0.6.1",
+        "form-data": "~2.3.2",
+        "har-validator": "~5.1.3",
+        "http-signature": "~1.2.0",
+        "is-typedarray": "~1.0.0",
+        "isstream": "~0.1.2",
+        "json-stringify-safe": "~5.0.1",
+        "mime-types": "~2.1.19",
+        "oauth-sign": "~0.9.0",
+        "performance-now": "^2.1.0",
+        "qs": "~6.5.2",
+        "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
+        "tough-cookie": "~2.5.0",
+        "tunnel-agent": "^0.6.0",
+        "uuid": "^3.3.2"
+      }
+    },
     "resolve-url": {
       "version": "0.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve-url/-/resolve-url-0.2.1.tgz",
@@ -2432,8 +2655,7 @@
     "safe-buffer": {
       "version": "5.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Gd2UZBJDkXlY7GbJxfsE8/nvKkUEU1G38c1siN6QP6a9PT9MmHB8GnpscSmMJSoF8LOIrt8ud/wPtojys4G6+g==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-Gd2UZBJDkXlY7GbJxfsE8/nvKkUEU1G38c1siN6QP6a9PT9MmHB8GnpscSmMJSoF8LOIrt8ud/wPtojys4G6+g=="
     },
     "safe-regex": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
@@ -2447,8 +2669,7 @@
     "safer-buffer": {
       "version": "2.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg=="
     },
     "schema-utils": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
@@ -2680,6 +2901,22 @@
         "extend-shallow": "^3.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "sshpk": {
+      "version": "1.16.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sshpk/-/sshpk-1.16.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HXXqVUq7+pcKeLqqZj6mHFUMvXtOJt1uoUx09pFW6011inTMxqI8BA8PM95myrIyyKwdnzjdFjLiE6KBPVtJIg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "asn1": "~0.2.3",
+        "assert-plus": "^1.0.0",
+        "bcrypt-pbkdf": "^1.0.0",
+        "dashdash": "^1.12.0",
+        "ecc-jsbn": "~0.1.1",
+        "getpass": "^0.1.1",
+        "jsbn": "~0.1.0",
+        "safer-buffer": "^2.0.2",
+        "tweetnacl": "~0.14.0"
+      }
+    },
     "ssri": {
       "version": "6.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ssri/-/ssri-6.0.1.tgz",
@@ -2883,6 +3120,15 @@
         "is-number": "^7.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "tough-cookie": {
+      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-2.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nlLsUzgm1kfLXSXfRZMc1KLAugd4hqJHDTvc2hDIwS3mZAfMEuMbc03SujMF+GEcpaX/qboeycw6iO8JwVv2+g==",
+      "requires": {
+        "psl": "^1.1.28",
+        "punycode": "^2.1.1"
+      }
+    },
     "ts-loader": {
       "version": "8.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-loader/-/ts-loader-8.0.4.tgz",
@@ -2908,6 +3154,19 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-oVe6QC2iTpv5V/mqadUk7tQpAaY=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "tunnel-agent": {
+      "version": "0.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tunnel-agent/-/tunnel-agent-0.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-J6XeoGs2sEoKmWZ3SykIaPD8QP0=",
+      "requires": {
+        "safe-buffer": "^5.0.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "tweetnacl": {
+      "version": "0.14.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tweetnacl/-/tweetnacl-0.14.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-WuaBd/GS1EViadEIr6k/+HQ/T2Q="
+    },
     "typedarray": {
       "version": "0.0.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typedarray/-/typedarray-0.0.6.tgz",
@@ -2950,6 +3209,31 @@
         "imurmurhash": "^0.1.4"
       }
     },
+    "universal-analytics": {
+      "version": "0.4.23",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universal-analytics/-/universal-analytics-0.4.23.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-lgMIH7XBI6OgYn1woDEmxhGdj8yDefMKg7GkWdeATAlQZFrMrNyxSkpDzY57iY0/6fdlzTbBV03OawvvzG+q7A==",
+      "requires": {
+        "debug": "^4.1.1",
+        "request": "^2.88.2",
+        "uuid": "^3.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "debug": {
+          "version": "4.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-IX2ncY78vDTjZMFUdmsvIRFY2Cf4FnD0wRs+nQwJU8Lu99/tPFdb0VybiiMTPe3I6rQmwsqQqRBvxU+bZ/I8sg==",
+          "requires": {
+            "ms": "2.1.2"
+          }
+        },
+        "ms": {
+          "version": "2.1.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w=="
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "unset-value": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unset-value/-/unset-value-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -3001,7 +3285,6 @@
       "version": "4.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uri-js/-/uri-js-4.4.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-B0yRTzYdUCCn9n+F4+Gh4yIDtMQcaJsmYBDsTSG8g/OejKBodLQ2IHfN3bM7jUsRXndopT7OIXWdYqc1fjmV6g==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "punycode": "^2.1.0"
       }
@@ -3059,6 +3342,21 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-RQ1Nyfpw3nMnYvvS1KKJgUGaDM8=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "uuid": {
+      "version": "3.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HjSDRw6gZE5JMggctHBcjVak08+KEVhSIiDzFnT9S9aegmp85S/bReBVTb4QTFaRNptJ9kuYaNhnbNEOkbKb/A=="
+    },
+    "verror": {
+      "version": "1.10.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/verror/-/verror-1.10.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-OhBcoXBTr1XW4nDB+CiGguGNpAA=",
+      "requires": {
+        "assert-plus": "^1.0.0",
+        "core-util-is": "1.0.2",
+        "extsprintf": "^1.2.0"
+      }
+    },
     "vm-browserify": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vm-browserify/-/vm-browserify-1.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/extensions/telemetry/package.json b/extensions/telemetry/package.json
index 4f598a4d5a..5d9a306299 100644
--- a/extensions/telemetry/package.json
+++ b/extensions/telemetry/package.json
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@
     "build": "webpack --config webpack.config.js",
     "dev": "npm run build --watch"
   },
-  "dependencies": {},
+  "dependencies": {
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ts-loader": "^8.0.4",
     "typescript": "^4.0.3",
     "webpack": "^4.44.2",
     "mobx": "^5.15.5",
-    "react": "^16.13.1"
+    "react": "^16.13.1",
+    "node-machine-id": "^1.1.12",
+    "universal-analytics": "^0.4.23"
   }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/telemetry/renderer.tsx b/extensions/telemetry/renderer.tsx
index 83b34b00e1..6417488072 100644
--- a/extensions/telemetry/renderer.tsx
+++ b/extensions/telemetry/renderer.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 import { AppPreferenceRegistry, LensRendererExtension } from "@lens/ui-extensions";
-import { TelemetryPreferencesStore } from "./src/telemetry-preferences-store"
+import { telemetryPreferencesStore } from "./src/telemetry-preferences-store"
 import { TelemetryPreferenceHint, TelemetryPreferenceInput } from "./src/telemetry-preference"
+import { tracker } from "./src/tracker"
 import React from "react"
 
 export default class TelemetryRendererExtension extends LensRendererExtension {
-  protected preferencesStore: TelemetryPreferencesStore
-
   async onActivate() {
     console.log("telemetry extension activated")
-    this.preferencesStore = TelemetryPreferencesStore.getInstance<TelemetryPreferencesStore>()
-    await this.preferencesStore.load()
+    tracker.start()
+    await telemetryPreferencesStore.load()
   }
 
   registerAppPreferences(registry: AppPreferenceRegistry) {
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ export default class TelemetryRendererExtension extends LensRendererExtension {
         title: "Telemetry & Usage Tracking",
         components: {
           Hint: () => <TelemetryPreferenceHint />,
-          Input: () => <TelemetryPreferenceInput telemetry={this.preferencesStore} />
+          Input: () => <TelemetryPreferenceInput telemetry={telemetryPreferencesStore} />
         }
       })
     )
diff --git a/extensions/telemetry/src/telemetry-preferences-store.ts b/extensions/telemetry/src/telemetry-preferences-store.ts
index 08810e0208..45809791f5 100644
--- a/extensions/telemetry/src/telemetry-preferences-store.ts
+++ b/extensions/telemetry/src/telemetry-preferences-store.ts
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ export class TelemetryPreferencesStore extends BaseStore<TelemetryPreferencesMod
     })
   }
 }
+
+export const telemetryPreferencesStore = TelemetryPreferencesStore.getInstance<TelemetryPreferencesStore>()
diff --git a/extensions/telemetry/src/tracker.ts b/extensions/telemetry/src/tracker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dba2fca4b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/telemetry/src/tracker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { Singleton, appEventBus, AppEvent } from "@lens/extensions"
+import ua from "universal-analytics"
+import { machineIdSync } from "node-machine-id"
+import { telemetryPreferencesStore } from "./telemetry-preferences-store"
+
+export class Tracker extends Singleton {
+  static readonly GA_ID = "UA-159377374-1"
+
+  protected eventHandlers: Array<(ev: AppEvent ) => void> = []
+  protected started = false
+  protected visitor: ua.Visitor
+  protected machineId: string = null;
+  protected ip: string = null;
+  protected appVersion: string;
+  protected locale: string;
+  protected electronUA: string;
+
+  private constructor() {
+    super();
+    try {
+      this.visitor = ua(Tracker.GA_ID, machineIdSync(), { strictCidFormat: false })
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.visitor = ua(Tracker.GA_ID)
+    }
+    this.visitor.set("dl", "https://telemetry.k8slens.dev")
+
+  }
+
+  start() {
+    if (this.started === true) { return }
+
+    this.started = true
+
+    const handler = (ev: AppEvent) => {
+      this.event(ev.name, ev.action, ev.params)
+    }
+    this.eventHandlers.push(handler)
+    appEventBus.addListener(handler)
+  }
+
+  stop() {
+    if (!this.started) { return }
+
+    this.started = false
+
+    for (const handler of this.eventHandlers) {
+      appEventBus.removeListener(handler)
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected async isTelemetryAllowed(): Promise<boolean> {
+    return telemetryPreferencesStore.enabled
+  }
+
+  protected async event(eventCategory: string, eventAction: string, otherParams = {}) {
+    try {
+      const allowed = await this.isTelemetryAllowed();
+      if (!allowed) {
+        return;
+      }
+      this.visitor.event({
+        ec: eventCategory,
+        ea: eventAction,
+        ...otherParams,
+      }).send()
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(`Failed to track "${eventCategory}:${eventAction}"`, err)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const tracker = Tracker.getInstance<Tracker>();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c8a19a3e4..138d4d0f6b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@
     "mobx": "^5.15.5",
     "mobx-observable-history": "^1.0.3",
     "mock-fs": "^4.12.0",
-    "node-machine-id": "^1.1.12",
     "node-pty": "^0.9.0",
     "npm": "^6.14.8",
     "openid-client": "^3.15.2",
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@
     "tar": "^6.0.2",
     "tcp-port-used": "^1.0.1",
     "tempy": "^0.5.0",
-    "universal-analytics": "^0.4.20",
     "uuid": "^8.1.0",
     "win-ca": "^3.2.0",
     "winston": "^3.2.1",
diff --git a/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts b/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7daa9ed9b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { appEventBus, AppEvent } from "../event-bus"
+
+describe("event bus tests", () => {
+  describe("emit", () => {
+    it("emits an event", () => {
+      let event: AppEvent = null
+      appEventBus.addListener((data) => {
+        event = data
+      })
+
+      appEventBus.emit({name: "foo", action: "bar"})
+      expect(event.name).toBe("foo")
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/common/cluster-ipc.ts b/src/common/cluster-ipc.ts
index dd98df1560..7a96b2e524 100644
--- a/src/common/cluster-ipc.ts
+++ b/src/common/cluster-ipc.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createIpcChannel } from "./ipc";
 import { ClusterId, clusterStore } from "./cluster-store";
 import { extensionLoader } from "../extensions/extension-loader"
-import { tracker } from "./tracker";
+import { appEventBus } from "./event-bus"
 
 export const clusterIpc = {
   activate: createIpcChannel({
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const clusterIpc = {
   disconnect: createIpcChannel({
     channel: "cluster:disconnect",
     handle: (clusterId: ClusterId) => {
-      tracker.event("cluster", "stop");
+      appEventBus.emit({name: "cluster", action: "stop"});
       return clusterStore.getById(clusterId)?.disconnect();
     },
   }),
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const clusterIpc = {
   installFeature: createIpcChannel({
     channel: "cluster:install-feature",
     handle: async (clusterId: ClusterId, feature: string, config?: any) => {
-      tracker.event("cluster", "install", feature);
+      appEventBus.emit({name: "cluster", action: "install", params: { feature: feature}})
       const cluster = clusterStore.getById(clusterId);
       if (cluster) {
         await cluster.installFeature(feature, config)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const clusterIpc = {
   uninstallFeature: createIpcChannel({
     channel: "cluster:uninstall-feature",
     handle: (clusterId: ClusterId, feature: string) => {
-      tracker.event("cluster", "uninstall", feature);
+      appEventBus.emit({name: "cluster", action: "uninstall", params: { feature: feature}})
       return clusterStore.getById(clusterId)?.uninstallFeature(feature)
     }
   }),
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export const clusterIpc = {
   upgradeFeature: createIpcChannel({
     channel: "cluster:upgrade-feature",
     handle: (clusterId: ClusterId, feature: string, config?: any) => {
-      tracker.event("cluster", "upgrade", feature);
+      appEventBus.emit({name: "cluster", action: "upgrade", params: { feature: feature}})
       return clusterStore.getById(clusterId)?.upgradeFeature(feature, config)
     }
   }),
diff --git a/src/common/cluster-store.ts b/src/common/cluster-store.ts
index 4ab64f668b..b8549bbcc6 100644
--- a/src/common/cluster-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/cluster-store.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { BaseStore } from "./base-store";
 import { Cluster, ClusterState } from "../main/cluster";
 import migrations from "../migrations/cluster-store"
 import logger from "../main/logger";
-import { tracker } from "./tracker";
+import { appEventBus } from "./event-bus"
 import { dumpConfigYaml } from "./kube-helpers";
 import { saveToAppFiles } from "./utils/saveToAppFiles";
 import { KubeConfig } from "@kubernetes/client-node";
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export class ClusterStore extends BaseStore<ClusterStoreModel> {
   @action
   addCluster(...models: ClusterModel[]) {
     models.forEach(model => {
-      tracker.event("cluster", "add");
+      appEventBus.emit({name: "cluster", action: "add"})
       const cluster = new Cluster(model);
       this.clusters.set(model.id, cluster);
     })
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class ClusterStore extends BaseStore<ClusterStoreModel> {
 
   @action
   async removeById(clusterId: ClusterId) {
-    tracker.event("cluster", "remove");
+    appEventBus.emit({name: "cluster", action: "remove"})
     const cluster = this.getById(clusterId);
     if (cluster) {
       this.clusters.delete(clusterId);
diff --git a/src/common/event-bus.ts b/src/common/event-bus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4259467380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/event-bus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from "./event-emitter"
+
+export type AppEvent = {
+  name: string;
+  action: string;
+  params?: object;
+}
+
+export const appEventBus = new EventEmitter<[AppEvent]>()
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/eventEmitter.ts b/src/common/event-emitter.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/renderer/utils/eventEmitter.ts
rename to src/common/event-emitter.ts
diff --git a/src/common/tracker.ts b/src/common/tracker.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f2fcb9c1c9..0000000000
--- a/src/common/tracker.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import { app, App, remote } from "electron"
-import ua from "universal-analytics"
-import { machineIdSync } from "node-machine-id"
-import Singleton from "./utils/singleton";
-import { userStore } from "./user-store"
-import logger from "../main/logger";
-
-export class Tracker extends Singleton {
-  static readonly GA_ID = "UA-159377374-1"
-
-  protected visitor: ua.Visitor
-  protected machineId: string = null;
-  protected ip: string = null;
-  protected appVersion: string;
-  protected locale: string;
-  protected electronUA: string;
-
-  private constructor(app: App) {
-    super();
-    try {
-      this.visitor = ua(Tracker.GA_ID, machineIdSync(), { strictCidFormat: false })
-    } catch (error) {
-      this.visitor = ua(Tracker.GA_ID)
-    }
-    this.visitor.set("dl", "https://telemetry.k8slens.dev")
-  }
-
-  protected async isTelemetryAllowed(): Promise<boolean> {
-    return userStore.preferences.allowTelemetry;
-  }
-
-  async event(eventCategory: string, eventAction: string, otherParams = {}) {
-    try {
-      const allowed = await this.isTelemetryAllowed();
-      if (!allowed) {
-        return;
-      }
-      this.visitor.event({
-        ec: eventCategory,
-        ea: eventAction,
-        ...otherParams,
-      }).send()
-    } catch (err) {
-      logger.error(`Failed to track "${eventCategory}:${eventAction}"`, err)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-export const tracker = Tracker.getInstance<Tracker>(app || remote.app);
diff --git a/src/common/user-store.ts b/src/common/user-store.ts
index f7d3ade005..00abe8dd2c 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { BaseStore } from "./base-store";
 import migrations from "../migrations/user-store"
 import { getAppVersion } from "./utils/app-version";
 import { kubeConfigDefaultPath, loadConfig } from "./kube-helpers";
-import { tracker } from "./tracker";
+import { appEventBus } from "./event-bus"
 import logger from "../main/logger";
 import path from 'path';
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> {
 
     // track telemetry availability
     reaction(() => this.preferences.allowTelemetry, allowed => {
-      tracker.event("telemetry", allowed ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+      appEventBus.emit({name: "telemetry", action: allowed ? "enabled" : "disabled"})
     });
 
     // refresh new contexts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> {
 
   @action
   saveLastSeenAppVersion() {
-    tracker.event("app", "whats-new-seen")
+    appEventBus.emit({name: "app", action: "whats-new-seen"})
     this.lastSeenAppVersion = getAppVersion();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-api.ts b/src/extensions/extension-api.ts
index 581ca894eb..ebd5fa6d71 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-api.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-api.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ export type { LensExtensionRuntimeEnv } from "./lens-runtime";
 // APIs
 export * from "./lens-main-extension"
 export { BaseStore } from "../common/base-store"
+export { appEventBus } from "../common/event-bus"
+export type { AppEvent } from "../common/event-bus"
+export { Singleton } from "../common/utils"
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-renderer-api.ts b/src/extensions/extension-renderer-api.ts
index 8542d179d9..02b01ade3f 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-renderer-api.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-renderer-api.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ export * from "./lens-extension"
 export * from "./lens-renderer-extension"
 export { DynamicPageType, PageRegistry } from "./page-registry"
 export { AppPreferenceRegistry } from "./app-preference-registry"
+export { appEventBus } from "../common/event-bus"
+export type { AppEvent } from "../common/event-bus"
+export { Singleton } from "../common/utils"
 
 // TODO: add more common re-usable UI components + refactor interfaces (Props -> ComponentProps)
 export * from "../renderer/components/icon"
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index e0e8bfb477..6e12706a66 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { registerFileProtocol } from "../common/register-protocol";
 import { clusterStore } from "../common/cluster-store"
 import { userStore } from "../common/user-store";
 import { workspaceStore } from "../common/workspace-store";
-import { tracker } from "../common/tracker";
+import { appEventBus } from "../common/event-bus"
 import * as LensExtensions from "../extensions/extension-api";
 import { extensionManager } from "../extensions/extension-manager";
 import { extensionLoader } from "../extensions/extension-loader";
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ async function main() {
   await shellSync();
   logger.info(`🚀 Starting Lens from "${workingDir}"`)
 
-  tracker.event("app", "start");
   const updater = new AppUpdater()
   updater.start();
 
@@ -89,6 +88,10 @@ async function main() {
   extensionLoader.loadOnMain(getLensRuntime)
   extensionLoader.extensions.replace(await extensionManager.load())
   extensionLoader.broadcastExtensions()
+
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    appEventBus.emit({name: "app", action: "start"})
+  }, 1000)
 }
 
 app.on("ready", main);
diff --git a/src/main/node-shell-session.ts b/src/main/node-shell-session.ts
index b669c262eb..f5967cb47f 100644
--- a/src/main/node-shell-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/node-shell-session.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as k8s from "@kubernetes/client-node"
 import { KubeConfig } from "@kubernetes/client-node"
 import { Cluster } from "./cluster"
 import logger from "./logger";
-import { tracker } from "../common/tracker";
+import { appEventBus } from "../common/event-bus"
 
 export class NodeShellSession extends ShellSession {
   protected nodeName: string;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class NodeShellSession extends ShellSession {
     this.closeWebsocketOnProcessExit()
     this.exitProcessOnWebsocketClose()
 
-    tracker.event("node-shell", "open")
+    appEventBus.emit({name: "node-shell", action: "open"})
   }
 
   protected exit(code = 1000) {
diff --git a/src/main/resource-applier.ts b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
index 0103416f43..41441a3f90 100644
--- a/src/main/resource-applier.ts
+++ b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
 import path from "path";
 import * as tempy from "tempy";
 import logger from "./logger"
-import { tracker } from "../common/tracker";
+import { appEventBus } from "../common/event-bus"
 import { cloneJsonObject } from "../common/utils";
 
 export class ResourceApplier {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class ResourceApplier {
 
   async apply(resource: KubernetesObject | any): Promise<string> {
     resource = this.sanitizeObject(resource);
-    tracker.event("resource", "apply")
+    appEventBus.emit({name: "resource", action: "apply"})
     return await this.kubectlApply(yaml.safeDump(resource));
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/shell-session.ts b/src/main/shell-session.ts
index 2367bb63c0..6ea9e4eede 100644
--- a/src/main/shell-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/shell-session.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Cluster } from "./cluster"
 import { ClusterPreferences } from "../common/cluster-store";
 import { helmCli } from "./helm/helm-cli"
 import { isWindows } from "../common/vars";
-import { tracker } from "../common/tracker";
+import { appEventBus } from "../common/event-bus"
 import { userStore } from "../common/user-store";
 
 export class ShellSession extends EventEmitter {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class ShellSession extends EventEmitter {
     this.closeWebsocketOnProcessExit()
     this.exitProcessOnWebsocketClose()
 
-    tracker.event("shell", "open")
+    appEventBus.emit({name: "shell", action: "open"})
   }
 
   protected cwd(): string {
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index 2854c11dd3..cbe0c3803d 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import windowStateKeeper from "electron-window-state"
 import { observable } from "mobx";
 import { initMenu } from "./menu";
 import { extensionLoader } from "../extensions/extension-loader";
+import { appEventBus } from "../common/event-bus"
 
 export class WindowManager {
   protected mainView: BrowserWindow;
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ export class WindowManager {
     this.mainView.webContents.on("dom-ready", () => {
       extensionLoader.broadcastExtensions()
     })
+    this.mainView.on("focus", () => {
+      appEventBus.emit({name: "app", action: "focus"})
+    })
+    this.mainView.on("blur", () => {
+      appEventBus.emit({name: "app", action: "blur"})
+    })
 
     // track visible cluster from ui
     ipcMain.on("cluster-view:current-id", (event, clusterId: ClusterId) => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/json-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/json-api.ts
index 2d274d5f6c..027c201175 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/json-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/json-api.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Base http-service / json-api class
 
 import { stringify } from "querystring";
-import { EventEmitter } from "../utils/eventEmitter";
+import { EventEmitter } from "../../common/event-emitter";
 import { cancelableFetch } from "../utils/cancelableFetch";
 
 export interface JsonApiData {
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/websocket-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/websocket-api.ts
index daf46b286c..cb94881035 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/websocket-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/websocket-api.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { observable } from "mobx";
-import { EventEmitter } from "../utils/eventEmitter";
+import { EventEmitter } from "../../common/event-emitter";
 
 interface IParams {
   url?: string;          // connection url, starts with ws:// or wss://
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
index 6ae7700fd2..380c0c89e8 100755
--- a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { pageRegistry } from "../../extensions/page-registry";
 import { DynamicPage } from "../../extensions/dynamic-page";
 import { extensionLoader } from "../../extensions/extension-loader";
 import { getLensRuntime } from "../../extensions/lens-runtime";
+import { appEventBus } from "../../common/event-bus"
 
 @observer
 export class App extends React.Component {
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ export class App extends React.Component {
     await clusterIpc.setFrameId.invokeFromRenderer(clusterId, frameId);
     await getHostedCluster().whenReady; // cluster.activate() is done at this point
     extensionLoader.loadOnClusterRenderer(getLensRuntime)
+    appEventBus.emit({name: "cluster", action: "open", params: {
+      clusterId: clusterId
+    }})
   }
 
   get startURL() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/index.ts b/src/renderer/utils/index.ts
index 4ae9b068a7..d8c9d692c4 100755
--- a/src/renderer/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export * from "../../common/utils"
 
 export * from "./cssVar"
 export * from "./cssNames"
-export * from "./eventEmitter"
+export * from "../../common/event-emitter"
 export * from "./downloadFile"
 export * from "./prevDefault"
 export * from "./createStorage"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3228205295..f36ff35adb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9174,11 +9174,6 @@ node-loader@^0.6.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-loader/-/node-loader-0.6.0.tgz#c797ef51095ed5859902b157f6384f6361e05ae8"
   integrity sha1-x5fvUQle1YWZArFX9jhPY2HgWug=
 
-node-machine-id@^1.1.12:
-  version "1.1.12"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-machine-id/-/node-machine-id-1.1.12.tgz#37904eee1e59b320bb9c5d6c0a59f3b469cb6267"
-  integrity sha512-QNABxbrPa3qEIfrE6GOJ7BYIuignnJw7iQ2YPbc3Nla1HzRJjXzZOiikfF8m7eAMfichLt3M4VgLOetqgDmgGQ==
-
 node-modules-regexp@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-modules-regexp/-/node-modules-regexp-1.0.0.tgz#8d9dbe28964a4ac5712e9131642107c71e90ec40"
@@ -12948,15 +12943,6 @@ unique-string@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     crypto-random-string "^2.0.0"
 
-universal-analytics@^0.4.20:
-  version "0.4.20"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universal-analytics/-/universal-analytics-0.4.20.tgz#d6b64e5312bf74f7c368e3024a922135dbf24b03"
-  integrity sha512-gE91dtMvNkjO+kWsPstHRtSwHXz0l2axqptGYp5ceg4MsuurloM0PU3pdOfpb5zBXUvyjT4PwhWK2m39uczZuw==
-  dependencies:
-    debug "^3.0.0"
-    request "^2.88.0"
-    uuid "^3.0.0"
-
 universalify@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz#b646f69be3942dabcecc9d6639c80dc105efaa66"
@@ -13132,7 +13118,7 @@ utila@^0.4.0, utila@~0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/utila/-/utila-0.4.0.tgz#8a16a05d445657a3aea5eecc5b12a4fa5379772c"
   integrity sha1-ihagXURWV6Oupe7MWxKk+lN5dyw=
 
-uuid@^3.0.0, uuid@^3.3.2, uuid@^3.3.3:
+uuid@^3.3.2, uuid@^3.3.3:
   version "3.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.0.tgz#b23e4358afa8a202fe7a100af1f5f883f02007ee"
   integrity sha512-HjSDRw6gZE5JMggctHBcjVak08+KEVhSIiDzFnT9S9aegmp85S/bReBVTb4QTFaRNptJ9kuYaNhnbNEOkbKb/A==