diff --git a/src/common/test-utils/use-fake-time.ts b/src/common/test-utils/use-fake-time.ts
index e455984861..a788a8e2b7 100644
--- a/src/common/test-utils/use-fake-time.ts
+++ b/src/common/test-utils/use-fake-time.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ export const testUsingFakeTime = (dateTime = "2015-10-21T07:28:00Z") => {
   usingFakeTime = true;
 
   jest.useFakeTimers();
-
   jest.setSystemTime(new Date(dateTime));
 };
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/__snapshots__/opening-terminal-tab.test.tsx.snap b/src/features/terminal/__snapshots__/opening-terminal-tab.test.tsx.snap
index 3323da6e5f..b4f65871ce 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/__snapshots__/opening-terminal-tab.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/features/terminal/__snapshots__/opening-terminal-tab.test.tsx.snap
@@ -6,6 +6,44 @@ exports[`test for opening terminal tab within cluster frame when new terminal ta
     <div
       id="terminal-init"
     />
+    <div
+      class="Animate slide-right Drawer KubeObjectDetails flex column right leave"
+      style="--size: 725px; --enter-duration: 100ms; --leave-duration: 100ms;"
+    >
+      <div
+        class="drawer-wrapper flex column"
+      >
+        <div
+          class="drawer-title flex align-center"
+        >
+          <div
+            class="drawer-title-text flex gaps align-center"
+          >
+            
+          </div>
+          <i
+            class="Icon material interactive focusable"
+            tabindex="0"
+          >
+            <span
+              class="icon"
+              data-icon-name="close"
+            >
+              close
+            </span>
+          </i>
+          <div>
+            Close
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div
+          class="drawer-content flex column box grow"
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div
+        class="ResizingAnchor horizontal leading"
+      />
+    </div>
     <div
       class="Notifications flex column align-flex-end"
     />
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/opening-terminal-tab.test.tsx b/src/features/terminal/opening-terminal-tab.test.tsx
index 1244543d08..22703a321f 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/opening-terminal-tab.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/terminal/opening-terminal-tab.test.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import type { ApplicationBuilder } from "../test-utils/application-builder";
 import { setupInitializingApplicationBuilder } from "../test-utils/application-builder";
 import type { FindByTextWithMarkup } from "../../test-utils/findByTextWithMarkup";
 import { findByTextWithMarkupFor } from "../../test-utils/findByTextWithMarkup";
+import terminalStoreInjectable from "../../renderer/components/dock/terminal/store.injectable";
+import { flushPromises } from "../../common/test-utils/flush-promises";
 
 describe("test for opening terminal tab within cluster frame", () => {
   let builder: ApplicationBuilder;
@@ -113,8 +115,21 @@ describe("test for opening terminal tab within cluster frame", () => {
         });
 
         describe("when the next data is sent", () => {
-          beforeEach(() => {
+          beforeEach(async () => {
+            const terminalStore = builder.applicationWindow.only.di.inject(terminalStoreInjectable);
+            const terminalApi = terminalStore.getTerminalApi("terminal");
+
+            assert(terminalApi);
+
+            const waitForData = new Promise<void>(resolve => terminalApi.on("data", (message) => {
+              if (message) {
+                resolve();
+              }
+            }));
+
+            await flushPromises();
             sendData("I am a prompt");
+            await waitForData;
           });
 
           it("renders the new data", async () => {
diff --git a/src/features/test-utils/application-builder.tsx b/src/features/test-utils/application-builder.tsx
index 8cb700f8e2..01ec75c081 100644
--- a/src/features/test-utils/application-builder.tsx
+++ b/src/features/test-utils/application-builder.tsx
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ import { runManySyncFor } from "../../common/runnable/run-many-sync-for";
 import type { MemoryHistory } from "history";
 import { object } from "../../common/utils";
 import catalogEntityRegistryInjectable from "../../renderer/api/catalog/entity/registry.injectable";
-import { testUsingFakeTime } from "../../common/test-utils/use-fake-time";
 import createVersionDetectorInjectable from "../../main/cluster-detectors/create-version-detector.injectable";
 import type { VersionDetector } from "../../main/cluster-detectors/version-detector";
+import getElementByIdInjectable from "../../renderer/utils/get-element-by-id.injectable";
+import { testUsingFakeTime } from "../../common/test-utils/use-fake-time";
 
 type Callback = (di: DiContainer) => void | Promise<void>;
 
@@ -237,8 +238,8 @@ export const setupInitializingApplicationBuilder = (init: (builder: ApplicationB
 
     const createElectronWindowFake: CreateElectronWindow = (configuration) => {
       const windowId = configuration.id;
-
       const windowDi = getRendererDi({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
+      let rendered: RenderResult;
 
       overrideForWindow(windowDi, windowId);
       overrideFsWithFakes(windowDi);
@@ -258,7 +259,15 @@ export const setupInitializingApplicationBuilder = (init: (builder: ApplicationB
         return computed(() => [...rendererExtensionState.values()]);
       });
 
-      let rendered: RenderResult;
+      windowDi.override(getElementByIdInjectable, () => (id) => {
+        const elem = rendered?.container.querySelector(`#${id}`);
+
+        if (!elem) {
+          throw new Error(`Missing #${id} in DOM`);
+        }
+
+        return elem;
+      });
 
       windowHelpers.set(windowId, { di: windowDi, getRendered: () => rendered });
 
@@ -357,7 +366,7 @@ export const setupInitializingApplicationBuilder = (init: (builder: ApplicationB
       windowDi.override(currentLocationInjectable, () => ({
         hostname: "localhost",
         port: `${mainDi.inject(lensProxyPortInjectable).get()}`,
-        protocol: "http",
+        protocol: "https",
       }));
     });
 
diff --git a/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts b/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts
index bcb1c33293..6bcd3cf95b 100644
--- a/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/__test__/kube-auth-proxy.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import waitUntilPortIsUsedInjectable from "../../common/utils/wait-until-port-is-used/wait-until-port-is-used.injectable";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../common/cluster/cluster";
-import type { KubeAuthProxy } from "../kube-auth-proxy/kube-auth-proxy";
+import type { KubeAuthProxy } from "../kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy.injectable";
 import type { ChildProcess } from "child_process";
 import { Kubectl } from "../kubectl/kubectl";
 import type { DeepMockProxy } from "jest-mock-extended";
diff --git a/src/main/k8s-request.injectable.ts b/src/main/k8s-request.injectable.ts
index 9797ba98e5..a698b96a7a 100644
--- a/src/main/k8s-request.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/k8s-request.injectable.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
-import { apiKubePrefix } from "../common/vars";
 import type { Cluster } from "../common/cluster/cluster";
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import type { RequestInit } from "node-fetch";
@@ -23,8 +22,7 @@ const k8sRequestInjectable = getInjectable({
 
     return async (cluster, path, { timeout = 30_000, ...init } = {}) => {
       const controller = withTimeout(timeout);
-
-      const response = await lensFetch(`/${cluster.id}${apiKubePrefix}${path}`, {
+      const response = await lensFetch(`/${cluster.id}${path}`, {
         ...init,
         signal: controller.signal,
       });
diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
index 5be786e28d..1ec1acf04a 100644
--- a/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy/lens-proxy.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import type { SetRequired } from "type-fest";
 import type { EmitAppEvent } from "../../common/app-event-bus/emit-event.injectable";
 import type { Logger } from "../../common/logger";
 import type { SelfSignedCert } from "selfsigned";
-import type { GetClusterForRequest } from "../cluster/get-cluster-for-request.injectable";
+import type { GetClusterForRequest } from "./get-cluster-for-request.injectable";
 
 export type ServerIncomingMessage = SetRequired<http.IncomingMessage, "url" | "method">;
 export type ProxyRequestHandler = (args: ProxyApiRequestArgs) => void | Promise<void>;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/create-terminal-api.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/api/create-terminal-api.injectable.ts
index 59af749968..d0d22d0988 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/create-terminal-api.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/create-terminal-api.injectable.ts
@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ import currentLocationInjectable from "./current-location.injectable";
 import defaultWebsocketApiParamsInjectable from "./default-websocket-api-params.injectable";
 import type { TerminalApiDependencies, TerminalApiQuery } from "./terminal-api";
 import { TerminalApi } from "./terminal-api";
+import websocketAgentInjectable from "./websocket-agent.injectable";
 
 export type CreateTerminalApi = (query: TerminalApiQuery) => TerminalApi;
 
 const createTerminalApiInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "create-terminal-api",
   instantiate: (di): CreateTerminalApi => {
-    const partialDeps = {
+    const partialDeps: Omit<TerminalApiDependencies, "hostedClusterId"> = {
       requestShellApiToken: di.inject(requestShellApiTokenInjectable),
       defaultParams: di.inject(defaultWebsocketApiParamsInjectable),
       logger: di.inject(loggerInjectable),
       currentLocation: di.inject(currentLocationInjectable),
+      websocketAgent: di.inject(websocketAgentInjectable),
     };
 
     return (query) => {
@@ -29,12 +31,10 @@ const createTerminalApiInjectable = getInjectable({
 
       assert(hostedClusterId, "Can only create Terminal APIs within cluster frames");
 
-      const deps: TerminalApiDependencies = {
+      return new TerminalApi({
         ...partialDeps,
         hostedClusterId,
-      };
-
-      return new TerminalApi(deps, query);
+      }, query);
     };
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/terminal-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/terminal-api.ts
index 2785e294ae..e75a306068 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/terminal-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/terminal-api.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { type TerminalMessage, TerminalChannels } from "../../common/terminal/ch
 import type { RequestShellApiToken } from "../../features/terminal/renderer/request-shell-api-token.injectable";
 import type { CurrentLocation } from "./current-location.injectable";
 import type { ClusterId } from "../../common/cluster-types";
+import type { CloseEvent, Event, MessageEvent } from "ws";
 
 enum TerminalColor {
   RED = "\u001b[31m",
@@ -127,7 +128,9 @@ export class TerminalApi extends WebSocketApi<TerminalEvents> {
     }
   }
 
-  protected _onMessage({ data, ...evt }: MessageEvent<string>): void {
+  protected _onMessage(event: MessageEvent): void {
+    const data = event.data as string;
+
     try {
       const message = JSON.parse(data) as TerminalMessage;
 
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ export class TerminalApi extends WebSocketApi<TerminalEvents> {
            * don't want this data to survive if the app is closed
            */
           window.localStorage.setItem(`${this.query.id}:last-data`, message.data);
-          super._onMessage({ data: message.data, ...evt });
+          super._onMessage({ ...event, data: message.data });
           break;
         case TerminalChannels.CONNECTED:
           this.emit("connected");
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/websocket-agent.global-override-for-injectable.ts b/src/renderer/api/websocket-agent.global-override-for-injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3b8a239a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/api/websocket-agent.global-override-for-injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { Agent } from "https";
+import { getGlobalOverride } from "../../common/test-utils/get-global-override";
+import websocketAgentInjectable from "./websocket-agent.injectable";
+
+export default getGlobalOverride(websocketAgentInjectable, () => new Agent({
+  rejectUnauthorized: false,
+}));
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/websocket-agent.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/api/websocket-agent.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caf14d43d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/api/websocket-agent.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { Agent } from "https";
+import lensProxyCertificateInjectable from "../../common/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate.injectable";
+
+const websocketAgentInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "websocket-agent",
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const lensProxyCertificate = di.inject(lensProxyCertificateInjectable);
+
+    return new Agent({
+      cert: lensProxyCertificate.get().cert,
+    });
+  },
+});
+
+export default websocketAgentInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/websocket-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/websocket-api.ts
index 611e0b7e67..285aa9cd12 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/websocket-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/websocket-api.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import type TypedEventEmitter from "typed-emitter";
 import type { Defaulted } from "../utils";
 import type { DefaultWebsocketApiParams } from "./default-websocket-api-params.injectable";
 import type { Logger } from "../../common/logger";
+import type { CloseEvent, Event, MessageEvent } from "ws";
+import { WebSocket } from "ws";
+import type { Agent } from "https";
 
 interface WebsocketApiParams {
   /**
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ export interface WebSocketEvents {
 export interface WebSocketApiDependencies {
   readonly defaultParams: DefaultWebsocketApiParams;
   readonly logger: Logger;
+  readonly websocketAgent: Agent;
 }
 
 export class WebSocketApi<Events extends WebSocketEvents> extends (EventEmitter as { new<T>(): TypedEventEmitter<T> })<Events> {
@@ -100,7 +104,9 @@ export class WebSocketApi<Events extends WebSocketEvents> extends (EventEmitter
     this.socket?.close();
 
     // start new connection
-    this.socket = new WebSocket(url);
+    this.socket = new WebSocket(url, {
+      agent: this.dependencies.websocketAgent,
+    });
     this.socket.addEventListener("open", ev => this._onOpen(ev));
     this.socket.addEventListener("message", ev => this._onMessage(ev));
     this.socket.addEventListener("error", ev => this._onError(ev));
@@ -164,7 +170,9 @@ export class WebSocketApi<Events extends WebSocketEvents> extends (EventEmitter
     this.writeLog("%cOPEN", "color:green;font-weight:bold;", evt);
   }
 
-  protected _onMessage({ data }: MessageEvent<string>): void {
+  protected _onMessage(event: MessageEvent): void {
+    const data = event.data as string;
+
     (this as TypedEventEmitter<WebSocketEvents>).emit("data", data);
     this.writeLog("%cMESSAGE", "color:black;font-weight:bold;", data);
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-spawning-pool.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-spawning-pool.injectable.ts
index 7c6f9d984e..e210ab5192 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-spawning-pool.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal-spawning-pool.injectable.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import assert from "assert";
+import { memoize } from "lodash";
+import getElementByIdInjectable from "../../../utils/get-element-by-id.injectable";
 
+/**
+ * It is necessary to have this a function because in a testing environment the DOM isn't
+ * available until after first render
+ */
 const terminalSpawningPoolInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "terminal-spawning-pool",
-  instantiate: () => {
-    const pool = document.getElementById("terminal-init");
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const getElementById = di.inject(getElementByIdInjectable);
 
-    assert(pool, "DOM MUST contain #terminal-init element");
-
-    return pool;
+    return memoize(() => getElementById("terminal-init"));
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal.ts
index 1300c64578..41e77f6b3f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal/terminal.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ import { SearchAddon } from "xterm-addon-search";
 import { WebglAddon } from "xterm-addon-webgl";
 
 export interface TerminalDependencies {
-  readonly spawningPool: HTMLElement;
   readonly terminalConfig: IComputedValue<TerminalConfig>;
   readonly terminalCopyOnSelect: IComputedValue<boolean>;
   readonly isMac: boolean;
   readonly xtermColorTheme: IComputedValue<Record<string, string>>;
   readonly logger: Logger;
+  spawningPool: () => HTMLElement;
   openLinkInBrowser: OpenLinkInBrowser;
   createTerminalRenderer: CreateTerminalRenderer;
 }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class Terminal {
     const { elem } = this;
 
     if (elem) {
-      this.dependencies.spawningPool.appendChild(elem);
+      this.dependencies.spawningPool().appendChild(elem);
     }
   }
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class Terminal {
     this.xterm.loadAddon(new WebLinksAddon());
     this.xterm.loadAddon(new SearchAddon());
 
-    this.xterm.open(this.dependencies.spawningPool);
+    this.xterm.open(this.dependencies.spawningPool());
 
     try {
       const webgl = new WebglAddon();
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/get-element-by-id.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/utils/get-element-by-id.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89401eb490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/get-element-by-id.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * 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 getElementByIdInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "get-element-by-id",
+  instantiate: () => (id: string) => {
+    const elem = document.getElementById(id);
+
+    if (!elem) {
+      throw new Error(`Missing #${id} in DOM`);
+    }
+
+    return elem;
+  },
+  causesSideEffects: true,
+});
+
+export default getElementByIdInjectable;