diff --git a/src/renderer/api/catalog-entity-registry.ts b/src/renderer/api/catalog-entity-registry.ts
index 7b09ff273b..d731e2562a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/catalog-entity-registry.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/catalog-entity-registry.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { once } from "lodash";
 export type EntityFilter = (entity: CatalogEntity) => any;
 
 export class CatalogEntityRegistry {
-  @observable.ref activeEntity: CatalogEntity;
+  @observable protected activeEntityId: string | undefined = undefined;
   protected _entities = observable.map<string, CatalogEntity>([], { deep: true });
   protected filters = observable.set<EntityFilter>([], {
     deep: false,
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ export class CatalogEntityRegistry {
     makeObservable(this);
   }
 
+  get activeEntity(): CatalogEntity | null {
+    return this._entities.get(this.activeEntityId) || null;
+  }
+
+  set activeEntity(raw: CatalogEntity | string | null) {
+    if (raw) {
+      const id = typeof raw === "string"
+        ? raw
+        : raw.getId();
+
+      this.activeEntityId = id;
+    } else {
+      this.activeEntityId = undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
   init() {
     ipcRendererOn("catalog:items", (event, items: (CatalogEntityData & CatalogEntityKindData)[]) => {
       this.updateItems(items);
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
index 3f8dbf7d8b..c7d60f3b4f 100755
--- a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 import React from "react";
-import { observable, makeObservable, reaction } from "mobx";
+import { observable, makeObservable } from "mobx";
 import { disposeOnUnmount, observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Redirect, Route, Router, Switch } from "react-router";
 import { history } from "../navigation";
@@ -97,13 +97,7 @@ export class App extends React.Component {
 
     await cluster.whenReady; // cluster.activate() is done at this point
 
-    const activeEntityDisposer = reaction(() => catalogEntityRegistry.getById(App.clusterId), (entity) => {
-      if (!entity) {
-        return;
-      }
-      catalogEntityRegistry.activeEntity = entity;
-      activeEntityDisposer();
-    }, {fireImmediately: true});
+    catalogEntityRegistry.activeEntity = App.clusterId;
 
     ExtensionLoader.getInstance().loadOnClusterRenderer();
     setTimeout(() => {