diff --git a/src/renderer/before-frame-starts/runnables/setup-lens-proxy-certificate.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/before-frame-starts/runnables/setup-lens-proxy-certificate.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f4541d4ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/before-frame-starts/runnables/setup-lens-proxy-certificate.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * 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 { beforeFrameStartsFirstInjectionToken } from "../tokens";
+import lensProxyCertificateInjectable from "../../certificate/lens-proxy-certificate.injectable";
+import requestLensProxyCertificateInjectable from "../../certificate/request-lens-proxy-certificate.injectable";
+
+const setupLensProxyCertificateInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "setup-lens-proxy-certificate",
+  instantiate: (di) => ({
+    id: "setup-lens-proxy-certificate",
+    run: async () => {
+      const requestLensProxyCertificate = di.inject(requestLensProxyCertificateInjectable);
+      const lensProxyCertificate = di.inject(lensProxyCertificateInjectable);
+
+      lensProxyCertificate.set(await requestLensProxyCertificate());
+    },
+  }),
+  injectionToken: beforeFrameStartsFirstInjectionToken,
+});
+
+export default setupLensProxyCertificateInjectable;
diff --git a/src/renderer/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate.injectable.ts
index 39713c6fec..49489a87a5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate.injectable.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import type { SelfSignedCert } from "selfsigned";
-import { lensProxyCertificateChannel } from "../../common/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate-channel";
 import { lensProxyCertificateInjectionToken } from "../../common/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate-injection-token";
-import requestFromChannelInjectable from "../utils/channel/request-from-channel.injectable";
 
 const lensProxyCertificateInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "lens-proxy-certificate",
-  instantiate: (di) => {
-    const requestFromChannel = di.inject(requestFromChannelInjectable);
-
+  instantiate: () => {
     let certState: SelfSignedCert;
     const cert = {
       get: () => {
@@ -26,10 +22,6 @@ const lensProxyCertificateInjectable = getInjectable({
         certState = certificate;
       },
     };
-    
-    requestFromChannel(lensProxyCertificateChannel).then((value) => {
-      cert.set(value);
-    });
 
     return cert;
   },