diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index f109ea1536..1c5b80042c 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ import { initialize as initializeRemote } from "@electron/remote/main";
 import * as Mobx from "mobx";
 import * as LensExtensionsCommonApi from "../extensions/common-api";
 import * as LensExtensionsMainApi from "../extensions/main-api";
-import { app, autoUpdater, BrowserWindow, dialog, Menu, powerMonitor } from "electron";
+import { app, autoUpdater, dialog, powerMonitor } from "electron";
 import { appName, isIntegrationTesting, isMac, isWindows, productName } from "../common/vars";
 import { LensProxy } from "./lens-proxy";
-import { IpcMainWindowEvents, WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
+import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
 import { ClusterManager } from "./cluster-manager";
 import { shellSync } from "./shell-sync";
 import { mangleProxyEnv } from "./proxy-env";
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ import { FilesystemProvisionerStore } from "./extension-filesystem";
 import { SentryInit } from "../common/sentry";
 import { ensureDir } from "fs-extra";
 import { Router } from "./router";
-import { getAppMenu, initMenu } from "./menu";
+import { initMenu } from "./menu";
 import { initTray } from "./tray";
 import { kubeApiRequest, shellApiRequest, ShellRequestAuthenticator } from "./proxy-functions";
 import { AppPaths } from "../common/app-paths";
@@ -256,12 +256,6 @@ app.on("ready", async () => {
     LensProtocolRouterMain.getInstance().rendererLoaded = true;
   });
 
-  ipcMainOn(IpcMainWindowEvents.OPEN_CONTEXT_MENU, (event) => {
-    const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(getAppMenu(windowManager));
-
-    menu.popup(BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(event.sender) as Electron.PopupOptions);
-  });
-
   logger.info("🧩 Initializing extensions");
 
   // call after windowManager to see splash earlier
diff --git a/src/main/initializers/ipc.ts b/src/main/initializers/ipc.ts
index 206a1673db..196b4d1d34 100644
--- a/src/main/initializers/ipc.ts
+++ b/src/main/initializers/ipc.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-import { BrowserWindow, dialog, IpcMainInvokeEvent } from "electron";
+import { BrowserWindow, dialog, IpcMainInvokeEvent, Menu } from "electron";
 import { clusterFrameMap } from "../../common/cluster-frames";
 import { clusterActivateHandler, clusterSetFrameIdHandler, clusterVisibilityHandler, clusterRefreshHandler, clusterDisconnectHandler, clusterKubectlApplyAllHandler, clusterKubectlDeleteAllHandler, clusterDeleteHandler, clusterSetDeletingHandler, clusterClearDeletingHandler } from "../../common/cluster-ipc";
 import type { ClusterId } from "../../common/cluster-types";
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ import { catalogEntityRegistry } from "../catalog";
 import { pushCatalogToRenderer } from "../catalog-pusher";
 import { ClusterManager } from "../cluster-manager";
 import { ResourceApplier } from "../resource-applier";
-import { WindowManager } from "../window-manager";
+import { IpcMainWindowEvents, WindowManager } from "../window-manager";
 import path from "path";
 import { remove } from "fs-extra";
 import { AppPaths } from "../../common/app-paths";
+import { getAppMenu } from "../menu";
 
 export function initIpcMainHandlers() {
   ipcMainHandle(clusterActivateHandler, (event, clusterId: ClusterId, force = false) => {
@@ -148,4 +149,10 @@ export function initIpcMainHandlers() {
 
     return dialog.showOpenDialog(BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow(), dialogOpts);
   });
+
+  ipcMainOn(IpcMainWindowEvents.OPEN_CONTEXT_MENU, async (event) => {
+    const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(getAppMenu(WindowManager.getInstance()));
+
+    menu.popup(BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(event.sender) as Electron.PopupOptions);
+  });
 }