diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.injectable.ts b/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.injectable.ts
index 09d0f3b0ae..2f5c4b66b0 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.injectable.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import isCompatibleExtensionInjectable from "./is-compatible-extension/is-compat
 import extensionsStoreInjectable from "../extensions-store/extensions-store.injectable";
 import extensionInstallationStateStoreInjectable from "../extension-installation-state-store/extension-installation-state-store.injectable";
 import installExtensionInjectable from "../extension-installer/install-extension/install-extension.injectable";
-import extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable from "../extension-installer/extension-package-root-directory/extension-package-root-directory.injectable";
+import extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable from "../extension-installer/extension-package-root-directory.injectable";
 import installExtensionsInjectable from "../extension-installer/install-extensions/install-extensions.injectable";
 import staticFilesDirectoryInjectable from "../../common/vars/static-files-directory.injectable";
 import readJsonFileInjectable from "../../common/fs/read-json-file.injectable";
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.ts b/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.ts
index c7781d78a6..9c6842e67b 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery.ts
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ import type { GetDirnameOfPath } from "../../common/path/get-dirname.injectable"
 import type { GetRelativePath } from "../../common/path/get-relative-path.injectable";
 import type { RemovePath } from "../../common/fs/remove-path.injectable";
 import type TypedEventEmitter from "typed-emitter";
+import type { LazyInitializableState } from "../../common/initializable-state/create-lazy";
 
 interface Dependencies {
   readonly extensionLoader: ExtensionLoader;
   readonly extensionsStore: ExtensionsStore;
   readonly extensionInstallationStateStore: ExtensionInstallationStateStore;
-  readonly extensionPackageRootDirectory: string;
+  readonly extensionPackageRootDirectory: LazyInitializableState<string>;
   readonly staticFilesDirectory: string;
   readonly logger: Logger;
   readonly isProduction: boolean;
@@ -134,11 +135,11 @@ export class ExtensionDiscovery {
   }
 
   get packageJsonPath(): string {
-    return this.dependencies.joinPaths(this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory, manifestFilename);
+    return this.dependencies.joinPaths(this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory.get(), manifestFilename);
   }
 
   get inTreeTargetPath(): string {
-    return this.dependencies.joinPaths(this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory, "extensions");
+    return this.dependencies.joinPaths(this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory.get(), "extensions");
   }
 
   get inTreeFolderPath(): string {
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ export class ExtensionDiscovery {
   }
 
   get nodeModulesPath(): string {
-    return this.dependencies.joinPaths(this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory, "node_modules");
+    return this.dependencies.joinPaths(this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory.get(), "node_modules");
   }
 
   /**
@@ -322,13 +323,15 @@ export class ExtensionDiscovery {
       throw new Error("ExtensionDiscovery.load() can be only be called once");
     }
 
+    const extensionPackageRootDirectory = this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory.get();
+
     this.loadStarted = true;
 
     this.dependencies.logger.info(
-      `${logModule} loading extensions from ${this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory}`,
+      `${logModule} loading extensions from ${extensionPackageRootDirectory}`,
     );
 
-    await this.dependencies.removePath(this.dependencies.joinPaths(this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory, "package-lock.json"));
+    await this.dependencies.removePath(this.dependencies.joinPaths(this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory.get(), "package-lock.json"));
 
     const canWriteToInTreeFolder = await this.dependencies.accessPath(this.inTreeFolderPath, constants.W_OK);
 
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-installer.injectable.ts b/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-installer.injectable.ts
index 169b758049..acdd2733e9 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-installer.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-installer.injectable.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,14 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { ExtensionInstaller } from "./extension-installer";
-import extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable from "./extension-package-root-directory/extension-package-root-directory.injectable";
+import extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable from "./extension-package-root-directory.injectable";
 
 const extensionInstallerInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "extension-installer",
 
-  instantiate: (di) =>
-    new ExtensionInstaller({
-      extensionPackageRootDirectory: di.inject(
-        extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable,
-      ),
-    }),
+  instantiate: (di) => new ExtensionInstaller({
+    extensionPackageRootDirectory: di.inject(extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable),
+  }),
 });
 
 export default extensionInstallerInjectable;
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-installer.ts b/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-installer.ts
index 1764435a54..011b829681 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-installer.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-installer.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import fs from "fs-extra";
 import path from "path";
 import logger from "../../main/logger";
 import type { PackageJson } from "type-fest";
+import type { LazyInitializableState } from "../../common/initializable-state/create-lazy";
 
 const logModule = "[EXTENSION-INSTALLER]";
 
 interface Dependencies {
-  extensionPackageRootDirectory: string;
+  readonly extensionPackageRootDirectory: LazyInitializableState<string>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ interface Dependencies {
 export class ExtensionInstaller {
   private installLock = new AwaitLock();
 
-  constructor(private dependencies: Dependencies) {}
+  constructor(private readonly dependencies: Dependencies) {}
 
   get npmPath() {
     return __non_webpack_require__.resolve("npm");
@@ -35,15 +36,17 @@ export class ExtensionInstaller {
     // Mutual exclusion to install packages in sequence
     await this.installLock.acquireAsync();
 
+    const extensionPackageRootDirectory = this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory.get();
+
     try {
       // Write the package.json which will be installed in .installDependencies()
       await fs.writeFile(path.join(packageJsonPath), JSON.stringify(packagesJson, null, 2), {
         mode: 0o600,
       });
 
-      logger.info(`${logModule} installing dependencies at ${this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory}`);
+      logger.info(`${logModule} installing dependencies at ${extensionPackageRootDirectory}`);
       await this.npm(["install", "--audit=false", "--fund=false", "--only=prod", "--prefer-offline"]);
-      logger.info(`${logModule} dependencies installed at ${this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory}`);
+      logger.info(`${logModule} dependencies installed at ${extensionPackageRootDirectory}`);
     } finally {
       this.installLock.release();
     }
@@ -55,20 +58,23 @@ export class ExtensionInstaller {
   installPackage = async (name: string): Promise<void> => {
     // Mutual exclusion to install packages in sequence
     await this.installLock.acquireAsync();
+    const extensionPackageRootDirectory = this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory.get();
 
     try {
-      logger.info(`${logModule} installing package from ${name} to ${this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory}`);
+      logger.info(`${logModule} installing package from ${name} to ${extensionPackageRootDirectory}`);
       await this.npm(["install", "--audit=false", "--fund=false", "--only=prod", "--prefer-offline", name]);
-      logger.info(`${logModule} package ${name} installed to ${this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory}`);
+      logger.info(`${logModule} package ${name} installed to ${extensionPackageRootDirectory}`);
     } finally {
       this.installLock.release();
     }
   };
 
   private npm(args: string[]): Promise<void> {
+    const extensionPackageRootDirectory = this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory.get();
+
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const child = child_process.fork(this.npmPath, args, {
-        cwd: this.dependencies.extensionPackageRootDirectory,
+        cwd: extensionPackageRootDirectory,
         silent: true,
         env: {},
       });
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-package-root-directory.injectable.ts b/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-package-root-directory.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e578506f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-package-root-directory.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import directoryForUserDataInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-user-data.injectable";
+import { createLazyInitializableState } from "../../common/initializable-state/create-lazy";
+
+const extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable = createLazyInitializableState({
+  id: "extension-package-root-directory",
+  init: (di) => di.inject(directoryForUserDataInjectable).get(),
+});
+
+export default extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable;
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-package-root-directory/extension-package-root-directory.injectable.ts b/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-package-root-directory/extension-package-root-directory.injectable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d43b38b8bc..0000000000
--- a/src/extensions/extension-installer/extension-package-root-directory/extension-package-root-directory.injectable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * 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 directoryForUserDataInjectable from "../../../common/app-paths/directory-for-user-data.injectable";
-
-const extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "extension-package-root-directory",
-
-  instantiate: (di) => di.inject(directoryForUserDataInjectable),
-});
-
-export default extensionPackageRootDirectoryInjectable;
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-packages-root/extension-packages-root.injectable.ts b/src/extensions/extension-packages-root/extension-packages-root.injectable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 721b04eaaf..0000000000
--- a/src/extensions/extension-packages-root/extension-packages-root.injectable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * 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 directoryForUserDataInjectable
-  from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-user-data.injectable";
-
-const extensionPackagesRootInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "extension-packages-root",
-  instantiate: (di) => di.inject(directoryForUserDataInjectable),
-});
-
-export default extensionPackagesRootInjectable;