diff --git a/desktop/app/src/RenderHost.tsx b/desktop/app/src/RenderHost.tsx
index a8b25f529..3aa8fb17c 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/RenderHost.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/RenderHost.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@
  * @format
  */
 
+import {NotificationEvents} from './dispatcher/notifications';
+import {PluginNotification} from './reducers/notifications';
+
+// Events that are emitted from the main.ts ovr the IPC process bridge in Electron
+type MainProcessEvents = {
+  'flipper-protocol-handler': [query: string];
+  'open-flipper-file': [url: string];
+  notificationEvent: [
+    eventName: NotificationEvents,
+    pluginNotification: PluginNotification,
+    arg: null | string | number,
+  ];
+  trackUsage: any[];
+  getLaunchTime: [launchStartTime: number];
+};
+
 /**
  * Utilities provided by the render host, e.g. Electron, the Browser, etc
  */
@@ -16,6 +32,10 @@ export interface RenderHost {
   selectDirectory?(defaultPath?: string): Promise<string | undefined>;
   registerShortcut(shortCut: string, callback: () => void): void;
   hasFocus(): boolean;
+  onIpcEvent<Event extends keyof MainProcessEvents>(
+    event: Event,
+    callback: (...arg: MainProcessEvents[Event]) => void,
+  ): void;
 }
 
 let renderHostInstance: RenderHost | undefined;
@@ -41,5 +61,6 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
     hasFocus() {
       return true;
     },
+    onIpcEvent() {},
   });
 }
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/application.tsx b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/application.tsx
index 1e7244c04..9f9f04bba 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/application.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/application.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Fine for app startup.
 // eslint-disable-next-line flipper/no-electron-remote-imports
-import {remote, ipcRenderer, IpcRendererEvent} from 'electron';
+import {remote} from 'electron';
 import {Store} from '../reducers/index';
 import {Logger} from 'flipper-common';
 import {
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ import {
 import {tryCatchReportPlatformFailures} from 'flipper-common';
 import {handleDeeplink} from '../deeplink';
 import {Dialog} from 'flipper-plugin';
+import {getRenderHostInstance} from '../RenderHost';
 
 export default (store: Store, logger: Logger) => {
   const currentWindow = remote.getCurrentWindow();
+  const renderHost = getRenderHostInstance();
+
   const onFocus = () => {
     setImmediate(() => {
       store.dispatch({
@@ -55,28 +58,22 @@ export default (store: Store, logger: Logger) => {
     });
   });
 
-  ipcRenderer.on(
-    'flipper-protocol-handler',
-    (_event: IpcRendererEvent, query: string) => {
-      handleDeeplink(store, logger, query).catch((e) => {
-        console.warn('Failed to handle deeplink', query, e);
-        Dialog.alert({
-          title: 'Failed to open deeplink',
-          type: 'error',
-          message: `Failed to handle deeplink '${query}': ${
-            e.message ?? e.toString()
-          }`,
-        });
+  renderHost.onIpcEvent('flipper-protocol-handler', (query: string) => {
+    handleDeeplink(store, logger, query).catch((e) => {
+      console.warn('Failed to handle deeplink', query, e);
+      Dialog.alert({
+        title: 'Failed to open deeplink',
+        type: 'error',
+        message: `Failed to handle deeplink '${query}': ${
+          e.message ?? e.toString()
+        }`,
       });
-    },
-  );
+    });
+  });
 
-  ipcRenderer.on(
-    'open-flipper-file',
-    (_event: IpcRendererEvent, url: string) => {
-      tryCatchReportPlatformFailures(() => {
-        return importFileToStore(url, store);
-      }, `${IMPORT_FLIPPER_TRACE_EVENT}:Deeplink`);
-    },
-  );
+  renderHost.onIpcEvent('open-flipper-file', (url: string) => {
+    tryCatchReportPlatformFailures(() => {
+      return importFileToStore(url, store);
+    }, `${IMPORT_FLIPPER_TRACE_EVENT}:Deeplink`);
+  });
 };
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/notifications.tsx b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/notifications.tsx
index 4b96f88e1..614fc0d57 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/notifications.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/notifications.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import {Store} from '../reducers/index';
 import {Logger} from 'flipper-common';
 import {PluginNotification} from '../reducers/notifications';
-import {ipcRenderer, IpcRendererEvent} from 'electron';
+import {ipcRenderer} from 'electron';
 import {
   updatePluginBlocklist,
   updateCategoryBlocklist,
@@ -19,18 +19,24 @@ import {textContent} from 'flipper-plugin';
 import {getPluginTitle} from '../utils/pluginUtils';
 import {sideEffect} from '../utils/sideEffect';
 import {openNotification} from '../sandy-chrome/notification/Notification';
+import {getRenderHostInstance} from '../RenderHost';
+
+export type NotificationEvents =
+  | 'show'
+  | 'click'
+  | 'close'
+  | 'reply'
+  | 'action';
 
-type NotificationEvents = 'show' | 'click' | 'close' | 'reply' | 'action';
 const NOTIFICATION_THROTTLE = 5 * 1000; // in milliseconds
 
 export default (store: Store, logger: Logger) => {
   const knownNotifications: Set<string> = new Set();
   const lastNotificationTime: Map<string, number> = new Map();
 
-  ipcRenderer.on(
+  getRenderHostInstance().onIpcEvent(
     'notificationEvent',
     (
-      _event: IpcRendererEvent,
       eventName: NotificationEvents,
       pluginNotification: PluginNotification,
       arg: null | string | number,
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/tracking.tsx b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/tracking.tsx
index 44dd36dad..a374b025d 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/tracking.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/tracking.tsx
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-// Used for PID tracking.
-// eslint-disable-next-line flipper/no-electron-remote-imports
-import {ipcRenderer} from 'electron';
 import {performance} from 'perf_hooks';
 import {EventEmitter} from 'events';
 
@@ -146,16 +143,15 @@ export default (store: Store, logger: Logger) => {
     );
   }
 
-  ipcRenderer.on('trackUsage', (event, ...args: any[]) => {
+  renderHost.onIpcEvent('trackUsage', (...args: any[]) => {
     let state: State;
     try {
       state = store.getState();
     } catch (e) {
       // if trackUsage is called (indirectly) through a reducer, this will utterly die Flipper. Let's prevent that and log an error instead
       console.error(
-        'trackUsage triggered indirectly as side effect of a reducer. Event: ',
-        event.type,
-        event,
+        'trackUsage triggered indirectly as side effect of a reducer',
+        e,
       );
       return;
     }
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/init.tsx b/desktop/app/src/init.tsx
index 1c4fc2b7f..5c94fc803 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/init.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/init.tsx
@@ -297,5 +297,10 @@ function initializeFlipperForElectron() {
     hasFocus() {
       return remote.getCurrentWindow().isFocused();
     },
+    onIpcEvent(event, callback) {
+      ipcRenderer.on(event, (_ev, ...args: any[]) => {
+        callback(...(args as any));
+      });
+    },
   });
 }
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/sandy-chrome/SandyApp.tsx b/desktop/app/src/sandy-chrome/SandyApp.tsx
index 4b74e8a80..c5cef45a6 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/sandy-chrome/SandyApp.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/sandy-chrome/SandyApp.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import fbConfig from '../fb-stubs/config';
 import {isFBEmployee} from '../utils/fbEmployee';
 import {notification} from 'antd';
 import isProduction from '../utils/isProduction';
+import {getRenderHostInstance} from '../RenderHost';
 
 export type ToplevelNavItem =
   | 'appinspect'
@@ -214,9 +215,16 @@ function registerStartupTime(logger: Logger) {
   // track time since launch
   const [s, ns] = process.hrtime();
   const launchEndTime = s * 1e3 + ns / 1e6;
-  ipcRenderer.on('getLaunchTime', (_: any, launchStartTime: number) => {
-    logger.track('performance', 'launchTime', launchEndTime - launchStartTime);
-  });
+  getRenderHostInstance().onIpcEvent(
+    'getLaunchTime',
+    (launchStartTime: number) => {
+      logger.track(
+        'performance',
+        'launchTime',
+        launchEndTime - launchStartTime,
+      );
+    },
+  );
 
   ipcRenderer.send('getLaunchTime');
   ipcRenderer.send('componentDidMount');