diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/common/import.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/common/import.ts
index 55a696e288..1f4538ea49 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/common/import.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/common/import.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export async function fetchImportContentFromURI({ uri }: { uri: string }) {
   } else if (uri.match(/^(file):\/\//)) {
     const path = uri.replace(/^(file):\/\//, '');
     const readFileProcessFork = async (path: string) =>
-      process.type === 'renderer'
+      __IS_RENDERER__
         ? window.main.insecureReadFile({ path })
         : (await import('../main/secure-read-file')).insecureReadFile(path);
 
@@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ export async function scanResources(importEntries: ImportEntry[]): Promise<ScanR
           };
         } else {
           const convertProcessFork =
-            process.type === 'renderer' ? window.main.parseImport : (await import('../main/importers/convert')).convert;
+            __IS_RENDERER__
+              ? window.main.parseImport
+              : (await import('../main/importers/convert')).convert;
           result = (await convertProcessFork(importEntry)) as unknown as ConvertResult;
         }
       } catch (err: unknown) {
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/tsconfig.json b/packages/insomnia/tsconfig.json
index ef564fe874..d530ce6da3 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/insomnia/tsconfig.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
   },
-  "include": ["**/*", ".react-router/types/**/*"],
+  "include": ["types/global.d.ts", "**/*", ".react-router/types/**/*"],
   "exclude": [
     "./src/__mocks__/@getinsomnia/node-libcurl.ts",
     "**/__mocks__",
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/types/global.d.ts b/packages/insomnia/types/global.d.ts
index 4c3567bd75..4eb3dfe76e 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/types/global.d.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/types/global.d.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ declare global {
 }
 
 declare const __DEV__: boolean;
+declare const __IS_RENDERER__: boolean;
 
 declare namespace NodeJS {
   interface Global {
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/types/vite.d.ts b/packages/insomnia/types/vite.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c73fac2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/insomnia/types/vite.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/// <reference types="vite/client" />
+
+declare const __DEV__: boolean;
+declare const __IS_RENDERER__: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/vite.config.ts b/packages/insomnia/vite.config.ts
index 389c08e226..b480fc9d7c 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/vite.config.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
   return {
     define: {
       '__DEV__': JSON.stringify(__DEV__),
+      '__IS_RENDERER__': JSON.stringify(true),
       'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(mode),
       'process.env.INSOMNIA_ENV': JSON.stringify(mode),
       // Only apply in production builds: Rollup does text substitution (safe).
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/vitest.config.ts b/packages/insomnia/vitest.config.ts
index 5309c74196..c7623db234 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/vitest.config.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 
 import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
 export default defineConfig({
+  define: {
+    '__IS_RENDERER__': JSON.stringify(false),
+  },
   test: {
     setupFiles: ['./setup-vitest.ts'],
     hideSkippedTests: true,