diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/common/spectral.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/common/spectral.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f99088aa53..0000000000
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/common/spectral.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { IRuleResult, RulesetDefinition, Spectral } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
-import { oas } from '@stoplight/spectral-rulesets';
-
-export const initializeSpectral = () => {
-  const spectral = new Spectral();
-  spectral.setRuleset(oas as RulesetDefinition);
-  return spectral;
-};
-
-export const isLintError = (result: IRuleResult) => result.severity === 0;
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/main/ipc/main.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/main/ipc/main.ts
index d77781525d..6858f6fb7a 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/main/ipc/main.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/main/ipc/main.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import type { ISpectralDiagnostic } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
+import type { RulesetDefinition } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
+import { Spectral } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
+import { oas } from '@stoplight/spectral-rulesets';
 import { app, ipcMain, IpcRendererEvent } from 'electron';
 import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
 
@@ -8,6 +12,7 @@ import { WebSocketBridgeAPI } from '../network/websocket';
 
 export interface MainBridgeAPI {
   restart: () => void;
+  spectralRun: (content: string) => Promise<ISpectralDiagnostic[]>;
   authorizeUserInWindow: typeof authorizeUserInWindow;
   setMenuBarVisibility: (visible: boolean) => void;
   installPlugin: typeof installPlugin;
@@ -47,4 +52,10 @@ export function registerMainHandlers() {
     app.relaunch();
     app.exit();
   });
+
+  ipcMain.handle('spectralRun', (_, content: string) => {
+    const spectral = new Spectral();
+    spectral.setRuleset(oas as RulesetDefinition);
+    return spectral.run(content);
+  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/preload.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/preload.ts
index c33dba7910..20123de468 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/preload.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/preload.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const webSocket: WebSocketBridgeAPI = {
 const main: Window['main'] = {
   restart: () => ipcRenderer.send('restart'),
   authorizeUserInWindow: options => ipcRenderer.invoke('authorizeUserInWindow', options),
+  spectralRun: options => ipcRenderer.invoke('spectralRun', options),
   setMenuBarVisibility: options => ipcRenderer.send('setMenuBarVisibility', options),
   installPlugin: options => ipcRenderer.invoke('installPlugin', options),
   curlRequest: options => ipcRenderer.invoke('curlRequest', options),
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/codemirror/lint/openapi.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/codemirror/lint/openapi.ts
index 013fb3ac96..55b68baa11 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/codemirror/lint/openapi.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/codemirror/lint/openapi.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
+import type { IRuleResult } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
 import CodeMirror from 'codemirror';
 
-import { initializeSpectral, isLintError } from '../../../../common/spectral';
-
-const spectral = initializeSpectral();
-
 CodeMirror.registerHelper('lint', 'openapi', async function(text: string) {
-  const results = (await spectral.run(text)).filter(isLintError);
+  const isLintError = (result: IRuleResult) => result.severity === 0;
 
-  return results.map(result => ({
+  const run = await window.main.spectralRun(text);
+  return run.filter(isLintError).map(result => ({
     from: CodeMirror.Pos(result.range.start.line, result.range.start.character),
     to: CodeMirror.Pos(result.range.end.line, result.range.end.character),
     message: result.message,
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/design.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/design.tsx
index 05db44aab9..f3da2f43fd 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/design.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/design.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IRuleResult } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
+import type { IRuleResult } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
 import React, { createRef, FC, RefObject, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import styled from 'styled-components';
 import { parseApiSpec, ParsedApiSpec } from '../../common/api-specs';
 import { database } from '../../common/database';
 import { debounce } from '../../common/misc';
-import { initializeSpectral, isLintError } from '../../common/spectral';
 import * as models from '../../models/index';
 import { CodeEditor, CodeEditorHandle } from '../components/codemirror/code-editor';
 import { DesignEmptyState } from '../components/design-empty-state';
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@ import { superFaint } from '../css/css-in-js';
 import { useActiveApiSpecSyncVCSVersion, useGitVCSVersion } from '../hooks/use-vcs-version';
 import { selectActiveApiSpec } from '../redux/selectors';
 
+const isLintError = (result: IRuleResult) => result.severity === 0;
+
 const EmptySpaceHelper = styled.div({
   ...superFaint,
   display: 'flex',
@@ -28,9 +29,6 @@ const EmptySpaceHelper = styled.div({
   textAlign: 'center',
 });
 
-// TODO(jackkav): find the right place to do this
-const spectral = initializeSpectral();
-
 interface LintMessage extends Notice {
   range: IRuleResult['range'];
 }
@@ -68,8 +66,9 @@ const RenderEditor: FC<{ editor: RefObject<CodeEditorHandle> }> = ({ editor }) =
     const update = async () => {
       // Lint only if spec has content
       if (contents && contents.length !== 0) {
-        const results: LintMessage[] = (await spectral.run(contents))
-          .filter(isLintError)
+        const run = await window.main.spectralRun(contents);
+
+        const results: LintMessage[] = run.filter(isLintError)
           .map(({ severity, code, message, range }) => ({
             type: severity === 0 ? 'error' : 'warning',
             message: `${code} ${message}`,