diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/enqueueRequestedLinear.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/enqueueRequestedLinear.ts
index 29ff4b2224..7748e35998 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/enqueueRequestedLinear.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/enqueueRequestedLinear.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { enqueueRequested } from 'app/store/actions';
 import type { AppStartListening } from 'app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware';
-import { $nodeManager } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/renderers/renderer';
+import { getNodeManager } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/nodeManager';
 import { isImageViewerOpenChanged } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySlice';
 import { prepareLinearUIBatch } from 'features/nodes/util/graph/buildLinearBatchConfig';
 import { buildGenerationTabGraph } from 'features/nodes/util/graph/generation/buildGenerationTabGraph';
 import { buildGenerationTabSDXLGraph } from 'features/nodes/util/graph/generation/buildGenerationTabSDXLGraph';
 import { queueApi } from 'services/api/endpoints/queue';
-import { assert } from 'tsafe';
 
 export const addEnqueueRequestedLinear = (startAppListening: AppStartListening) => {
   startAppListening({
@@ -20,8 +19,7 @@ export const addEnqueueRequestedLinear = (startAppListening: AppStartListening)
 
       let graph;
 
-      const manager = $nodeManager.get();
-      assert(manager, 'Konva node manager not initialized');
+      const manager = getNodeManager();
 
       console.log('generation mode', manager.util.getGenerationMode());
 
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/nodeManager.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/nodeManager.ts
index f31a74b1f3..2fa562b44f 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/nodeManager.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/nodeManager.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import type {
 import { isValidLayer } from 'features/nodes/util/graph/generation/addLayers';
 import type Konva from 'konva';
 import type { Vector2d } from 'konva/lib/types';
+import { atom } from 'nanostores';
 import { getImageDTO as defaultGetImageDTO, uploadImage as defaultUploadImage } from 'services/api/endpoints/images';
 import type { ImageCategory, ImageDTO } from 'services/api/types';
 import { assert } from 'tsafe';
@@ -466,3 +467,13 @@ export class KonvaEntityAdapter {
     return this.objectRecords.delete(id);
   }
 }
+
+const $nodeManager = atom<KonvaNodeManager | null>(null);
+export const setNodeManager = (manager: KonvaNodeManager) => {
+  $nodeManager.set(manager);
+};
+export const getNodeManager = () => {
+  const nodeManager = $nodeManager.get();
+  assert(nodeManager, 'Konva node manager not initialized');
+  return nodeManager;
+};
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/renderers/renderer.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/renderers/renderer.ts
index 939d9d776c..11fb09e57f 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/renderers/renderer.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/renderers/renderer.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { logger } from 'app/logging/logger';
 import { $isDebugging } from 'app/store/nanostores/isDebugging';
 import type { RootState } from 'app/store/store';
 import { setStageEventHandlers } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/events';
-import { KonvaNodeManager } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/nodeManager';
+import { KonvaNodeManager, setNodeManager } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/nodeManager';
 import { getArrangeEntities } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/renderers/arrange';
 import { createBackgroundLayer, getRenderBackground } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/renderers/background';
 import { updateBboxes } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/renderers/bbox';
@@ -66,12 +66,9 @@ import type {
 import type Konva from 'konva';
 import type { IRect, Vector2d } from 'konva/lib/types';
 import { debounce } from 'lodash-es';
-import { atom } from 'nanostores';
 import type { RgbaColor } from 'react-colorful';
 import type { ImageDTO } from 'services/api/types';
 
-export const $nodeManager = atom<KonvaNodeManager | null>(null);
-
 /**
  * Initializes the canvas renderer. It subscribes to the redux store and listens for changes directly, bypassing the
  * react rendering cycle entirely, improving canvas performance.
@@ -301,7 +298,7 @@ export const initializeRenderer = (
   };
 
   const manager = new KonvaNodeManager(stage, container);
-  $nodeManager.set(manager);
+  setNodeManager(manager);
 
   manager.background = { layer: createBackgroundLayer() };
   manager.stage.add(manager.background.layer);