diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/closeCellButton.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/closeCellButton.ts
index c0513cb..e07f18e 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/closeCellButton.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/closeCellButton.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { LitElement, css, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 
-@customElement('close-cell-button')
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../decorators'
+
+@safeCustomElement('close-cell-button')
 export class CloseCellButton extends LitElement {
   /* eslint-disable */
   static styles = css`
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/actionButton.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/actionButton.ts
index 5f1d9eb..a50eced 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/actionButton.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/actionButton.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { LitElement, css, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 import { when } from 'lit/directives/when.js'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../../decorators'
 import { SaveIcon } from '../icons/save'
 import { ShareIcon } from '../icons/share'
 
-@customElement('action-button')
+@safeCustomElement('action-button')
 export class ActionButton extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: String })
   text: string = 'Copy'
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/gistCell.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/gistCell.ts
index 33c9aab..ccce403 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/gistCell.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/gistCell.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { LitElement, css, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 import { when } from 'lit/directives/when.js'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../../decorators'
 import { GistIcon } from '../icons/gistIcon'
 
-@customElement('gist-cell')
+@safeCustomElement('gist-cell')
 export class GistCell extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: String })
   text: string = 'Preview & Gist'
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/open.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/open.ts
index c156140..284487d 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/open.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/open.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { LitElement, css, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 import { when } from 'lit/directives/when.js'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../../decorators'
 import { EyeIcon } from '../icons/eye'
 
-@customElement('open-cell')
+@safeCustomElement('open-cell')
 export class OpenCell extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: String })
   openText: string = 'Open'
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/runme.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/runme.ts
index afc5c3f..88923b5 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/runme.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/runme.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ import {
 import { create } from '@bufbuild/protobuf'
 import { Interceptor } from '@connectrpc/connect'
 import { LitElement, PropertyValues, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 import { Disposable } from 'vscode'
 import { type RendererContext } from 'vscode-notebook-renderer'
 import { type VSCodeEvent } from 'vscode-notebook-renderer/events'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../../decorators'
 import { setContext } from '../../messaging'
 import Streams from '../../streams'
 import { ClientMessages } from '../../types'
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export interface RunmeConsoleStream {
 
 export const RUNME_CONSOLE = 'runme-console'
 
-@customElement(RUNME_CONSOLE)
+@safeCustomElement(RUNME_CONSOLE)
 export class RunmeConsole extends LitElement {
   protected disposables: Disposable[] = []
 
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/saveButton.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/saveButton.ts
index f166e5d..905cdce 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/saveButton.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/saveButton.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { LitElement, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../../decorators'
 import './actionButton'
 
-@customElement('save-button')
+@safeCustomElement('save-button')
 export class SaveButton extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
   loading: boolean = false
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/shareButton.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/shareButton.ts
index 54dac10..17f8b36 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/shareButton.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/shareButton.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { LitElement, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../../decorators'
 import './actionButton'
 
-@customElement('share-button')
+@safeCustomElement('share-button')
 export class ShareButton extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
   loading: boolean = false
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/view.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/view.ts
index e3a999a..51bbd43 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/console/view.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/console/view.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Unicode11Addon } from '@xterm/addon-unicode11'
 import { WebLinksAddon } from '@xterm/addon-web-links'
 import { ITheme, Terminal as XTermJS } from '@xterm/xterm'
 import { LitElement, PropertyValues, css, html, unsafeCSS } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 import { when } from 'lit/directives/when.js'
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs'
 import {
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import { Disposable, TerminalDimensions } from 'vscode'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../../decorators'
 import { FitAddon, type ITerminalDimensions } from '../../fitAddon'
 import { getContext, onClientMessage, postClientMessage } from '../../messaging'
 import { ClientMessages, OutputType, WebViews } from '../../types'
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ const ANSI_COLORS = [
 
 export const CONSOLE_VIEW = 'console-view'
 
-@customElement(CONSOLE_VIEW)
+@safeCustomElement(CONSOLE_VIEW)
 export class ConsoleView extends LitElement {
   protected copyText = 'Copy'
 
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/copyButton.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/copyButton.ts
index 498e6a8..38e0c3b 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/copyButton.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/copyButton.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { LitElement, css, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../decorators'
 import { CopyIcon } from './icons/copy'
 
-@customElement('copy-button')
+@safeCustomElement('copy-button')
 export class CopyButton extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: String })
   copyText: string = 'Copy'
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/dropdownlist.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/dropdownlist.ts
index 76a7928..3f193ae 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/dropdownlist.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/dropdownlist.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { LitElement, css, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../decorators'
 
 export interface DropdownListOption {
   text: string
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ export type DropdownListEvent = {
   key: string
 }
 
-@customElement('dropdown-list')
+@safeCustomElement('dropdown-list')
 export class DropdownList extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: String })
   label: string | undefined
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/env/store.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/env/store.ts
index 001dec9..b2d0353 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/env/store.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/env/store.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { MonitorEnvStoreResponseSnapshot_SnapshotEnv } from '@buf/runmedev_runme.bufbuild_es/runme/runner/v2/runner_pb'
 import { MonitorEnvStoreResponseSnapshot_Status } from '@buf/runmedev_runme.bufbuild_es/runme/runner/v2/runner_pb'
 import { LitElement, TemplateResult, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 import { Disposable } from 'vscode'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../../decorators'
 import { formatDate, formatDateWithTimeAgo } from '../../utils'
 import '../envViewer'
 import { CustomErrorIcon } from '../icons/error'
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ const COLUMNS = [
 
 const HIDDEN_COLUMNS = ['resolvedValue', 'errors', 'status', 'specClass']
 
-@customElement('env-store')
+@safeCustomElement('env-store')
 export default class Table extends LitElement {
   protected disposables: Disposable[] = []
 
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/envViewer.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/envViewer.ts
index 13b91ba..d781d52 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/envViewer.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/envViewer.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import { MonitorEnvStoreResponseSnapshot_Status } from '@buf/runmedev_runme.bufbuild_es/runme/runner/v2/runner_pb'
 import { LitElement, TemplateResult, css, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property, state } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property, state } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 import { when } from 'lit/directives/when.js'
 import { Disposable } from 'vscode'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../decorators'
 import { CheckIcon } from './icons/check'
 import { CopyIcon } from './icons/copy'
 import { EyeIcon } from './icons/eye'
 import { EyeClosedIcon } from './icons/eyeClosed'
 import './tooltip'
 
-@customElement('env-viewer')
+@safeCustomElement('env-viewer')
 export class EnvViewer extends LitElement implements Disposable {
   protected disposables: Disposable[] = []
 
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/table/index.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/table/index.ts
index 8c2e210..0d051da 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/table/index.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/table/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import { LitElement, TemplateResult, css, html, nothing } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 import { when } from 'lit/directives/when.js'
 
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../../decorators'
+
 export interface Column {
   text: string
   colspan?: number | undefined
 }
 
-@customElement('table-view')
+@safeCustomElement('table-view')
 export class Table extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: Array })
   columns?: Column[] = []
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/components/tooltip.ts b/packages/renderers/src/components/tooltip.ts
index 59321ba..424b40d 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/src/components/tooltip.ts
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/components/tooltip.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { LitElement, TemplateResult, css, html } from 'lit'
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
+import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js'
 import { when } from 'lit/directives/when.js'
 
-@customElement('tooltip-text')
+import { safeCustomElement } from '../decorators'
+
+@safeCustomElement('tooltip-text')
 export class Tooltip extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: String })
   tooltipText: string | TemplateResult<1> | undefined
diff --git a/packages/renderers/src/decorators.ts b/packages/renderers/src/decorators.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c427956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/renderers/src/decorators.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * A safe version of @customElement that checks if the element is already defined
+ * before registering it. This prevents errors when the same module is imported multiple times.
+ */
+export function safeCustomElement(tagName: string) {
+  return function <T extends CustomElementConstructor>(constructor: T): T {
+    if (!customElements.get(tagName)) {
+      customElements.define(tagName, constructor)
+    }
+    return constructor
+  }
+}