diff --git a/src/main/main.ts b/src/main/main.ts
index 02cb189..e848893 100644
--- a/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/src/main/main.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ ipcMain.on('electron-store-get-secret', async (event, val) => {
 });
 
 ipcMain.on('ipc-example', async (event, arg) => {
+  store.set('apikey', process.env.STARTGG_API_KEY);
   const msgTemplate = (pingPong: string) => `IPC test: ${pingPong}`;
   console.log(msgTemplate(arg));
   event.reply('ipc-example', msgTemplate('pong'));
@@ -400,8 +401,6 @@ app
       if (mainWindow === null) createWindow();
     });
 
-    store.set('apikey', process.env.STARTGG_API_KEY);
-
     // works for dumb iFrames
     session.defaultSession.webRequest.onHeadersReceived({
       urls: [
diff --git a/src/renderer/index.tsx b/src/renderer/index.tsx
index b7b48c1..a96350e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/index.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/index.tsx
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ import App from './App';
 const container = document.getElementById('root')!;
 const root = createRoot(container);
 root.render(<App />);
+
+// calling IPC exposed from preload script
+window.electron.ipcRenderer.once('ipc-example', (arg) => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.log(arg);
+});
+window.electron.ipcRenderer.sendMessage('ipc-example', ['ping']);