diff --git a/src/client/datascience/interactive-window/nativeInteractiveWindowProvider.ts b/src/client/datascience/interactive-window/nativeInteractiveWindowProvider.ts
index 22911cd2f3b..82d07e5d779 100644
--- a/src/client/datascience/interactive-window/nativeInteractiveWindowProvider.ts
+++ b/src/client/datascience/interactive-window/nativeInteractiveWindowProvider.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 'use strict';
 import { inject, injectable, named } from 'inversify';
 import { ConfigurationTarget, Event, EventEmitter, Memento, workspace, window, ViewColumn } from 'vscode';
-import { IPythonApiProvider, IPythonExtensionChecker } from '../../api/types';
+import { IPythonExtensionChecker } from '../../api/types';
 
 import {
     IApplicationShell,
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import { noop } from '../../common/utils/misc';
 import { IServiceContainer } from '../../ioc/types';
 import { IExportDialog } from '../export/types';
 import { IKernelProvider } from '../jupyter/kernels/types';
-import { InteractiveWindowView } from '../notebook/constants';
 import { INotebookControllerManager } from '../notebook/types';
 import {
     IInteractiveWindow,
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ export class NativeInteractiveWindowProvider implements IInteractiveWindowProvid
         @inject(IWorkspaceService) private readonly workspaceService: IWorkspaceService,
         @inject(IKernelProvider) private readonly kernelProvider: IKernelProvider,
         @inject(INotebookControllerManager) private readonly notebookControllerManager: INotebookControllerManager,
-        @inject(ICommandManager) private readonly commandManager: ICommandManager,
-        @inject(IPythonApiProvider) private readonly pythonApi: IPythonApiProvider
+        @inject(ICommandManager) private readonly commandManager: ICommandManager
     ) {
         asyncRegistry.push(this);
     }
@@ -238,19 +236,8 @@ export class NativeInteractiveWindowProvider implements IInteractiveWindowProvid
     }
 
     private async getControllerForInteractiveWindow(): Promise<string | undefined> {
-        // Fetch the active interpreter and use the matching controller
-        const api = await this.pythonApi.getApi();
-        const activeInterpreter = await api.getActiveInterpreter();
-
-        if (!activeInterpreter) {
-            return;
-        }
-        const preferredController = this.notebookControllerManager.getOrCreateController(
-            activeInterpreter,
-            InteractiveWindowView
-        );
-
-        return preferredController !== undefined ? `${JVSC_EXTENSION_ID}/${preferredController.id}` : undefined;
+        const preferredController = await this.notebookControllerManager.getInteractiveController();
+        return preferredController ? `${JVSC_EXTENSION_ID}/${preferredController.id}` : undefined;
     }
 
     // TODO: we don't currently have a way to know when the VS Code InteractiveEditor
diff --git a/src/client/datascience/notebook/notebookControllerManager.ts b/src/client/datascience/notebook/notebookControllerManager.ts
index d09713a3cfc..7871fadccad 100644
--- a/src/client/datascience/notebook/notebookControllerManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/datascience/notebook/notebookControllerManager.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { sendTelemetryEvent } from '../../telemetry';
 import { NotebookCellLanguageService } from './cellLanguageService';
 import { sendKernelListTelemetry } from '../telemetry/kernelTelemetry';
 import { noop } from '../../common/utils/misc';
-import { IPythonExtensionChecker } from '../../api/types';
+import { IPythonApiProvider, IPythonExtensionChecker } from '../../api/types';
 import { PythonEnvironment } from '../../pythonEnvironments/info';
 import { isCI } from '../../common/constants';
 /**
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ export class NotebookControllerManager implements INotebookControllerManager, IE
         @inject(NotebookCellLanguageService) private readonly languageService: NotebookCellLanguageService,
         @inject(IWorkspaceService) private readonly workspace: IWorkspaceService,
         @inject(IPythonExtensionChecker) private readonly extensionChecker: IPythonExtensionChecker,
-        @inject(IDocumentManager) private readonly docManager: IDocumentManager
+        @inject(IDocumentManager) private readonly docManager: IDocumentManager,
+        @inject(IPythonApiProvider) private readonly pythonApi: IPythonApiProvider
     ) {
         this._onNotebookControllerSelected = new EventEmitter<{
             notebook: NotebookDocument;
@@ -86,6 +87,16 @@ export class NotebookControllerManager implements INotebookControllerManager, IE
         this.disposables.push(this._onNotebookControllerSelected);
         this.isLocalLaunch = isLocalLaunch(this.configuration);
     }
+    public async getInteractiveController(): Promise<VSCodeNotebookController | undefined> {
+        // Fetch the active interpreter and use the matching controller
+        const api = await this.pythonApi.getApi();
+        const activeInterpreter = await api.getActiveInterpreter();
+
+        if (!activeInterpreter) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.getOrCreateController(activeInterpreter, InteractiveWindowView)?.id;
+    }
 
     get onNotebookControllerSelected() {
         return this._onNotebookControllerSelected.event;
diff --git a/src/client/datascience/notebook/types.ts b/src/client/datascience/notebook/types.ts
index 4c593f1ea8d..15cc53faea5 100644
--- a/src/client/datascience/notebook/types.ts
+++ b/src/client/datascience/notebook/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 import { Event, NotebookDocument, NotebookEditor, Uri } from 'vscode';
-import { PythonEnvironment } from '../../pythonEnvironments/info';
 import { VSCodeNotebookController } from './vscodeNotebookController';
 
 export const INotebookKernelResolver = Symbol('INotebookKernelResolver');
@@ -13,10 +12,7 @@ export interface INotebookControllerManager {
     getSelectedNotebookController(document: NotebookDocument): VSCodeNotebookController | undefined;
     // Marked test only, just for tests to access registered controllers
     registeredNotebookControllers(): VSCodeNotebookController[];
-    getOrCreateController(
-        pythonInterpreter: PythonEnvironment,
-        notebookType: 'interactive' | 'jupyter-notebook'
-    ): VSCodeNotebookController | undefined;
+    getInteractiveController(): Promise<VSCodeNotebookController | undefined>;
 }
 export enum CellOutputMimeTypes {
     error = 'application/vnd.code.notebook.error',