diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugins.go b/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
index db9cdd59eee..72f76dbbdc2 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ func (pm *PluginManager) Init() error {
 		app.initApp()
 	}
 
+	if Renderer != nil {
+		Renderer.initFrontendPlugin()
+	}
+
 	for _, p := range Plugins {
 		if p.IsCorePlugin {
 			p.Signature = PluginSignatureInternal
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/renderer_plugin.go b/pkg/plugins/renderer_plugin.go
index 2cc4560aaca..0b5f6e019d4 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/renderer_plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/renderer_plugin.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type RendererPlugin struct {
-	PluginBase
+	FrontendPluginBase
 
 	Executable           string `json:"executable,omitempty"`
 	GrpcPluginV1         pluginModel.RendererPlugin