diff --git a/src/dotnet-interactive/CommandLine/CommandLineParser.cs b/src/dotnet-interactive/CommandLine/CommandLineParser.cs
index ceb0371feb..df4c1244e9 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-interactive/CommandLine/CommandLineParser.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-interactive/CommandLine/CommandLineParser.cs
@@ -250,7 +250,10 @@ Task<int> JupyterHandler(StartupOptions startupOptions, JupyterOptions options,
 
                     services.AddKernel(kernel);
 
+                    var clientSideKernelClient = new SignalRBackchannelKernelClient();
+
                     services.AddSingleton(c => ConnectionInformation.Load(options.ConnectionFile))
+                        .AddSingleton(clientSideKernelClient)
                         .AddSingleton(c =>
                         {
                             return new JupyterRequestContextScheduler(delivery => c.GetRequiredService<JupyterRequestContextHandler>()