diff --git a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
index a5a2d394d..dea7f7e95 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -4,18 +4,11 @@ import { isPublicInternetAccessAllowed } from "Common/DatabaseAccountUtility";
 import { Environment, getEnvironment } from "Common/EnvironmentUtility";
 import { sendMessage } from "Common/MessageHandler";
 import { Platform, configContext } from "ConfigContext";
-import { DataExplorerAction } from "Contracts/ActionContracts";
 import { MessageTypes } from "Contracts/ExplorerContracts";
-import { handleOpenAction } from "Explorer/OpenActions/OpenActions";
 import { useDataPlaneRbac } from "Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane";
 import { getCopilotEnabled, isCopilotFeatureRegistered } from "Explorer/QueryCopilot/Shared/QueryCopilotClient";
 import { IGalleryItem } from "Juno/JunoClient";
 import { scheduleRefreshDatabaseResourceToken } from "Platform/Fabric/FabricUtil";
-import {
-  AppStateComponentNames,
-  OPEN_TABS_SUBCOMPONENT_NAME,
-  readSubComponentState,
-} from "Shared/AppStatePersistenceUtility";
 import { LocalStorageUtility, StorageKey } from "Shared/StorageUtility";
 import { acquireMsalTokenForAccount } from "Utils/AuthorizationUtils";
 import { allowedNotebookServerUrls, validateEndpoint } from "Utils/EndpointUtils";
@@ -1166,10 +1159,6 @@ export default class Explorer {
     }
 
     await this.refreshSampleData();
-
-    if (userContext.features.restoreTabs) {
-      this.restoreOpenTabs();
-    }
   }
 
   public async configureCopilot(): Promise<void> {
@@ -1216,19 +1205,4 @@ export default class Explorer {
       return;
     }
   }
-
-  private restoreOpenTabs() {
-    const openTabsState = readSubComponentState<(DataExplorerAction | undefined)[]>(
-      AppStateComponentNames.DataExplorerAction,
-      OPEN_TABS_SUBCOMPONENT_NAME,
-      undefined,
-      [],
-    );
-
-    openTabsState.forEach((openTabState) => {
-      if (openTabState) {
-        handleOpenAction(openTabState, useDatabases.getState().databases, this);
-      }
-    });
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
index eacc7f4c5..430cef277 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import Explorer from "Explorer/Explorer";
 import { useDataPlaneRbac } from "Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/SettingsPane";
 import { useSelectedNode } from "Explorer/useSelectedNode";
 import { scheduleRefreshDatabaseResourceToken } from "Platform/Fabric/FabricUtil";
+import {
+  AppStateComponentNames,
+  OPEN_TABS_SUBCOMPONENT_NAME,
+  readSubComponentState,
+} from "Shared/AppStatePersistenceUtility";
 import { LocalStorageUtility, StorageKey } from "Shared/StorageUtility";
 import { useNewPortalBackendEndpoint } from "Utils/EndpointUtils";
 import { getNetworkSettingsWarningMessage } from "Utils/NetworkUtility";
@@ -80,6 +85,11 @@ export function useKnockoutExplorer(platform: Platform): Explorer {
           await updateContextForCopilot(explorer);
           await updateContextForSampleData(explorer);
         }
+
+        if (userContext.features.restoreTabs) {
+          restoreOpenTabs();
+        }
+
         setExplorer(explorer);
       }
     };
@@ -816,3 +826,17 @@ async function updateContextForSampleData(explorer: Explorer): Promise<void> {
 interface SampledataconnectionResponse {
   connectionString: string;
 }
+
+const restoreOpenTabs = () => {
+  const openTabsState = readSubComponentState<(DataExplorerAction | undefined)[]>(
+    AppStateComponentNames.DataExplorerAction,
+    OPEN_TABS_SUBCOMPONENT_NAME,
+    undefined,
+    [],
+  );
+  openTabsState.forEach((openTabState) => {
+    if (openTabState) {
+      handleOpenAction(openTabState, useDatabases.getState().databases, this);
+    }
+  });
+};