diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5429ea4..c55e5da 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -201,4 +201,4 @@ If the action fails, the VSIX will need to be built locally with `yarn package`
 
 ### Insiders release
 
-The [Publish Insiders workflow](.github/workflows/cd-insiders.yml) is automatically ran every AM unless no new changes have been committed to `main`.
+The [Publish Insiders workflow](.github/workflows/cd-insiders.yml) is automatically run every AM unless no new changes have been committed to `main`.
diff --git a/src/container.ts b/src/container.ts
index dd1b7c9..e514cec 100644
--- a/src/container.ts
+++ b/src/container.ts
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ export class Container {
 		},
 	});
 
-	static create(context: ExtensionContext, cfg: Config) {
+	static create(context: ExtensionContext, cfg: Config, insiders: boolean) {
 		if (Container.#instance != null) throw new Error('Container is already initialized');
 
-		Container.#instance = new Container(context, cfg);
+		Container.#instance = new Container(context, cfg, insiders);
 		return Container.#instance;
 	}
 
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ export class Container {
 
 	private _terminalLinks: GitTerminalLinkProvider | undefined;
 
-	private constructor(context: ExtensionContext, config: Config) {
+	private constructor(context: ExtensionContext, config: Config, insiders: boolean) {
 		this._context = context;
 		this._config = this.applyMode(config);
+		this._insiders = insiders;
 
 		context.subscriptions.push((this._storage = new Storage(this._context)));
 
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ export class Container {
 		return this._config;
 	}
 
-	private _context: ExtensionContext;
+	private readonly _context: ExtensionContext;
 	get context() {
 		return this._context;
 	}
@@ -409,9 +410,9 @@ export class Container {
 		return this._homeView;
 	}
 
-	@memoize()
+	private readonly _insiders;
 	get insiders() {
-		return this._context.extension.id.endsWith('-insiders');
+		return this._insiders;
 	}
 
 	private _integrationAuthentication: IntegrationAuthenticationService;
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index e4e429f..6a864a3 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ import { executeCommand, executeCoreCommand, registerCommands } from './system/c
 import { setDefaultDateLocales } from './system/date';
 import { once } from './system/event';
 import { Stopwatch } from './system/stopwatch';
-import { compare } from './system/version';
+import { compare, satisfies } from './system/version';
 import { ViewNode } from './views/nodes';
 
 export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<GitLensApi | undefined> {
-	const insiders = context.extension.id === 'eamodio.gitlens-insiders';
 	const gitlensVersion = context.extension.packageJSON.version;
+	const insiders = context.extension.id === 'eamodio.gitlens-insiders' || satisfies(gitlensVersion, '> 2020.0.0');
 
 	Logger.configure(context, configuration.get('outputLevel'), o => {
 		if (GitUri.is(o)) {
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<GitLensApi |
 		},
 	});
 
-	if (insiders) {
-		// Ensure that stable isn't also installed
+	// If we are using the separate insiders extension, ensure that stable isn't also installed
+	if (context.extension.id === 'eamodio.gitlens-insiders') {
 		const stable = extensions.getExtension('eamodio.gitlens');
 		if (stable != null) {
 			sw.stop({ message: ' was NOT activated because GitLens is also enabled' });
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<GitLensApi |
 
 	// await migrateSettings(context, previousVersion);
 
-	const container = Container.create(context, cfg);
+	const container = Container.create(context, cfg, insiders);
 	once(container.onReady)(() => {
 		context.subscriptions.push(...registerCommands(container));
 		registerBuiltInActionRunners(container);