diff --git a/packages/ide/src/client.ts b/packages/ide/src/client.ts
index c1cb3d74f..1c9b26f5c 100644
--- a/packages/ide/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/ide/src/client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { field, logger, time, Time } from "@coder/logger";
-import { ISharedProcessData } from "@coder/protocol";
+import { SharedProcessData } from "@coder/protocol";
 import { retry } from "./retry";
 import { upload } from "./upload";
 import { client } from "./fill/client";
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export abstract class IdeClient {
 	private readonly loadTime: Time;
 
 	public readonly initData = client.initData;
-	public readonly sharedProcessData: Promise<ISharedProcessData>;
+	public readonly sharedProcessData: Promise<SharedProcessData>;
 	public readonly onSharedProcessActive = client.onSharedProcessActive;
 
 	public constructor() {
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/browser/client.ts b/packages/protocol/src/browser/client.ts
index 9fb8a6e6d..abbc5925a 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/browser/client.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/browser/client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ReadWriteConnection, InitData, OperatingSystem, ISharedProcessData } from "../common/connection";
+import { ReadWriteConnection, InitData, OperatingSystem, SharedProcessData } from "../common/connection";
 import { NewEvalMessage, ServerMessage, EvalDoneMessage, EvalFailedMessage, TypedValue, ClientMessage, NewSessionMessage, TTYDimensions, SessionOutputMessage, CloseSessionInputMessage, WorkingInitMessage, EvalEventMessage } from "../proto";
 import { Emitter } from "@coder/events";
 import { logger, field } from "@coder/logger";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class Client {
 	private readonly initDataEmitter = new Emitter<InitData>();
 	private readonly initDataPromise: Promise<InitData>;
 
-	private readonly sharedProcessActiveEmitter = new Emitter<ISharedProcessData>();
+	private readonly sharedProcessActiveEmitter = new Emitter<SharedProcessData>();
 	public readonly onSharedProcessActive = this.sharedProcessActiveEmitter.event;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/common/connection.ts b/packages/protocol/src/common/connection.ts
index c32f85a6a..06e255dc5 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/common/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/common/connection.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface InitData {
 	readonly builtInExtensionsDirectory: string;
 }
 
-export interface ISharedProcessData {
+export interface SharedProcessData {
 	readonly socketPath: string;
 	readonly logPath: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/client.ts b/packages/vscode/src/client.ts
index bddbb9630..6fb618186 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/client.ts
@@ -156,16 +156,10 @@ export class Client extends IdeClient {
 	protected initialize(): Promise<void> {
 		registerContextMenuListener();
 
-		const pathSets = this.sharedProcessData.then((data) => {
-			paths._paths.socketPath = data.socketPath;
-			process.env.VSCODE_LOGS = data.logPath;
-		});
-
 		this._clipboardContextKey = new RawContextKey("nativeClipboard", this.clipboard.isEnabled);
 
-		return this.task("Start workbench", 1000, async (data) => {
-			paths._paths.appData = data.dataDirectory;
-			paths._paths.defaultUserData = data.dataDirectory;
+		return this.task("Start workbench", 1000, async (data, sharedData) => {
+			paths._paths.initialize(data, sharedData);
 			this._builtInExtensionsDirectory = data.builtInExtensionsDirectory;
 			process.env.SHELL = data.shell;
 
@@ -190,7 +184,7 @@ export class Client extends IdeClient {
 				bounded.set(enabled);
 			});
 			this.clipboard.initialize();
-		}, this.initData, pathSets);
+		}, this.initData, this.sharedProcessData);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/fill/paths.ts b/packages/vscode/src/fill/paths.ts
index 01bcb353c..eff2472aa 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/fill/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/fill/paths.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,42 @@
-export const _paths = {
-	appData: "/tmp",
-	defaultUserData: "/tmp",
-	socketPath: "/tmp/vscode-remote.sock",
-};
+import { InitData, SharedProcessData } from "@coder/protocol";
 
+class Paths {
+	private _appData: string | undefined;
+	private _defaultUserData: string | undefined;
+	private _socketPath: string | undefined;
+
+	public get appData(): string {
+		if (typeof this._appData === "undefined") {
+			throw new Error("trying to access appData before it has been set");
+		}
+
+		return this._appData;
+	}
+
+	public get defaultUserData(): string {
+		if (typeof this._defaultUserData === "undefined") {
+			throw new Error("trying to access defaultUserData before it has been set");
+		}
+
+		return this._defaultUserData;
+	}
+
+	public get socketPath(): string {
+		if (typeof this._socketPath === "undefined") {
+			throw new Error("trying to access socketPath before it has been set");
+		}
+
+		return this._socketPath;
+	}
+
+	public initialize(data: InitData, sharedData: SharedProcessData): void {
+		process.env.VSCODE_LOGS = sharedData.logPath;
+		this._appData = data.dataDirectory;
+		this._defaultUserData = data.dataDirectory;
+		this._socketPath = sharedData.socketPath;
+	}
+}
+
+export const _paths = new Paths();
 export const getAppDataPath = (): string => _paths.appData;
 export const getDefaultUserDataPath = (): string => _paths.defaultUserData;