diff --git a/kittens/ssh/main.py b/kittens/ssh/main.py
index 7c6f729a2..56848be30 100644
--- a/kittens/ssh/main.py
+++ b/kittens/ssh/main.py
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ from kitty.constants import (
     cache_dir, runtime_dir, shell_integration_dir, ssh_control_master_template,
     str_version, terminfo_dir
 )
-from kitty.options.types import Options
 from kitty.shell_integration import as_str_literal
 from kitty.shm import SharedMemory
 from kitty.types import run_once
 from kitty.utils import (
     SSHConnectionData, expandvars, resolve_abs_or_config_path,
-    set_echo as turn_off_echo, suppress_error_logging
+    set_echo as turn_off_echo
 )
 
+from ..tui.utils import kitty_opts
 from .config import init_config
 from .copy import CopyInstruction
 from .options.types import Options as SSHOptions
@@ -110,13 +110,6 @@ def serialize_env(literal_env: Dict[str, str], env: Dict[str, str], base_env: Di
     return '\n'.join(lines).encode('utf-8')
 
 
-@run_once
-def kitty_opts() -> Options:
-    from kitty.cli import create_default_opts
-    with suppress_error_logging():
-        return create_default_opts()
-
-
 def make_tarfile(ssh_opts: SSHOptions, base_env: Dict[str, str], compression: str = 'gz', literal_env: Dict[str, str] = {}) -> bytes:
 
     def normalize_tarinfo(tarinfo: tarfile.TarInfo) -> tarfile.TarInfo:
@@ -154,6 +147,7 @@ def make_tarfile(ssh_opts: SSHOptions, base_env: Dict[str, str], compression: st
     if ssh_opts.shell_integration == 'inherited':
         ksi = get_effective_ksi_env_var(kitty_opts())
     else:
+        from kitty.options.types import Options
         from kitty.options.utils import shell_integration
         ksi = get_effective_ksi_env_var(Options({'shell_integration': shell_integration(ssh_opts.shell_integration)}))
 
diff --git a/kittens/tui/utils.py b/kittens/tui/utils.py
index eeb9c04bd..1ec73cf4e 100644
--- a/kittens/tui/utils.py
+++ b/kittens/tui/utils.py
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 
 import sys
 from contextlib import suppress
-from typing import Tuple
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple
+
+from kitty.types import run_once
 
 from .operations import raw_mode, set_cursor_visible
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from kitty.options.types import Options
+
 
 def get_key_press(allowed: str, default: str) -> str:
     response = default
@@ -50,6 +55,14 @@ def human_size(
     return format_number(size / 1024**exponent, max_num_of_decimals) + sep + unit_list[exponent]
 
 
+@run_once
+def kitty_opts() -> Options:
+    from kitty.cli import create_default_opts
+    from kitty.utils import suppress_error_logging
+    with suppress_error_logging():
+        return create_default_opts()
+
+
 def report_error(msg: str = '', return_code: int = 1, print_exc: bool = False) -> None:
     ' Report an error also sending the overlay ready message to ensure kitten is visible '
     from .operations import overlay_ready