diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/Keyring.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/Keyring.ts
index 5ff1e7c1..3955e4b1 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/Keyring.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/Keyring.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { base64Decode, createKeyMulti } from '@polkadot/util-crypto';
 import env from './observable/development';
 import Base from './Base';
 import { accountKey, addressKey, accountRegex, addressRegex, contractKey, contractRegex } from './defaults';
-import keyringOption from './options';
+import { KeyringOption } from './options';
 
 const RECENT_EXPIRY = 24 * 60 * 60;
 
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const RECENT_EXPIRY = 24 * 60 * 60;
 // Chain determination occurs outside of Keyring. Loading `keyring.loadAll({ type: 'ed25519' | 'sr25519' })` is triggered
 // from the API after the chain is received
 export class Keyring extends Base implements KeyringStruct {
+  public readonly keyringOption = new KeyringOption();
+
   #stores = {
     account: (): AddressSubject => this.accounts,
     address: (): AddressSubject => this.addresses,
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ export class Keyring extends Base implements KeyringStruct {
       }
     });
 
-    keyringOption.init(this);
+    this.keyringOption.init(this);
   }
 
   public restoreAccount (json: KeyringPair$Json, password: string): KeyringPair {
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.spec.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.spec.ts
index 64cbffc1..71f682a5 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import { KeyringStruct } from '../types';
-import keyringOption from '.';
+import { KeyringOption } from '.';
+
+const keyringOption = new KeyringOption();
 
 describe('KeyringOption', (): void => {
   it('should not allow initOptions to be called more than once', (): void => {
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.ts b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.ts
index 5db50212..826614df 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/src/options/index.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,3 @@ export class KeyringOption implements KeyringOptionInstance {
     };
   }
 }
-
-const keyringOption = new KeyringOption();
-
-export default keyringOption;