diff --git a/src/pipeline/wizard.ts b/src/pipeline/wizard.ts
index 8823acb9..14e7778f 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/wizard.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline/wizard.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Disposable } from '../util/disposable';
 import { debounce } from 'debounce';
 import { TknResourceItem } from '../tekton/webviewstartpipeline';
 import { TektonItem } from '../tekton/tektonitem';
+import { startPipeline } from '../tekton/startpipeline';
 
 export interface PipelineWizardInput {
   readonly resourceColumn: vscode.ViewColumn;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export class PipelineWizard extends Disposable {
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-case-declarations
           const inputStartPipeline = e.body;
           this.dispose();
-          return await TektonItem.startPipeline(inputStartPipeline);
+          return await startPipeline(inputStartPipeline);
       }
     }));
 
diff --git a/src/tekton/pipeline.ts b/src/tekton/pipeline.ts
index 253df64b..7238e559 100644
--- a/src/tekton/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/tekton/pipeline.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { TknPipelineTrigger } from '../tekton';
 import { Trigger, PipelineContent } from './pipelinecontent';
 import { PipelineWizard } from '../pipeline/wizard';
 import { pipelineData } from './webviewstartpipeline';
+import { startPipeline } from './startpipeline';
 
 export class Pipeline extends TektonItem {
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export class Pipeline extends TektonItem {
       })).filter((obj) => obj.name === pipeline.getName());
       const inputStartPipeline = await PipelineContent.startObject(pipelineTrigger, 'Pipeline');
 
-      return await Pipeline.startPipeline(inputStartPipeline);
+      return await startPipeline(inputStartPipeline);
     } else {
       Pipeline.startWizard(pipeline);
     }
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ export class Pipeline extends TektonItem {
     }
     const trigger = await pipelineData(data);
     if (!trigger.workspaces && !trigger.resources && !trigger.params) {
-      await Pipeline.startPipeline(trigger);
+      await startPipeline(trigger);
     } else {
       PipelineWizard.create({ trigger, resourceColumn: ViewColumn.Active }, ViewColumn.Active);
     }
diff --git a/src/tekton/startpipeline.ts b/src/tekton/startpipeline.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9242713f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tekton/startpipeline.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in the project root for license information.
+ *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import { StartObject } from './pipelinecontent';
+import { Progress } from '../util/progress';
+import { TektonItem } from './tektonitem';
+import { showPipelineRunPreview } from '../pipeline/pipeline-preview';
+
+
+
+export function startPipeline(inputStartPipeline: StartObject): Promise<string> {
+  return Progress.execFunctionWithProgress(`Starting Pipeline '${inputStartPipeline.name}'.`, () =>
+    TektonItem.tkn.startPipeline(inputStartPipeline)
+      .then(() => TektonItem.explorer.refresh())
+      .then(() => !TektonItem.startQuickPick() ? TektonItem.ShowPipelineRun() ? TektonItem.tkn._getPipelineRuns(undefined ,inputStartPipeline.name) : undefined : undefined)
+      .then((value) => !TektonItem.startQuickPick() ? TektonItem.ShowPipelineRun() ? showPipelineRunPreview(value[0].getName()) : undefined : undefined)
+      .then(() => `Pipeline '${inputStartPipeline.name}' successfully started`)
+      .catch((error) => Promise.reject(`Failed to start Pipeline with error '${error}'`))
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/tekton/tektonitem.ts b/src/tekton/tektonitem.ts
index 882a1c22..dea7e491 100644
--- a/src/tekton/tektonitem.ts
+++ b/src/tekton/tektonitem.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ import { Tkn, tkn as tknImpl, TektonNode, ContextType } from '../tkn';
 import { PipelineExplorer, pipelineExplorer } from '../pipeline/pipelineExplorer';
 import { workspace, window } from 'vscode';
 import { tektonFSUri } from '../util/tekton-vfs';
-import { Progress } from '../util/progress';
-import { PipelineWizard } from '../pipeline/wizard';
-import { showPipelineRunPreview } from '../pipeline/pipeline-preview';
-import { StartObject } from './pipelinecontent';
 
 const errorMessage = {
   Pipeline: 'You need at least one Pipeline available. Please create new Tekton Pipeline and try again.',
@@ -142,15 +138,4 @@ export abstract class TektonItem {
       .getConfiguration('vs-tekton')
       .get<boolean>('pipelineRun');
   }
-
-  static startPipeline(inputStartPipeline: StartObject): Promise<string> {
-    return Progress.execFunctionWithProgress(`Starting Pipeline '${inputStartPipeline.name}'.`, () =>
-      TektonItem.tkn.startPipeline(inputStartPipeline)
-        .then(() => TektonItem.explorer.refresh())
-        .then(() => !TektonItem.startQuickPick() ? TektonItem.ShowPipelineRun() ? this.tkn._getPipelineRuns(undefined ,inputStartPipeline.name) : undefined : undefined)
-        .then((value) => !TektonItem.startQuickPick() ? TektonItem.ShowPipelineRun() ? showPipelineRunPreview(value[0].getName()) : undefined : undefined)
-        .then(() => `Pipeline '${inputStartPipeline.name}' successfully started`)
-        .catch((error) => Promise.reject(`Failed to start Pipeline with error '${error}'`))
-    );
-  }
 }
diff --git a/test/tekton/pipeline.test.ts b/test/tekton/pipeline.test.ts
index 65473448..487149b1 100644
--- a/test/tekton/pipeline.test.ts
+++ b/test/tekton/pipeline.test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,23 @@ suite('Tekton/Pipeline', () => {
 
 
   setup(() => {
+    sandbox.stub(vscode.workspace, 'getConfiguration').returns({
+      get<T>(): Promise<T|undefined> {
+        return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+      },
+      update(): Promise<void> {
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      },
+      inspect(): {
+          key: string;
+          } {
+        return undefined;
+      },
+      has(): boolean {
+        return true;
+      },
+      start: true
+    });
     execStub = sandbox.stub(TknImpl.prototype, 'execute').resolves({ error: null, stdout: '', stderr: '' });
     showQuickPickStub = sandbox.stub(vscode.window, 'showQuickPick').resolves(undefined);
     sandbox.stub(TknImpl.prototype, 'getPipelines').resolves([pipelineItem]);