diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/boot.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/boot.tsx
index 31837cde60798a..944b9a513e81cf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/boot.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/boot.tsx
@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@
 import { render, unmountComponentAtNode } from 'react-dom';
 import { HttpStart as Http, ToastsSetup } from 'kibana/public';
 import React from 'react';
+
 import { LicenseStatus } from '../../common/types';
 import { App } from '.';
 
 export interface Dependencies {
   el: HTMLElement;
   http: Http;
-  getLicenseStatus: () => LicenseStatus;
   I18nContext: any;
   notifications: ToastsSetup;
+  initialLicenseStatus: LicenseStatus;
 }
 
 export type AppDependencies = Omit<Dependencies, 'el'>;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/components/license_warning_notice.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/components/license_warning_notice.tsx
index da9991529e7d44..295e15056acc4f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/components/license_warning_notice.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/components/license_warning_notice.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const LicenseWarningNotice = () => {
         title={i18n.translate('xpack.searchProfiler.licenseErrorMessageTitle', {
           defaultMessage: 'License error',
         })}
-        color="warning"
+        color="danger"
         iconType="alert"
         style={{ padding: '16px' }}
       >
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/contexts/app_context.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/contexts/app_context.tsx
index 2862041f2e7edc..14556d51803353 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/contexts/app_context.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/contexts/app_context.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import React, { useContext, createContext } from 'react';
+import React, { useContext, createContext, useCallback } from 'react';
+
 import { HttpSetup, ToastsSetup } from 'kibana/public';
 import { LicenseStatus } from '../../../common/types';
 
+export interface ContextArgs {
+  http: HttpSetup;
+  notifications: ToastsSetup;
+  initialLicenseStatus: LicenseStatus;
+}
+
 export interface ContextValue {
   http: HttpSetup;
   notifications: ToastsSetup;
@@ -18,12 +25,24 @@ const AppContext = createContext<ContextValue>(null as any);
 
 export const AppContextProvider = ({
   children,
-  value,
+  args: { http, notifications, initialLicenseStatus },
 }: {
   children: React.ReactNode;
-  value: ContextValue;
+  args: ContextArgs;
 }) => {
-  return <AppContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</AppContext.Provider>;
+  const getLicenseStatus = useCallback(() => initialLicenseStatus, [initialLicenseStatus]);
+
+  return (
+    <AppContext.Provider
+      value={{
+        http,
+        notifications,
+        getLicenseStatus,
+      }}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </AppContext.Provider>
+  );
 };
 
 export const useAppContext = () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/editor/editor.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/editor/editor.tsx
index 0477b270724dae..5f8ab776a7672c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/editor/editor.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/editor/editor.tsx
@@ -37,15 +37,13 @@ export const Editor = memo(({ licenseEnabled, initialValue, onEditorReady }: Pro
 
   const [textArea, setTextArea] = useState<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null);
 
-  if (licenseEnabled) {
-    useUIAceKeyboardMode(textArea);
-  }
+  useUIAceKeyboardMode(textArea);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const divEl = containerRef.current;
     editorInstanceRef.current = initializeEditor({ el: divEl, licenseEnabled });
     editorInstanceRef.current.setValue(initialValue, 1);
-    setTextArea(containerRef.current!.querySelector('textarea'));
+    setTextArea(licenseEnabled ? containerRef.current!.querySelector('textarea') : null);
 
     onEditorReady(createEditorShim(editorInstanceRef.current));
   }, [initialValue, onEditorReady, licenseEnabled]);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/index.tsx
index 0f0d2e7339184b..fd8ab61eb9b089 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/application/index.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import { ProfileContextProvider } from './contexts/profiler_context';
 
 import { AppDependencies } from './boot';
 
-export function App({ I18nContext, getLicenseStatus, notifications, http }: AppDependencies) {
+export function App({ I18nContext, initialLicenseStatus, notifications, http }: AppDependencies) {
   return (
     <I18nContext>
-      <AppContextProvider value={{ getLicenseStatus, notifications, http }}>
+      <AppContextProvider args={{ initialLicenseStatus, notifications, http }}>
         <ProfileContextProvider>
           <Main />
         </ProfileContextProvider>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/plugin.ts
index 1f460aee31dfd0..a0f6478daf7735 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/searchprofiler/public/plugin.ts
@@ -6,20 +6,16 @@
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { Plugin, CoreStart, CoreSetup, PluginInitializerContext } from 'kibana/public';
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import { FeatureCatalogueCategory } from '../../../../src/plugins/home/public';
 import { LICENSE_CHECK_STATE } from '../../licensing/public';
 
 import { PLUGIN } from '../common/constants';
 import { AppPublicPluginDependencies } from './types';
-import { LicenseStatus } from '../common/types';
 
 export class SearchProfilerUIPlugin implements Plugin<void, void, AppPublicPluginDependencies> {
-  private licenseStatus: LicenseStatus;
-
-  constructor(ctx: PluginInitializerContext) {
-    this.licenseStatus = { valid: false };
-  }
+  constructor(ctx: PluginInitializerContext) {}
 
   async setup(
     { http, getStartServices }: CoreSetup,
@@ -50,25 +46,21 @@ export class SearchProfilerUIPlugin implements Plugin<void, void, AppPublicPlugi
         const [coreStart] = await getStartServices();
         const { notifications, i18n: i18nDep } = coreStart;
         const { boot } = await import('./application/boot');
+
+        const license = await licensing.license$.pipe(first()).toPromise();
+        const { state, message } = license.check(PLUGIN.id, PLUGIN.minimumLicenseType);
+        const initialLicenseStatus =
+          state === LICENSE_CHECK_STATE.Valid ? { valid: true } : { valid: false, message };
+
         return boot({
           http,
-          getLicenseStatus: () => this.licenseStatus,
+          initialLicenseStatus,
           el: params.element,
           I18nContext: i18nDep.Context,
           notifications: notifications.toasts,
         });
       },
     });
-
-    licensing.license$.subscribe(license => {
-      const { state, message } = license.check(PLUGIN.id, PLUGIN.minimumLicenseType);
-      const isAvailable = state === LICENSE_CHECK_STATE.Valid;
-      if (isAvailable) {
-        this.licenseStatus = { valid: true };
-      } else {
-        this.licenseStatus = { valid: false, message };
-      }
-    });
   }
 
   async start(core: CoreStart, plugins: any) {}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dev_tools/searchprofiler_editor.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dev_tools/searchprofiler_editor.ts
index f8eea76026cc2d..56d7a66930ebfb 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dev_tools/searchprofiler_editor.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dev_tools/searchprofiler_editor.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export default function({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
           await aceEditor.setValue(editorTestSubjectSelector, input);
 
           await retry.waitFor(
-            `parser errors to match expection: HAS ${expectation ? 'ERRORS' : 'NO ERRORS'}`,
+            `parser errors to match expectation: HAS ${expectation ? 'ERRORS' : 'NO ERRORS'}`,
             async () => {
               const actual = await aceEditor.hasParseErrors(editorTestSubjectSelector);
               return expectation === actual;