The present invention relates in one aspect to a housing for an injection device, comprising:- a body (30) to accommodate a drive mechanism (5) having at least a piston rod (110) to operably engage with a piston (52) of a cartridge (50) filled with a liquid injectable medicament, and having a receptacle (31) at a distal end (33) to receive a cartridge holder (20) having a cartridge receiving space (25) to accommodate the cartridge (50), and having an insert section (21) at a proximal end (23)- wherein the cartridge holder (20) comprises at least a first latch element (24) located on the insert section (21) and wherein the body (30) comprises at least a second latch element (34) located in the receptacle (31) and protruding radially inwardly from a side wall section (32) of the receptacle (31),- wherein a radial extension of the first latch element (24) is less than a thickness of the side wall (22, 32) of the insert section (21) or of the receptacle (31),- wherein a radial protrusion of the second latch element (34) is less than a thickness of the side wall sections (22, 32) of the insert section or of the receptacle (31), and- wherein the first latch element (24) is located at an axial distance (D) from a proximal end (26) of the cartridge receiving space (25) that is less than 25% of the axial elongation of the insert section (21).
