diff --git a/render/detailed/node.go b/render/detailed/node.go
index cc8cd7f3b..c79e8ed57 100644
--- a/render/detailed/node.go
+++ b/render/detailed/node.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func MakeNode(r report.Report, n render.RenderableNode) Node {
 		Pseudo:      n.Pseudo,
 		Controls:    controls(r, n),
 		Children:    children(n),
-		Parents:     parents(r, n),
+		Parents:     Parents(r, n),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/render/detailed/parents.go b/render/detailed/parents.go
index a97e823f5..ecdb2bdcf 100644
--- a/render/detailed/parents.go
+++ b/render/detailed/parents.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ type Parent struct {
 	TopologyID string `json:"topologyId"`
 }
 
-// parents renders the parents of this report.Node, which have been aggregated
+// Parents renders the parents of this report.Node, which have been aggregated
 // from the probe reports.
-func parents(r report.Report, n render.RenderableNode) (result []Parent) {
+func Parents(r report.Report, n render.RenderableNode) (result []Parent) {
 	topologies := map[string]struct {
 		report.Topology
 		render func(report.Node) Parent
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func parents(r report.Report, n render.RenderableNode) (result []Parent) {
 		t := topologies[topologyID]
 		parents, _ := n.Node.Parents.Lookup(topologyID)
 		for _, id := range parents {
-			if topologyID == n.Node.Topology && id == n.ID {
+			if topologyID == n.Node.Topology && id == n.Node.ID {
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/render/detailed/parents_test.go b/render/detailed/parents_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..572e75056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/render/detailed/parents_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package detailed_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/render"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/render/detailed"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/report"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/test"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/test/fixture"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/test/reflect"
+)
+
+func TestParents(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		name string
+		node render.RenderableNode
+		want []detailed.Parent
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Node accidentally tagged with itself",
+			node: render.HostRenderer.Render(fixture.Report)[render.MakeHostID(fixture.ClientHostID)].WithParents(
+				report.EmptySets.Add(report.Host, report.MakeStringSet(fixture.ClientHostNodeID)),
+			),
+			want: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			node: render.HostRenderer.Render(fixture.Report)[render.MakeHostID(fixture.ClientHostID)],
+			want: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			node: render.ContainerRenderer.Render(fixture.Report)[render.MakeContainerID(fixture.ClientContainerID)],
+			want: []detailed.Parent{
+				{ID: render.MakeContainerImageID(fixture.ClientContainerImageName), Label: fixture.ClientContainerImageName, TopologyID: "containers-by-image"},
+				{ID: render.MakeHostID(fixture.ClientHostID), Label: fixture.ClientHostName, TopologyID: "hosts"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			node: render.ProcessRenderer.Render(fixture.Report)[render.MakeProcessID(fixture.ClientHostID, fixture.Client1PID)],
+			want: []detailed.Parent{
+				{ID: render.MakeContainerID(fixture.ClientContainerID), Label: fixture.ClientContainerName, TopologyID: "containers"},
+				{ID: render.MakeContainerImageID(fixture.ClientContainerImageName), Label: fixture.ClientContainerImageName, TopologyID: "containers-by-image"},
+				{ID: render.MakeHostID(fixture.ClientHostID), Label: fixture.ClientHostName, TopologyID: "hosts"},
+			},
+		},
+	} {
+		name := c.name
+		if name == "" {
+			name = fmt.Sprintf("Node %q", c.node.ID)
+		}
+		if have := detailed.Parents(fixture.Report, c.node); !reflect.DeepEqual(c.want, have) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %s", name, test.Diff(c.want, have))
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/fixture/report_fixture.go b/test/fixture/report_fixture.go
index 6462827ab..9ec2243ca 100644
--- a/test/fixture/report_fixture.go
+++ b/test/fixture/report_fixture.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ var (
 	NonContainerProcessNodeID = report.MakeProcessNodeID(ServerHostID, NonContainerPID)
 
 	ClientContainerID     = "a1b2c3d4e5"
+	ClientContainerName   = "client"
 	ServerContainerID     = "5e4d3c2b1a"
 	ClientContainerNodeID = report.MakeContainerNodeID(ClientContainerID)
 	ServerContainerNodeID = report.MakeContainerNodeID(ServerContainerID)
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ var (
 			Nodes: report.Nodes{
 				ClientContainerNodeID: report.MakeNodeWith(map[string]string{
 					docker.ContainerID:                            ClientContainerID,
-					docker.ContainerName:                          "client",
+					docker.ContainerName:                          ClientContainerName,
 					docker.ImageID:                                ClientContainerImageID,
 					report.HostNodeID:                             ClientHostNodeID,
 					docker.LabelPrefix + "io.kubernetes.pod.name": ClientPodID,