diff --git a/app/api_topologies.go b/app/api_topologies.go
index ecc44fc85..faa3160aa 100644
--- a/app/api_topologies.go
+++ b/app/api_topologies.go
@@ -80,21 +80,23 @@ func updateFilters(rpt report.Report, topologies []APITopologyDesc) []APITopolog
 		ns = append(ns, namespace)
 	}
 	sort.Strings(ns)
-	for i, t := range topologies {
-		if t.id == podsID || t.id == servicesID || t.id == deploymentsID || t.id == replicaSetsID {
-			topologies[i] = updateTopologyFilters(t, []APITopologyOptionGroup{
-				kubernetesFilters(ns...), unmanagedFilter,
-			})
+	if len(ns) > 0 { // We only want to apply k8s filters when we have k8s-related nodes
+		for i, t := range topologies {
+			if t.id == containersID || t.id == containersByImageID || t.id == containersByHostnameID || t.id == podsID || t.id == servicesID || t.id == deploymentsID || t.id == replicaSetsID {
+				topologies[i] = mergeTopologyFilters(t, []APITopologyOptionGroup{
+					kubernetesFilters(ns...),
+				})
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return topologies
 }
 
-// updateTopologyFilters recursively sets the options on a topology description
-func updateTopologyFilters(t APITopologyDesc, options []APITopologyOptionGroup) APITopologyDesc {
-	t.Options = options
+// mergeTopologyFilters recursively merges in new options on a topology description
+func mergeTopologyFilters(t APITopologyDesc, options []APITopologyOptionGroup) APITopologyDesc {
+	t.Options = append(t.Options, options...)
 	for i, sub := range t.SubTopologies {
-		t.SubTopologies[i] = updateTopologyFilters(sub, options)
+		t.SubTopologies[i] = mergeTopologyFilters(sub, options)
 	}
 	return t
 }
@@ -200,6 +202,7 @@ func MakeRegistry() *Registry {
 			renderer:    render.PodRenderer,
 			Name:        "Pods",
 			Rank:        3,
+			Options:     []APITopologyOptionGroup{unmanagedFilter},
 			HideIfEmpty: true,
 		},
 		APITopologyDesc{
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ func MakeRegistry() *Registry {
 			parent:      podsID,
 			renderer:    render.ReplicaSetRenderer,
 			Name:        "replica sets",
+			Options:     []APITopologyOptionGroup{unmanagedFilter},
 			HideIfEmpty: true,
 		},
 		APITopologyDesc{
@@ -214,6 +218,7 @@ func MakeRegistry() *Registry {
 			parent:      podsID,
 			renderer:    render.DeploymentRenderer,
 			Name:        "deployments",
+			Options:     []APITopologyOptionGroup{unmanagedFilter},
 			HideIfEmpty: true,
 		},
 		APITopologyDesc{
@@ -221,6 +226,7 @@ func MakeRegistry() *Registry {
 			parent:      podsID,
 			renderer:    render.PodServiceRenderer,
 			Name:        "services",
+			Options:     []APITopologyOptionGroup{unmanagedFilter},
 			HideIfEmpty: true,
 		},
 		APITopologyDesc{
diff --git a/render/filters.go b/render/filters.go
index da39e0c44..7897cd173 100644
--- a/render/filters.go
+++ b/render/filters.go
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/report"
 )
 
+const (
+	k8sNamespaceLabel = "io.kubernetes.pod.namespace"
+)
+
 // PreciousNodeRenderer ensures a node is never filtered out by decorators
 type PreciousNodeRenderer struct {
 	PreciousNodeID string
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ func IsApplication(n report.Node) bool {
 	if roleLabel == "system" {
 		return false
 	}
-	namespace, _ := n.Latest.Lookup(docker.LabelPrefix + "io.kubernetes.pod.namespace")
+	namespace, _ := n.Latest.Lookup(docker.LabelPrefix + k8sNamespaceLabel)
 	if namespace == "kube-system" {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -293,7 +297,14 @@ func IsNotPseudo(n report.Node) bool {
 // IsNamespace checks if the node is a pod/service in the specified namespace
 func IsNamespace(namespace string) FilterFunc {
 	return func(n report.Node) bool {
-		gotNamespace, _ := n.Latest.Lookup(kubernetes.Namespace)
+		tryKeys := []string{kubernetes.Namespace, docker.LabelPrefix + k8sNamespaceLabel}
+		gotNamespace := ""
+		for _, key := range tryKeys {
+			if value, ok := n.Latest.Lookup(key); ok {
+				gotNamespace = value
+				break
+			}
+		}
 		return namespace == gotNamespace
 	}
 }