diff --git a/app/api_topologies.go b/app/api_topologies.go
index 92e4e3d11..848a1c1c8 100644
--- a/app/api_topologies.go
+++ b/app/api_topologies.go
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ func (r *Registry) Add(ts ...APITopologyDesc) {
 	defer r.Unlock()
 	for _, t := range ts {
 		t.URL = apiTopologyURL + t.id
+		t.renderer = render.Memoise(t.renderer)
 
 		if t.parent != "" {
 			parent := r.items[t.parent]
diff --git a/render/container.go b/render/container.go
index 83eec193c..b832c35ce 100644
--- a/render/container.go
+++ b/render/container.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var UncontainedIDPrefix = MakePseudoNodeID(UncontainedID)
 // NB We only want processes in container _or_ processes with network connections
 // but we need to be careful to ensure we only include each edge once, by only
 // including the ProcessRenderer once.
-var ContainerRenderer = MakeFilter(
+var ContainerRenderer = Memoise(MakeFilter(
 	func(n report.Node) bool {
 		// Drop deleted containers
 		state, ok := n.Latest.Lookup(docker.ContainerState)
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ var ContainerRenderer = MakeFilter(
 		),
 		ConnectionJoin(MapContainer2IP, SelectContainer),
 	),
-)
+))
 
-var mapEndpoint2IP = MakeMap(endpoint2IP, SelectEndpoint)
+var mapEndpoint2IP = Memoise(MakeMap(endpoint2IP, SelectEndpoint))
 
 const originalNodeID = "original_node_id"
 
@@ -182,11 +182,11 @@ func (r containerWithImageNameRenderer) Render(rpt report.Report, dct Decorator)
 
 // ContainerWithImageNameRenderer is a Renderer which produces a container
 // graph where the ranks are the image names, not their IDs
-var ContainerWithImageNameRenderer = containerWithImageNameRenderer{ContainerRenderer}
+var ContainerWithImageNameRenderer = Memoise(containerWithImageNameRenderer{ContainerRenderer})
 
 // ContainerImageRenderer is a Renderer which produces a renderable container
 // image graph by merging the container graph and the container image topology.
-var ContainerImageRenderer = FilterEmpty(report.Container,
+var ContainerImageRenderer = Memoise(FilterEmpty(report.Container,
 	MakeMap(
 		MapContainerImage2Name,
 		MakeReduce(
@@ -197,10 +197,12 @@ var ContainerImageRenderer = FilterEmpty(report.Container,
 			SelectContainerImage,
 		),
 	),
-)
+))
 
 // ContainerHostnameRenderer is a Renderer which produces a renderable container
 // by hostname graph..
+//
+// not memoised
 var ContainerHostnameRenderer = FilterEmpty(report.Container,
 	MakeReduce(
 		MakeMap(
diff --git a/render/ecs.go b/render/ecs.go
index e36f3dc52..365b8fb28 100644
--- a/render/ecs.go
+++ b/render/ecs.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ECSTaskRenderer is a Renderer for Amazon ECS tasks.
-var ECSTaskRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderECSTopologies,
+var ECSTaskRenderer = Memoise(ConditionalRenderer(renderECSTopologies,
 	renderParents(
 		report.Container, []string{report.ECSTask}, UnmanagedID,
 		MakeFilter(
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ var ECSTaskRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderECSTopologies,
 			ContainerWithImageNameRenderer,
 		),
 	),
-)
+))
 
 // ECSServiceRenderer is a Renderer for Amazon ECS services.
+//
+// not memoised
 var ECSServiceRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderECSTopologies,
 	renderParents(
 		report.ECSTask, []string{report.ECSService}, "",
diff --git a/render/filters.go b/render/filters.go
index bfc235a16..6d9f46272 100644
--- a/render/filters.go
+++ b/render/filters.go
@@ -114,20 +114,20 @@ type Filter struct {
 
 // MakeFilter makes a new Filter (that ignores pseudo nodes).
 func MakeFilter(f FilterFunc, r Renderer) Renderer {
-	return Memoise(&Filter{
+	return &Filter{
 		Renderer: r,
 		FilterFunc: func(n report.Node) bool {
 			return n.Topology == Pseudo || f(n)
 		},
-	})
+	}
 }
 
 // MakeFilterPseudo makes a new Filter that will not ignore pseudo nodes.
 func MakeFilterPseudo(f FilterFunc, r Renderer) Renderer {
-	return Memoise(&Filter{
+	return &Filter{
 		Renderer:   r,
 		FilterFunc: f,
-	})
+	}
 }
 
 // MakeFilterDecorator makes a decorator that filters out non-pseudo nodes
diff --git a/render/host.go b/render/host.go
index 1bd0ec1d4..8983eb05a 100644
--- a/render/host.go
+++ b/render/host.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 
 // HostRenderer is a Renderer which produces a renderable host
 // graph from the host topology.
+//
+// not memoised
 var HostRenderer = MakeReduce(
 	MakeMap(
 		MapEndpoint2Host,
diff --git a/render/pod.go b/render/pod.go
index 6277dba18..28e3a9f67 100644
--- a/render/pod.go
+++ b/render/pod.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func isPauseContainer(n report.Node) bool {
 
 // PodRenderer is a Renderer which produces a renderable kubernetes
 // graph by merging the container graph and the pods topology.
-var PodRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderKubernetesTopologies,
+var PodRenderer = Memoise(ConditionalRenderer(renderKubernetesTopologies,
 	MakeFilter(
 		func(n report.Node) bool {
 			state, ok := n.Latest.Lookup(kubernetes.State)
@@ -62,13 +62,17 @@ var PodRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderKubernetesTopologies,
 					),
 				),
 			),
-			ConnectionJoin(MapPod2IP, selectPodsWithDeployments{}),
+			// ConnectionJoin invokes the renderer twice, hence it
+			// helps to memoise it.
+			ConnectionJoin(MapPod2IP, Memoise(selectPodsWithDeployments{})),
 		),
 	),
-)
+))
 
 // PodServiceRenderer is a Renderer which produces a renderable kubernetes services
 // graph by merging the pods graph and the services topology.
+//
+// not memoised
 var PodServiceRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderKubernetesTopologies,
 	renderParents(
 		report.Pod, []string{report.Service}, "",
@@ -80,6 +84,8 @@ var PodServiceRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderKubernetesTopologies,
 // Pods with no controller are mapped to 'Unmanaged'
 // We can't simply combine the rendered graphs of the high level objects as they would never
 // have connections to each other.
+//
+// not memoised
 var KubeControllerRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderKubernetesTopologies,
 	renderParents(
 		report.Pod, []string{report.Deployment, report.DaemonSet, report.StatefulSet, report.CronJob}, UnmanagedID,
diff --git a/render/process.go b/render/process.go
index d38cc610e..5093ed3ec 100644
--- a/render/process.go
+++ b/render/process.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var EndpointRenderer = SelectEndpoint
 
 // ProcessRenderer is a Renderer which produces a renderable process
 // graph by merging the endpoint graph and the process topology.
-var ProcessRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderProcesses,
+var ProcessRenderer = Memoise(ConditionalRenderer(renderProcesses,
 	MakeReduce(
 		MakeMap(
 			MapEndpoint2Process,
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ var ProcessRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderProcesses,
 		),
 		SelectProcess,
 	),
-)
+))
 
 // ColorConnectedProcessRenderer colors connected nodes from
 // ProcessRenderer. Since the process topology views only show
 // connected processes, we need this info to determine whether
 // processes appearing in a details panel are linkable.
-var ColorConnectedProcessRenderer = ColorConnected(ProcessRenderer)
+var ColorConnectedProcessRenderer = Memoise(ColorConnected(ProcessRenderer))
 
 // processWithContainerNameRenderer is a Renderer which produces a process
 // graph enriched with container names where appropriate
@@ -74,10 +74,14 @@ func (r processWithContainerNameRenderer) Render(rpt report.Report, dct Decorato
 
 // ProcessWithContainerNameRenderer is a Renderer which produces a process
 // graph enriched with container names where appropriate
+//
+// not memoised
 var ProcessWithContainerNameRenderer = processWithContainerNameRenderer{ProcessRenderer}
 
 // ProcessNameRenderer is a Renderer which produces a renderable process
 // name graph by munging the progess graph.
+//
+// not memoised
 var ProcessNameRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderProcesses,
 	MakeMap(
 		MapProcess2Name,
diff --git a/render/render.go b/render/render.go
index e770e6ff7..2e4357588 100644
--- a/render/render.go
+++ b/render/render.go
@@ -33,19 +33,18 @@ type Reduce []Renderer
 
 // MakeReduce is the only sane way to produce a Reduce Renderer.
 func MakeReduce(renderers ...Renderer) Renderer {
-	r := Reduce(renderers)
-	return Memoise(&r)
+	return Reduce(renderers)
 }
 
 // Render produces a set of Nodes given a Report.
-func (r *Reduce) Render(rpt report.Report, dct Decorator) report.Nodes {
-	l := len(*r)
+func (r Reduce) Render(rpt report.Report, dct Decorator) report.Nodes {
+	l := len(r)
 	switch l {
 	case 0:
 		return report.Nodes{}
 	}
 	c := make(chan report.Nodes, l)
-	for _, renderer := range *r {
+	for _, renderer := range r {
 		renderer := renderer // Pike!!
 		go func() {
 			c <- renderer.Render(rpt, dct)
@@ -61,9 +60,9 @@ func (r *Reduce) Render(rpt report.Report, dct Decorator) report.Nodes {
 }
 
 // Stats implements Renderer
-func (r *Reduce) Stats(rpt report.Report, dct Decorator) Stats {
+func (r Reduce) Stats(rpt report.Report, dct Decorator) Stats {
 	var result Stats
-	for _, renderer := range *r {
+	for _, renderer := range r {
 		result = result.merge(renderer.Stats(rpt, dct))
 	}
 	return result
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ type Map struct {
 
 // MakeMap makes a new Map
 func MakeMap(f MapFunc, r Renderer) Renderer {
-	return Memoise(&Map{f, r})
+	return &Map{f, r}
 }
 
 // Render transforms a set of Nodes produces by another Renderer.
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ type conditionalRenderer struct {
 // ConditionalRenderer renders nothing if the condition is false, otherwise it defers
 // to the wrapped Renderer.
 func ConditionalRenderer(c Condition, r Renderer) Renderer {
-	return Memoise(conditionalRenderer{c, r})
+	return conditionalRenderer{c, r}
 }
 
 func (cr conditionalRenderer) Render(rpt report.Report, dct Decorator) report.Nodes {
diff --git a/render/swarm.go b/render/swarm.go
index da6306914..28db6d96f 100644
--- a/render/swarm.go
+++ b/render/swarm.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // SwarmServiceRenderer is a Renderer for Docker Swarm services
+//
+// not memoised
 var SwarmServiceRenderer = ConditionalRenderer(renderSwarmTopologies,
 	renderParents(
 		report.Container, []string{report.SwarmService}, UnmanagedID,
diff --git a/render/weave.go b/render/weave.go
index 216a0cf1c..404acaae3 100644
--- a/render/weave.go
+++ b/render/weave.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // WeaveRenderer is a Renderer which produces a renderable weave topology.
+//
+// not memoised
 var WeaveRenderer = MakeMap(
 	MapWeaveIdentity,
 	SelectOverlay,