diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/topologies.js b/client/app/scripts/components/topologies.js
index d13a9e955..52abd307d 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/topologies.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/topologies.js
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ const Topologies = React.createClass({
   renderSubTopology: function(subTopology) {
     const isActive = subTopology.name === this.props.currentTopology.name;
     const topologyId = AppStore.getTopologyIdForUrl(subTopology.url);
+    const title = this.renderTitle(subTopology);
     const className = isActive ? 'topologies-sub-item topologies-sub-item-active' : 'topologies-sub-item';
 
     return (
-      <div className={className} key={topologyId} rel={topologyId} onClick={this.onTopologyClick}>
+      <div className={className} title={title} key={topologyId} rel={topologyId}
+        onClick={this.onTopologyClick}>
         <div className="topologies-sub-item-label">
           {subTopology.name}
         </div>
@@ -25,13 +27,16 @@ const Topologies = React.createClass({
     );
   },
 
+  renderTitle: function(topology) {
+    return ['Nodes: ' + topology.stats.node_count,
+      'Connections: ' + topology.stats.node_count].join('\n');
+  },
+
   renderTopology: function(topology) {
     const isActive = topology.name === this.props.currentTopology.name;
     const className = isActive ? 'topologies-item-main topologies-item-main-active' : 'topologies-item-main';
     const topologyId = AppStore.getTopologyIdForUrl(topology.url);
-    const title = ['Topology: ' + topology.name,
-      'Nodes: ' + topology.stats.node_count,
-      'Connections: ' + topology.stats.node_count].join('\n');
+    const title = this.renderTitle(topology);
 
     return (
       <div className="topologies-item" key={topologyId}>
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js
index b5d37e851..dce7160c3 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js
@@ -39,50 +39,10 @@ function createWebsocket(topologyUrl) {
   currentUrl = topologyUrl;
 }
 
-
-const TOPOLOGIES = [
-  {
-    'name': 'Applications',
-    'url': '/api/topology/applications',
-    'stats': {
-      'node_count': 12,
-      'nonpseudo_node_count': 10,
-      'edge_count': 13
-    },
-    'sub_topologies': [
-      {
-        'name': 'by name',
-        'url': '/api/topology/applications-grouped'
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  {
-    'name': 'Containers',
-    'url': '/api/topology/containers',
-    'grouped_url': '/api/topology/containers-grouped',
-    'stats': {
-      'node_count': 2,
-      'nonpseudo_node_count': 1,
-      'edge_count': 2
-    }
-  },
-  {
-    'name': 'Hosts',
-    'url': '/api/topology/hosts',
-    'stats': {
-      'node_count': 2,
-      'nonpseudo_node_count': 1,
-      'edge_count': 2
-    }
-  }
-];
-
-
 function getTopologies() {
   clearTimeout(topologyTimer);
-  reqwest('/api/topology', function() {
-    // injecting static topos
-    AppActions.receiveTopologies(TOPOLOGIES);
+  reqwest('/api/topology', function(res) {
+    AppActions.receiveTopologies(res);
     topologyTimer = setTimeout(getTopologies, 10000);
   });
 }