diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
index d992551dec..79c82bd48d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Namespace, namespacesApi } from "../../api/endpoints";
 import { IQueryParams, navigation, setQueryParams } from "../../navigation";
 import { apiManager } from "../../api/api-manager";
 import { isAllowedResource } from "../../../common/rbac";
+import { getHostedCluster } from "../../../common/cluster-store";
 
 @autobind()
 export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
@@ -41,6 +42,17 @@ export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
     };
   }
 
+  subscribe(apis = [this.api]) {
+    const { allowedNamespaces } = getHostedCluster();
+
+    // if user has given static list of namespaces let's not start watches because watch adds stuff that's not wanted
+    if (allowedNamespaces.length > 0) {
+      return () => { return; };
+    }
+
+    return super.subscribe(apis);
+  }
+
   protected updateUrl(namespaces: string[]) {
     setQueryParams({ namespaces }, { replace: true });
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts b/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
index 3de227c03b..ca146a0e30 100644
--- a/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemSt
     let items: T[];
 
     try {
-      const { isAdmin, allowedNamespaces } = getHostedCluster();
+      const { allowedNamespaces } = getHostedCluster();
 
-      items = await this.loadItems(!isAdmin ? allowedNamespaces : null);
+      items = await this.loadItems(allowedNamespaces);
       items = this.filterItemsOnLoad(items);
     } finally {
       if (items) {