diff --git a/src/main/cluster.ts b/src/main/cluster.ts
index cd92ab2650..9742506070 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export interface ClusterState {
   allowedNamespaces: string[]
   allowedResources: string[]
   isGlobalWatchEnabled: boolean;
+  listedNamespaces: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -201,6 +202,15 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
    * @observable
    */
   @observable allowedNamespaces: string[] = [];
+
+  /**
+   * Is true if `allowedNamespaces` was filled by a successful kubeAPI list
+   * namespaces request.
+   *
+   * @observable
+   */
+  @observable listedNamespaces = false;
+
   /**
    * List of allowed resources
    *
@@ -630,6 +640,7 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
       allowedNamespaces: this.allowedNamespaces,
       allowedResources: this.allowedResources,
       isGlobalWatchEnabled: this.isGlobalWatchEnabled,
+      listedNamespaces: this.listedNamespaces,
     };
 
     return toJS(state, {
@@ -669,6 +680,8 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
 
   protected async getAllowedNamespaces() {
     if (this.accessibleNamespaces.length) {
+      this.listedNamespaces = false;
+
       return this.accessibleNamespaces;
     }
 
@@ -677,8 +690,11 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
     try {
       const namespaceList = await api.listNamespace();
 
+      this.listedNamespaces = true;
+
       return namespaceList.body.items.map(ns => ns.metadata.name);
     } catch (error) {
+      this.listedNamespaces = false;
       const ctx = this.getProxyKubeconfig().getContextObject(this.contextName);
 
       if (ctx.namespace) return [ctx.namespace];
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts
index f2f50193db..d5f0d79f26 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts
@@ -64,36 +64,51 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
     let isUnsubscribed = false;
 
     const load = (namespaces = subscribingNamespaces) => this.preloadStores(stores, { namespaces, loadOnce });
-    let preloading = preload && load();
+    let preloading: boolean | ReturnType<typeof load> = preload && load();
     let cancelReloading: IReactionDisposer = noop;
+    let ac = new AbortController();
 
-    const subscribe = () => {
-      if (isUnsubscribed) return;
+    const subscribe = async (signal: AbortSignal) => {
+      if (isUnsubscribed || signal.aborted) return;
 
-      stores.forEach((store) => {
-        unsubscribeList.push(store.subscribe());
-      });
+      for (const store of stores) {
+        if (!signal.aborted) {
+          unsubscribeList.push(await store.subscribe());
+        }
+      }
     };
 
+    let subscribeP: Promise<void>;
+
     if (preloading) {
       if (waitUntilLoaded) {
-        preloading.loading.then(subscribe, error => {
-          this.log({
-            message: new Error("Loading stores has failed"),
-            meta: { stores, error, options: opts },
+        subscribeP = preloading.loading
+          .then(() => subscribe(ac.signal))
+          .catch(error => {
+            this.log({
+              message: new Error("Loading stores has failed"),
+              meta: { stores, error, options: opts },
+            });
           });
-        });
       } else {
-        subscribe();
+        subscribeP = subscribe(ac.signal);
       }
 
       // reload stores only for context namespaces change
-      cancelReloading = reaction(() => this.context?.contextNamespaces, namespaces => {
-        preloading?.cancelLoading();
-        unsubscribeList.forEach(unsubscribe => unsubscribe());
-        unsubscribeList.length = 0;
-        preloading = load(namespaces);
-        preloading.loading.then(subscribe);
+      cancelReloading = reaction(() => this.context?.selectedNamespaces, namespaces => {
+        if (typeof preloading === "object") {
+          preloading.cancelLoading();
+        }
+        ac.abort();
+        subscribeP.then(() => {
+          unsubscribeList.forEach(unsubscribe => unsubscribe());
+          unsubscribeList.length = 0;
+
+          ac = new AbortController();
+          preloading = load(namespaces);
+          preloading.loading
+            .then(() => subscribeP = subscribe(ac.signal));
+        });
       }, {
         equals: comparer.shallow,
       });
@@ -104,9 +119,15 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
       if (isUnsubscribed) return;
       isUnsubscribed = true;
       cancelReloading();
-      preloading?.cancelLoading();
-      unsubscribeList.forEach(unsubscribe => unsubscribe());
-      unsubscribeList.length = 0;
+
+      if (typeof preloading === "object") {
+        preloading.cancelLoading();
+      }
+      ac.abort();
+      subscribeP.then(() => {
+        unsubscribeList.forEach(unsubscribe => unsubscribe());
+        unsubscribeList.length = 0;
+      });
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release.store.ts
index 9548e494f7..6cdf498a0d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release.store.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class ReleaseStore extends ItemStore<HelmRelease> {
   }
 
   async loadFromContextNamespaces(): Promise<void> {
-    return this.loadAll(namespaceStore.contextNamespaces);
+    return this.loadAll(namespaceStore.selectedNamespaces);
   }
 
   async loadItems(namespaces: string[]) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace-select-filter.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace-select-filter.tsx
index 453849e534..bfd0880627 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace-select-filter.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace-select-filter.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { namespaceStore } from "./namespace.store";
 
 const Placeholder = observer((props: PlaceholderProps<any>) => {
   const getPlaceholder = (): React.ReactNode => {
-    const namespaces = namespaceStore.contextNamespaces;
+    const namespaces = namespaceStore.selectedNamespaces;
 
     switch (namespaces.length) {
       case 0:
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
index 1f928fe2f3..eaa90a4861 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
   }
 
   private autoLoadAllowedNamespaces(): IReactionDisposer {
-    return reaction(() => this.allowedNamespaces, namespaces => this.loadAll({ namespaces }), {
+    return reaction(() => this.allowedNamespaces, namespaces => {
+      console.log("autoLoadAllowedNamespaces", namespaces);
+
+      return this.loadAll({ namespaces });
+    }, {
       fireImmediately: true,
       equals: comparer.shallow,
     });
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
     ].flat()));
   }
 
-  @computed get contextNamespaces(): string[] {
+  @computed get selectedNamespaces(): string[] {
     const namespaces = Array.from(this.contextNs);
 
     if (!namespaces.length) {
@@ -108,9 +112,11 @@ export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
     return namespaces;
   }
 
-  getSubscribeApis() {
+  async getSubscribeApis() {
+    await this.contextReady;
+
     // if user has given static list of namespaces let's not start watches because watch adds stuff that's not wanted
-    if (this.context?.cluster.accessibleNamespaces.length > 0) {
+    if (this.context.cluster.accessibleNamespaces.length > 0) {
       return [];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles-bindings/role-bindings.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles-bindings/role-bindings.store.ts
index 620fbd86ac..b9ab1be471 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles-bindings/role-bindings.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles-bindings/role-bindings.store.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { apiManager } from "../../api/api-manager";
 export class RoleBindingsStore extends KubeObjectStore<RoleBinding> {
   api = clusterRoleBindingApi;
 
-  getSubscribeApis() {
+  async getSubscribeApis() {
     return [clusterRoleBindingApi, roleBindingApi];
   }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles/roles.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles/roles.store.ts
index 82b0e66612..4a78df2eae 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles/roles.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles/roles.store.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { apiManager } from "../../api/api-manager";
 export class RolesStore extends KubeObjectStore<Role> {
   api = clusterRoleApi;
 
-  getSubscribeApis() {
+  async getSubscribeApis() {
     return [roleApi, clusterRoleApi];
   }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-overview/overview-statuses.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-overview/overview-statuses.tsx
index bc0484dadc..567ca3b692 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-overview/overview-statuses.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-overview/overview-statuses.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class OverviewStatuses extends React.Component {
   @autobind()
   renderWorkload(resource: KubeResource): React.ReactElement {
     const store = workloadStores[resource];
-    const items = store.getAllByNs(namespaceStore.contextNamespaces);
+    const items = store.getAllByNs(namespaceStore.selectedNamespaces);
 
     return (
       <div className="workload" key={resource}>
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-overview/overview.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-overview/overview.tsx
index 92bc569307..ec7ba2fc11 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-overview/overview.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-overview/overview.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class WorkloadsOverview extends React.Component<Props> {
         jobStore, cronJobStore, eventStore,
       ], {
         preload: true,
-        namespaces: clusterContext.contextNamespaces,
+        namespaces: clusterContext.selectedNamespaces,
       }),
     ]);
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/context.ts b/src/renderer/components/context.ts
index 3c8c6d29e4..5a6ebb147f 100755
--- a/src/renderer/components/context.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/context.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { namespaceStore } from "./+namespaces/namespace.store";
 export interface ClusterContext {
   cluster?: Cluster;
   allNamespaces?: string[]; // available / allowed namespaces from cluster.ts
-  contextNamespaces?: string[]; // selected by user (see: namespace-select.tsx)
+  selectedNamespaces?: string[]; // selected by user (see: namespace-select.tsx)
 }
 
 export const clusterContext: ClusterContext = {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const clusterContext: ClusterContext = {
     return this.cluster?.allowedNamespaces ?? [];
   },
 
-  get contextNamespaces(): string[] {
-    return namespaceStore.contextNamespaces ?? [];
+  get selectedNamespaces(): string[] {
+    return namespaceStore.selectedNamespaces ?? [];
   },
 };
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/item-object-list/item-list-layout.tsx b/src/renderer/components/item-object-list/item-list-layout.tsx
index dc0604017f..ba8688ad04 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/item-object-list/item-list-layout.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/item-object-list/item-list-layout.tsx
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export class ItemListLayout extends React.Component<ItemListLayoutProps> {
     const stores = Array.from(new Set([store, ...dependentStores]));
 
     // load context namespaces by default (see also: `<NamespaceSelectFilter/>`)
-    stores.forEach(store => store.loadAll(namespaceStore.contextNamespaces));
+    stores.forEach(store => store.loadAll(namespaceStore.selectedNamespaces));
   }
 
   private filterCallbacks: { [type: string]: ItemsFilter } = {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/kube-object/kube-object-list-layout.tsx b/src/renderer/components/kube-object/kube-object-list-layout.tsx
index 0ecb602c16..67bb4be45e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/kube-object/kube-object-list-layout.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/kube-object/kube-object-list-layout.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class KubeObjectListLayout extends React.Component<KubeObjectListLayoutPr
     disposeOnUnmount(this, [
       kubeWatchApi.subscribeStores(stores, {
         preload: true,
-        namespaces: clusterContext.contextNamespaces,
+        namespaces: clusterContext.selectedNamespaces,
       })
     ]);
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts b/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
index 943aae7ad0..e3c8b02e43 100644
--- a/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { ClusterContext } from "./components/context";
 
 import { action, computed, observable, reaction, when } from "mobx";
-import { autobind } from "./utils";
+import { autobind, Disposer } from "./utils";
 import { KubeObject, KubeStatus } from "./api/kube-object";
 import { IKubeWatchEvent } from "./api/kube-watch-api";
 import { ItemStore } from "./item.store";
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemSt
   }
 
   @computed get contextItems(): T[] {
-    const namespaces = this.context?.contextNamespaces ?? [];
+    const namespaces = this.context?.selectedNamespaces ?? [];
 
     return this.items.filter(item => {
       const itemNamespace = item.getNs();
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemSt
 
       const isLoadingAll = this.context.allNamespaces.every(ns => namespaces.includes(ns));
 
-      if (isLoadingAll) {
+      if (isLoadingAll && this.context.cluster?.listedNamespaces) {
         this.loadedNamespaces = [];
 
         return api.list({}, this.query);
@@ -264,11 +264,15 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemSt
     });
   }
 
-  getSubscribeApis(): KubeApi[] {
+  async getSubscribeApis(): Promise<KubeApi[]> {
     return [this.api];
   }
 
-  subscribe(apis = this.getSubscribeApis()) {
+  async subscribe(apis?: KubeApi[]): Promise<Disposer> {
+
+    await this.contextReady;
+    apis ??= await this.getSubscribeApis();
+
     const abortController = new AbortController();
     const namespaces = [...this.loadedNamespaces];
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/index.ts b/src/renderer/utils/index.ts
index 517fd8f359..004b3b6759 100755
--- a/src/renderer/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 export const isElectron = !!navigator.userAgent.match(/Electron/);
 
+export type Disposer = () => void;
+
 export * from "../../common/utils";
 
 export * from "./cssVar";