diff --git a/gateway/assets/index.html b/gateway/assets/index.html
index 48937e7957..ab0ead39ce 100644
--- a/gateway/assets/index.html
+++ b/gateway/assets/index.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ <h1 style="flex: 1 1 auto;"><img src="img/logo-text.svg" class="md-logo"></h1>
                     <md-input-container ng-show="allNamespaces.length > 1">
                         <label>Namespace</label>
                         <md-select  ng-model="namespaceSelectDropdown" placeholder="Select a Namespace">
-                            <md-option ng-click="setNamespace(namespace)" ng-value="namespace" ng-repeat="namespace in allNamespaces">
+                            <md-option ng-click="setNamespace(namespace)" ng-value="namespace" ng-repeat="namespace in allNamespaces" ng-selected="namespace === selectedNamespace">
                                 {{ namespace }}
                             </md-option>
                         </md-select>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ <h1 style="flex: 1 1 auto;"><img src="img/logo-text.svg" class="md-logo"></h1>
                                 </md-input-container>
                                 <md-input-container class="md-block function-url" flex-gt-sm>
                                     <label>URL</label>
-                                    <input ng-value="function.namespace === 'openfaas-fn' ? baseUrl + 'function/' + function.name : baseUrl + 'function/' + function.name + '.' + function.namespace" type="text" readonly="readonly">
+                                    <input ng-value="(function.namespace && function.namespace.length > 0)? baseUrl + 'function/' + function.name + '.' + function.namespace : baseUrl + 'function/' + function.name" type="text" readonly="readonly">
                                     <md-icon ng-if="canCopyToClipboard" md-svg-src="img/icons/outline-file_copy-24px.svg" ng-click="copyClicked($event)"></md-icon>
                                 </md-input-container>
                             </div>
diff --git a/gateway/assets/script/bootstrap.js b/gateway/assets/script/bootstrap.js
index d31604fbb7..d4e6334fec 100644
--- a/gateway/assets/script/bootstrap.js
+++ b/gateway/assets/script/bootstrap.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
         $scope.invocationStatus = "";
         $scope.invocationStart = new Date().getTime();
         $scope.roundTripDuration = "";
-        $scope.selectedNamespace = "openfaas-fn";
-        $scope.allNamespaces = ["openfaas-fn"];
+        $scope.selectedNamespace = "";
+        $scope.allNamespaces = [""];
         $scope.invocation = {
             contentType: "text"
         };
@@ -65,14 +65,24 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
         var fetchFunctionsDelay = 3500;
         var queryFunctionDelay = 2500;
 
-        var fetchNamespacesInterval = function() {
+
+
+
+        var fetchNamespaces = function() {
             $http.get("../system/namespaces")
                 .then(function(response) {
                     $scope.allNamespaces = response.data;
+                    if ($scope.selectedNamespace === "") {
+                        $scope.selectedNamespace = response.data[0]
+                    }
                 })
-        };
-
+        }
+        fetchNamespaces()
+        $scope.selectedNamespace = $scope.allNamespaces[0] // First returned namespace
 
+        var fetchNamespacesInterval = $interval(function() {
+            fetchNamespaces()
+        }, fetchFunctionsDelay);
 
         var fetchFunctionsInterval = $interval(function() {
             refreshData($scope.selectedNamespace);
@@ -86,13 +96,14 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
 
         $scope.setNamespace = function(namespace) {
             $scope.selectedNamespace = namespace;
+            $scope.selectedFunction = undefined
           refreshData($scope.selectedNamespace)
         }
 
         var refreshFunction = function(functionInstance) {
-            $http.get("../system/function/" + functionInstance.name + "?namespace=" + $scope.selectedNamespace)
+            $http.get("../system/function/" + functionInstance.name + getNamespaceSuffix($scope.selectedNamespace))
             .then(function(response) {
-                functionInstance.ready = (response.data && response.data.availableReplicas && response.data.availableReplicas > 0);
+               $scope.selectedFunction.ready = (response.data && response.data.availableReplicas && response.data.availableReplicas > 0);
             })
             .catch(function(err) {
                 console.error(err);
@@ -114,7 +125,7 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
                 requestContentType = "binary/octet-stream";
             }
 
-            var fnNamespace = ($scope.selectedNamespace !== "openfaas-fn") ? "." + $scope.selectedNamespace : "";
+            var fnNamespace = ($scope.selectedNamespace && $scope.selectedNamespace.length > 0) ? "." + $scope.selectedNamespace : "";
             var options = {
                 url: "../function/" + $scope.selectedFunction.name + fnNamespace,
                 data: $scope.invocation.request,
@@ -204,41 +215,27 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
         };
 
         var refreshData = function (selectedNamespace) {
-            var previous = $scope.functions;
-
-            var cl = function (previousItems) {
-                $http.get("../system/functions?namespace=" + selectedNamespace).then(function (response) {
-                    if (response && response.data) {
-                        if (previousItems.length != response.data.length) {
-                            $scope.functions = response.data;
-
-                            // update the selected function object because the newly fetched object from the API becomes a different object
-                            var filteredSelectedFunction = $filter('filter')($scope.functions, { name: $scope.selectedFunction.name }, true);
-                            if (filteredSelectedFunction && filteredSelectedFunction.length > 0) {
-                                $scope.selectedFunction = filteredSelectedFunction[0];
-                            } else {
-                                $scope.selectedFunction = undefined;
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            for (var i = 0; i < $scope.functions.length; i++) {
-                                for (var j = 0; j < response.data.length; j++) {
-                                    if ($scope.functions[i].name == response.data[j].name) {
-                                        $scope.functions[i].image = response.data[j].image;
-                                        $scope.functions[i].replicas = response.data[j].replicas;
-                                        $scope.functions[i].invocationCount = response.data[j].invocationCount;
-                                        $scope.functions[i].namespace = response.data[j].namespace;
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
+            var cl = function () {
+
+                $http.get("../system/functions" + getNamespaceSuffix(selectedNamespace)).then(function (response) {
+
+                    const curNamespace = ($scope.functions.length > 0 && $scope.functions[0].namespace && $scope.functions[0].namespace) ? $scope.functions[0].namespace : "";
+                    const  newNamespace = (response.data && response.data[0] && response.data[0].namespace) ? response.data[0].namespace : "";
+
+
+                    if (response && response.data && (curNamespace !== newNamespace || $scope.functions.length != response.data.length)) {
+                      $scope.functions = response.data;
+                      if (!$scope.functions.indexOf($scope.selectedFunction )) {
+                          $scope.selectedFunction = undefined;
+                      }
                     }
                 });
             };
-            cl(previous);
+            cl();
         }
 
         var fetch = function() {
-            $http.get("../system/functions?namespace=" + $scope.selectedNamespace).then(function(response) {
+            $http.get("../system/functions" + getNamespaceSuffix($scope.selectedNamespace)).then(function(response) {
                 $scope.functions = response.data;
             });
         };
@@ -267,13 +264,13 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
                 templateUrl: "templates/newfunction.html",
                 locals: {
                     item: $scope.functionTemplate,
-                    allNamespaces: $scope.allNamespaces
+                    selectedNamespace: $scope.selectedNamespace
                 },
-                controller: DialogController
+                controller: DialogController,
             });
         };
 
-        var DialogController = function($scope, $mdDialog, item) {
+        var DialogController = function($scope, $mdDialog, item, selectedNamespace) {
             var fetchNamespaces = function () {
                 $http.get("../system/namespaces")
                     .then(function(response) {
@@ -294,7 +291,7 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
 
             $scope.annotationFieldsVisible = false;
             $scope.annotationInputs = [{key: "", value: ""}];
-            $scope.namespaceSelect = "openfaas-fn";
+            $scope.namespaceSelect = selectedNamespace;
             fetchNamespaces();
 
 
@@ -354,7 +351,7 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
                         item.labels = {};
                         item.annotations = {};
                         item.secrets = [];
-                        item.namespace = "openfaas-fn";
+                        item.namespace = "";
 
                         $scope.validationError = "";
                         $scope.closeDialog();
@@ -572,7 +569,8 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
             $mdDialog.show(confirm)
                 .then(function() {
                     var options = {
-                        url: "../system/functions?namespace=" + $scope.selectedNamespace,
+
+                        url: "../system/functions" + getNamespaceSuffix($scope.selectedNamespace),
                         data: {
                             functionName: $scope.selectedFunction.name
                         },
@@ -594,7 +592,6 @@ app.controller("home", ['$scope', '$log', '$http', '$location', '$interval', '$f
         };
 
         fetch();
-        fetchNamespacesInterval();
     }
 ]);
 
@@ -603,4 +600,8 @@ function uuidv4() {
     return ([1e7]+-1e3+-4e3+-8e3+-1e11).replace(/[018]/g, function(c) {
         return (c ^ cryptoInstance.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(1))[0] & 15 >> c / 4).toString(16)
     })
-}  
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+function getNamespaceSuffix(namespace) {
+    return namespace && namespace.length > 0 ? "?namespace=" + namespace : ""
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gateway/assets/templates/newfunction.html b/gateway/assets/templates/newfunction.html
index 891ab185ef..2ee5f68f53 100644
--- a/gateway/assets/templates/newfunction.html
+++ b/gateway/assets/templates/newfunction.html
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ <h2>Deploy A New Function</h2>
                                 <md-tooltip md-direction="bottom">Namespace your function runs in i.e. 'openfaas-fn'. Only namespaces OpenFaaS can manage will show here</md-tooltip>
                                 <label>Namespace</label>
                                 <md-select name="namespace" ng-model="namespaceSelect" placeholder="Select a Namespace">
-                                    <md-option ng-click="fnNamespaceSelected(namespace)" ng-value="namespace" ng-repeat="namespace in allNamespaces">
+                                    <md-option ng-click="fnNamespaceSelected(namespace)" ng-value="namespace" ng-repeat="namespace in allNamespaces" ng-selected="namespace === namespaceSelect">
                                         {{ namespace }}
                                     </md-option>
                                 </md-select>