diff --git a/web/src/model/topology.ts b/web/src/model/topology.ts
index 8e9bc9d0d..22b408d98 100644
--- a/web/src/model/topology.ts
+++ b/web/src/model/topology.ts
@@ -531,13 +531,18 @@ export const generateDataModel = (
   // addPossibleGroups adds peer to one or more groups when relevant, and returns the smallest one
   const addPossibleGroups = (peer: TopologyMetricPeer): NodeModel | undefined => {
     // groups are all possible scopes except last one
-    const parentScopes = ContextSingleton.getScopes().slice(0, -1).reverse();
+    const parentScopes = ContextSingleton.getScopes().slice(0, -1);
 
     // build parent tree from biggest to smallest group
     let parent: NodeModel | undefined = undefined;
     parentScopes.forEach(sc => {
       if (options.groupTypes.includes(`${sc.id}s`) && !_.isEmpty(peer[sc.id])) {
-        parent = addGroup({ [sc.id]: peer[sc.id] }, sc.id, parent, true);
+        parent = addGroup(
+          { [sc.id]: peer[sc.id], namespace: ['namespace', 'owner'].includes(sc.id) ? peer.namespace : undefined },
+          sc.id,
+          parent,
+          true
+        );
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/web/src/utils/metrics.ts b/web/src/utils/metrics.ts
index b356e6cd6..f67f0a38d 100644
--- a/web/src/utils/metrics.ts
+++ b/web/src/utils/metrics.ts
@@ -170,12 +170,18 @@ const parseTopologyMetric = (
   const sourceFields: Partial<TopologyMetricPeer> = {
     addr: raw.metric.SrcAddr,
     resource: nameAndType(raw.metric.SrcK8S_Name, raw.metric.SrcK8S_Type),
-    owner: nameAndType(raw.metric.SrcK8S_OwnerName, raw.metric.SrcK8S_OwnerType)
+    owner:
+      raw.metric.SrcK8S_Type !== raw.metric.SrcK8S_OwnerType
+        ? nameAndType(raw.metric.SrcK8S_OwnerName, raw.metric.SrcK8S_OwnerType)
+        : undefined
   };
   const destFields: Partial<TopologyMetricPeer> = {
     addr: raw.metric.DstAddr,
     resource: nameAndType(raw.metric.DstK8S_Name, raw.metric.DstK8S_Type),
-    owner: nameAndType(raw.metric.DstK8S_OwnerName, raw.metric.DstK8S_OwnerType)
+    owner:
+      raw.metric.DstK8S_Type !== raw.metric.DstK8S_OwnerType
+        ? nameAndType(raw.metric.DstK8S_OwnerName, raw.metric.DstK8S_OwnerType)
+        : undefined
   };
   getCustomScopes().forEach(sc => {
     if (!sc.labels.length) {