diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/package.json b/packages/cp-frontend/package.json
index efb4786b..a9e3a80d 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/package.json
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "lodash.isstring": "^4.0.1",
     "lodash.remove": "^4.7.0",
     "lodash.uniq": "^4.5.0",
+    "lodash.uniqby": "^4.7.0",
     "normalized-styled-components": "^1.0.8",
     "param-case": "^2.1.1",
     "prop-types": "^15.5.10",
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/metrics/metrics-data-hoc.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/metrics/metrics-data-hoc.js
index 81ece34d..048fcb6e 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/metrics/metrics-data-hoc.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/metrics/metrics-data-hoc.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import { compose, graphql } from 'react-apollo';
-import get from 'lodash.get';
 import moment from 'moment';
+import uniqBy from 'lodash.uniqby';
 
 export const MetricNames = [
   'AVG_MEM_BYTES',
@@ -10,22 +10,17 @@ export const MetricNames = [
 ];
 
 export const withServiceMetricsPolling = ({
-  pollingInterval = 1000 // in milliseconds
+  pollingInterval = 1000, // in milliseconds
+  getPreviousEnd = () => moment().utc().format()
 }) => {
   return WrappedComponent => {
     return class extends Component {
       componentDidMount() {
         this._poll = setInterval(() => {
           const { loading, error, service, fetchMoreMetrics } = this.props;
+          const previousEnd = getPreviousEnd(this.props);
 
-          if (!loading && !error && service) {
-            const previousEnd = get(
-              service,
-              'instances[0].metrics[0].end',
-              moment()
-                .utc()
-                .format()
-            );
+          if (previousEnd) {
             fetchMoreMetrics(previousEnd);
           }
         }, pollingInterval); // TODO this is the polling interval - think about amount is the todo I guess...
@@ -63,7 +58,8 @@ export const withServiceMetricsGql = ({
 
   const getNextResult = (previousResult, fetchNextResult) => {
     const deploymentGroup = fetchNextResult.deploymentGroup;
-    const nextResult = {
+
+    return {
       deploymentGroup: {
         ...deploymentGroup,
         services: deploymentGroup.services.map(service => ({
@@ -72,18 +68,17 @@ export const withServiceMetricsGql = ({
             ...instance,
             metrics: instance.metrics.map(metric => ({
               ...metric,
-              metrics: getPreviousMetrics(
+              metrics: uniqBy(getPreviousMetrics(
                 previousResult,
                 service.id,
                 instance.id,
                 metric.name
-              ).concat(metric.metrics)
+              ).concat(metric.metrics), 'time')
             }))
           }))
         }))
       }
     };
-    return nextResult;
   };
 
   return graphql(gqlQuery, {
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/metrics.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/metrics.js
index 2b1d2d22..06e1b029 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/metrics.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/service/metrics.js
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ export default compose(
       error
     })
   }),
-  withServiceMetricsPolling({ pollingInterval: 1000 }),
+  withServiceMetricsPolling({
+    pollingInterval: 1000,
+    getPreviousEnd: ({ loading, error, service = [] }) => {
+      if (loading) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      return get(service, 'instances[0].metrics[0].end', moment().utc().format());
+    }
+  }),
   withNotFound([GqlPaths.DEPLOYMENT_GROUP, GqlPaths.SERVICES])
 )(ServiceMetrics);
diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/list.js b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/list.js
index 8e248024..1f18a4dc 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/list.js
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/src/containers/services/list.js
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 import forceArray from 'force-array';
 import sortBy from 'lodash.sortby';
+import get from 'lodash.get';
+import moment from 'moment';
 
 import ServicesQuery from '@graphql/Services.gql';
-
-import {
-  processServices,
-  processInstancesMetrics
-} from '@root/state/selectors';
 import { toggleServicesQuickActions } from '@root/state/actions';
 import { withNotFound, GqlPaths } from '@containers/navigation';
 import { LayoutContainer } from '@components/layout';
@@ -23,6 +20,11 @@ import {
   withServiceMetricsGql
 } from '@containers/metrics';
 
+import {
+  processServices,
+  processInstancesMetrics
+} from '@root/state/selectors';
+
 // 'width' of graph, i.e. total duration of time it'll display and truncate data to
 // amount of data we'll need to initially fetch
 const GraphDurationSeconds = 90;
@@ -182,7 +184,21 @@ export default compose(
       error
     })
   }),
-  withServiceMetricsPolling({ pollingInterval: 1000 }),
+  withServiceMetricsPolling({
+    pollingInterval: 1000,
+    getPreviousEnd: ({ loading, error, services = [] }) => {
+      if (loading) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      const previousEnd = services
+        .map(service => get(service, 'instances[0].metrics[0].end', null))
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .shift();
+
+      return previousEnd || moment().utc().format();
+    }
+  }),
   UiConnect,
   withNotFound([GqlPaths.DEPLOYMENT_GROUP])
 )(ServiceList);