diff --git a/ui/src/hosts/apis/index.js b/ui/src/hosts/apis/index.js
index c85ca476f1..62a38d3044 100644
--- a/ui/src/hosts/apis/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/hosts/apis/index.js
@@ -122,6 +122,33 @@ export const getLayouts = () =>
     resource: 'layouts',
   })
 
+export const getAppsForHost = (proxyLink, host, appLayouts, telegrafDB) => {
+  const measurements = appLayouts.map(m => `^${m.measurement}$`).join('|')
+  const measurementsToApps = _.zipObject(
+    appLayouts.map(m => m.measurement),
+    appLayouts.map(({app}) => app)
+  )
+
+  return proxy({
+    source: proxyLink,
+    query: `show series from /${measurements}/ where host = '${host}'`,
+    db: telegrafDB,
+  }).then(resp => {
+    const result = {apps: [], tags: {}}
+    const allSeries = _.get(resp, 'data.results.0.series.0.values', [])
+
+    allSeries.forEach(([series]) => {
+      const seriesObj = parseSeries(series)
+      const measurement = seriesObj.measurement
+
+      result.apps = _.uniq(result.apps.concat(measurementsToApps[measurement]))
+      _.assign(result.tags, seriesObj.tags)
+    })
+
+    return result
+  })
+}
+
 export const getAppsForHosts = (proxyLink, hosts, appLayouts, telegrafDB) => {
   const measurements = appLayouts.map(m => `^${m.measurement}$`).join('|')
   const measurementsToApps = _.zipObject(
diff --git a/ui/src/hosts/containers/HostPage.js b/ui/src/hosts/containers/HostPage.js
index 8f81f52bc5..ff92a7074b 100644
--- a/ui/src/hosts/containers/HostPage.js
+++ b/ui/src/hosts/containers/HostPage.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {generateForHosts} from 'src/utils/tempVars'
 import {timeRanges} from 'shared/data/timeRanges'
 import {
   getLayouts,
-  getAppsForHosts,
+  getAppsForHost,
   getMeasurementsForHost,
   getAllHosts,
 } from 'src/hosts/apis'
@@ -35,24 +35,33 @@ class HostPage extends Component {
     }
   }
 
-  async componentDidMount() {
-    const {source, params, location} = this.props
+  async fetchHostsAndMeasurements(layouts) {
+    const {source, params} = this.props
 
-    // fetching layouts and mappings can be done at the same time
-    const {
-      data: {layouts},
-    } = await getLayouts()
     const hosts = await getAllHosts(source.links.proxy, source.telegraf)
-    const newHosts = await getAppsForHosts(
+    const host = await getAppsForHost(
       source.links.proxy,
-      hosts,
+      params.hostID,
       layouts,
       source.telegraf
     )
 
     const measurements = await getMeasurementsForHost(source, params.hostID)
 
-    const host = newHosts[this.props.params.hostID]
+    return {host, hosts, measurements}
+  }
+
+  async componentDidMount() {
+    const {
+      data: {layouts},
+    } = await getLayouts()
+    const {location} = this.props
+
+    // fetching layouts and mappings can be done at the same time
+    const {hosts, host, measurements} = await this.fetchHostsAndMeasurements(
+      layouts
+    )
+
     const focusedApp = location.query.app
 
     const filteredLayouts = layouts.filter(layout => {
@@ -87,8 +96,13 @@ class HostPage extends Component {
     }
   }
 
-  renderLayouts = layouts => {
-    const {timeRange} = this.state
+  get layouts() {
+    const {timeRange, layouts} = this.state
+
+    if (layouts.length === 0) {
+      return ''
+    }
+
     const {source, autoRefresh, manualRefresh} = this.props
 
     const autoflowLayouts = layouts.filter(layout => !!layout.autoflow)
@@ -161,7 +175,7 @@ class HostPage extends Component {
       handleChooseAutoRefresh,
       handleClickPresentationButton,
     } = this.props
-    const {layouts, timeRange, hosts} = this.state
+    const {timeRange, hosts} = this.state
     const names = _.map(hosts, ({name}) => ({
       name,
       link: `/sources/${sourceID}/hosts/${name}`,
@@ -187,7 +201,7 @@ class HostPage extends Component {
           })}
         >
           <div className="container-fluid full-width dashboard">
-            {layouts.length > 0 ? this.renderLayouts(layouts) : ''}
+            {this.layouts}
           </div>
         </FancyScrollbar>
       </div>