diff --git a/ui/app/adapters/job.js b/ui/app/adapters/job.js
index 1d5919195..e13047815 100644
--- a/ui/app/adapters/job.js
+++ b/ui/app/adapters/job.js
@@ -4,15 +4,6 @@ import Watchable from './watchable';
 export default Watchable.extend({
   system: service(),
 
-  buildQuery() {
-    const namespace = this.get('system.activeNamespace.id');
-
-    if (namespace && namespace !== 'default') {
-      return { namespace };
-    }
-    return {};
-  },
-
   findAll() {
     const namespace = this.get('system.activeNamespace');
     return this._super(...arguments).then(data => {
@@ -30,22 +21,22 @@ export default Watchable.extend({
     return this._super(store, type, id, snapshot, namespaceQuery);
   },
 
+  urlForFindAll() {
+    const url = this._super(...arguments);
+    const namespace = this.get('system.activeNamespace.id');
+    return associateNamespace(url, namespace);
+  },
+
   urlForFindRecord(id, type, hash) {
     const [name, namespace] = JSON.parse(id);
     let url = this._super(name, type, hash);
-    if (namespace && namespace !== 'default') {
-      url += `?namespace=${namespace}`;
-    }
-    return url;
+    return associateNamespace(url, namespace);
   },
 
   xhrKey(url, method, options = {}) {
     const plainKey = this._super(...arguments);
     const namespace = options.data && options.data.namespace;
-    if (namespace) {
-      return `${plainKey}?namespace=${namespace}`;
-    }
-    return plainKey;
+    return associateNamespace(plainKey, namespace);
   },
 
   relationshipFallbackLinks: {
@@ -53,7 +44,7 @@ export default Watchable.extend({
   },
 
   fetchRawDefinition(job) {
-    const url = this.buildURL('job', job.get('id'), job, 'findRecord');
+    const url = this.urlForFindRecord(job.get('id'), 'job');
     return this.ajax(url, 'GET');
   },
 
@@ -70,6 +61,13 @@ export default Watchable.extend({
   },
 });
 
+function associateNamespace(url, namespace) {
+  if (namespace && namespace !== 'default') {
+    url += `?namespace=${namespace}`;
+  }
+  return url;
+}
+
 function addToPath(url, extension = '') {
   const [path, params] = url.split('?');
   let newUrl = `${path}${extension}`;
diff --git a/ui/tests/unit/adapters/job-test.js b/ui/tests/unit/adapters/job-test.js
index aa6827d5a..c38d20036 100644
--- a/ui/tests/unit/adapters/job-test.js
+++ b/ui/tests/unit/adapters/job-test.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ moduleForAdapter('job', 'Unit | Adapter | Job', {
   ],
   beforeEach() {
     window.sessionStorage.clear();
+    window.localStorage.clear();
 
     this.server = startMirage();
     this.server.create('node');
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ moduleForAdapter('job', 'Unit | Adapter | Job', {
   },
 });
 
-test('The job summary is stitched into the job request', function(assert) {
+test('The job endpoint is the only required endpoint for fetching a job', function(assert) {
   const { pretender } = this.server;
   const jobName = 'job-1';
   const jobNamespace = 'default';
@@ -43,8 +44,25 @@ test('The job summary is stitched into the job request', function(assert) {
 
   assert.deepEqual(
     pretender.handledRequests.mapBy('url'),
-    ['/v1/namespaces', `/v1/job/${jobName}`],
-    'The two requests made are /namespaces and /job/:id'
+    [`/v1/job/${jobName}`],
+    'The only request made is /job/:id'
+  );
+});
+
+test('When a namespace is in localStorage and the requested job is in the default namespace, the namespace query param is left out', function(assert) {
+  window.localStorage.nomadActiveNamespace = 'red-herring';
+
+  const { pretender } = this.server;
+  const jobName = 'job-1';
+  const jobNamespace = 'default';
+  const jobId = JSON.stringify([jobName, jobNamespace]);
+
+  this.subject().findRecord(null, { modelName: 'job' }, jobId);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    pretender.handledRequests.mapBy('url'),
+    [`/v1/job/${jobName}`],
+    'The request made is /job/:id with no namespace query param'
   );
 });
 
@@ -58,8 +76,8 @@ test('When the job has a namespace other than default, it is in the URL', functi
 
   assert.deepEqual(
     pretender.handledRequests.mapBy('url'),
-    ['/v1/namespaces', `/v1/job/${jobName}?namespace=${jobNamespace}`],
-    'The two requests made are /namespaces and /job/:id?namespace=:namespace'
+    [`/v1/job/${jobName}?namespace=${jobNamespace}`],
+    'The only request made is /job/:id?namespace=:namespace'
   );
 });
 
@@ -137,11 +155,6 @@ test('findRecord can be watched', function(assert) {
   request();
   assert.equal(
     pretender.handledRequests[0].url,
-    '/v1/namespaces',
-    'First request is for namespaces'
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    pretender.handledRequests[1].url,
     '/v1/job/job-1?index=1',
     'Second request is a blocking request for job-1'
   );
@@ -149,7 +162,7 @@ test('findRecord can be watched', function(assert) {
   return wait().then(() => {
     request();
     assert.equal(
-      pretender.handledRequests[2].url,
+      pretender.handledRequests[1].url,
       '/v1/job/job-1?index=2',
       'Third request is a blocking request with an incremented index param'
     );