diff --git a/src/frontend/app/features/endpoints/endpoint-helpers.ts b/src/frontend/app/features/endpoints/endpoint-helpers.ts
index a5a7d3c55c..9f521d677f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/app/features/endpoints/endpoint-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/app/features/endpoints/endpoint-helpers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { first, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 
 import { urlValidationExpression } from '../../core/utils.service';
+import { AppState } from '../../store/app-state';
+import { endpointSchemaKey } from '../../store/helpers/entity-factory';
+import { selectEntities } from '../../store/selectors/api.selectors';
 import { EndpointModel, EndpointType } from './../../store/types/endpoint.types';
 
 export function getFullEndpointApiUrl(endpoint: EndpointModel) {
@@ -109,6 +115,13 @@ export function getIconForEndpoint(type: string): EndpointIcon {
   return icon;
 }
 
+export function endpointHasMetrics(endpointGuid: string, store: Store<AppState>): Observable<boolean> {
+  return store.select(selectEntities<EndpointModel>(endpointSchemaKey)).pipe(
+    first(),
+    map(state => !!state[endpointGuid].metadata && !!state[endpointGuid].metadata.metrics)
+  );
+}
+
 export function getEndpointAuthTypes() {
   return endpointAuthTypes;
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/app/shared/components/list/list-types/app-instance/cf-app-instances-config.service.ts b/src/frontend/app/shared/components/list/list-types/app-instance/cf-app-instances-config.service.ts
index 4a10c99bd9..56f357b95e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/app/shared/components/list/list-types/app-instance/cf-app-instances-config.service.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/app/shared/components/list/list-types/app-instance/cf-app-instances-config.service.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ import { CfAppInstancesDataSource } from './cf-app-instances-data-source';
 import { TableCellCfCellComponent } from './table-cell-cf-cell/table-cell-cf-cell.component';
 import { TableCellUsageComponent } from './table-cell-usage/table-cell-usage.component';
 
+export function createAppInstancesMetricAction(appGuid: string, cfGuid: string): FetchApplicationMetricsAction {
+  return new FetchApplicationMetricsAction(
+    appGuid,
+    cfGuid,
+    new MetricQueryConfig('firehose_container_metric_cpu_percentage'),
+    MetricQueryType.QUERY
+  );
+}
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CfAppInstancesConfigService implements IListConfig<ListAppInstance> {
@@ -215,12 +223,7 @@ export class CfAppInstancesConfigService implements IListConfig<ListAppInstance>
   getInitialised = () => this.initialised$;
 
   private createMetricsResults(entityServiceFactory: EntityServiceFactory) {
-    const metricsAction = new FetchApplicationMetricsAction(
-      this.appService.appGuid,
-      this.appService.cfGuid,
-      new MetricQueryConfig('firehose_container_metric_cpu_percentage'),
-      MetricQueryType.QUERY
-    );
+    const metricsAction = createAppInstancesMetricAction(this.appService.appGuid, this.appService.cfGuid);
     return entityServiceFactory.create<IMetrics<IMetricMatrixResult<IMetricApplication>>>(
       metricSchemaKey,
       entityFactory(metricSchemaKey),
@@ -229,5 +232,4 @@ export class CfAppInstancesConfigService implements IListConfig<ListAppInstance>
       false
     );
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/app/store/effects/app.effects.ts b/src/frontend/app/store/effects/app.effects.ts
index 9e54583919..0ce65b99fe 100644
--- a/src/frontend/app/store/effects/app.effects.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/app/store/effects/app.effects.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Actions, Effect } from '@ngrx/effects';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { first, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
+import { endpointHasMetrics } from '../../features/endpoints/endpoint-helpers';
+import {
+  createAppInstancesMetricAction,
+} from '../../shared/components/list/list-types/app-instance/cf-app-instances-config.service';
 import { GetAppSummaryAction } from '../actions/app-metadata.actions';
-import { ASSIGN_ROUTE, AssociateRouteWithAppApplication, ASSIGN_ROUTE_SUCCESS } from '../actions/application-service-routes.actions';
+import { ASSIGN_ROUTE_SUCCESS } from '../actions/application-service-routes.actions';
+import { UPDATE_SUCCESS, UpdateExistingApplication } from '../actions/application.actions';
 import { AppState } from '../app-state';
 import { APISuccessOrFailedAction } from '../types/request.types';
 
@@ -17,10 +22,27 @@ export class AppEffects {
     private store: Store<AppState>,
   ) { }
 
-  @Effect({ dispatch: false }) upateSummary$ = this.actions$.ofType<APISuccessOrFailedAction>(ASSIGN_ROUTE_SUCCESS).pipe(
+  @Effect({ dispatch: false }) updateSummary$ = this.actions$.ofType<APISuccessOrFailedAction>(ASSIGN_ROUTE_SUCCESS).pipe(
     map(action => {
-        this.store.dispatch(new GetAppSummaryAction(action.apiAction.guid, action.apiAction.endpointGuid));
+      this.store.dispatch(new GetAppSummaryAction(action.apiAction.guid, action.apiAction.endpointGuid));
     }),
+  );
 
+  @Effect({ dispatch: false }) clearCellMetrics$ = this.actions$.ofType<APISuccessOrFailedAction>(UPDATE_SUCCESS).pipe(
+    map(action => {
+      // User's can scale down instances and previous instance data is kept in store, when the user scales up again this stale data can
+      // be incorrectly shown straight away. In order to work around this fetch the latest metrics again when scaling up
+      // Note - If this happens within the metrics update time period (60 seconds) the stale one is returned again, unfortunately there's
+      // no way to work around this.
+      const updateAction: UpdateExistingApplication = action.apiAction as UpdateExistingApplication;
+      if (updateAction.newApplication.instances > updateAction.existingApplication.instances) {
+        // First check that we have a metrics endpoint associated with this cf
+        endpointHasMetrics(updateAction.endpointGuid, this.store).pipe(first()).subscribe(hasMetrics => {
+          if (hasMetrics) {
+            this.store.dispatch(createAppInstancesMetricAction(updateAction.guid, updateAction.endpointGuid));
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    }),
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/app/store/reducers/routes.reducer.ts b/src/frontend/app/store/reducers/routes.reducer.ts
index 77aa5fc3b2..97e6b1327e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/app/store/reducers/routes.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/app/store/reducers/routes.reducer.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { AppState, IRequestEntityTypeState } from '../app-state';
-import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { IAppSummary, IRoute } from '../../core/cf-api.types';
+import { ASSIGN_ROUTE_SUCCESS, AssociateRouteWithAppApplication } from '../actions/application-service-routes.actions';
+import { DeleteRoute, RouteEvents, UnmapRoute } from '../actions/route.actions';
+import { IRequestEntityTypeState } from '../app-state';
 import { APIResource } from '../types/api.types';
-import { RouteEvents, UnmapRoute, DeleteRoute } from '../actions/route.actions';
 import { APISuccessOrFailedAction } from '../types/request.types';
-import { IRoute, IAppSummary } from '../../core/cf-api.types';
-import { ASSIGN_ROUTE_SUCCESS, AssociateRouteWithAppApplication } from '../actions/application-service-routes.actions';
 
 export function routeReducer(state: IRequestEntityTypeState<APIResource<IRoute>>, action: APISuccessOrFailedAction) {
   switch (action.type) {