diff --git a/internal/dao/registry.go b/internal/dao/registry.go
index e65858e65d..0296b04fd9 100644
--- a/internal/dao/registry.go
+++ b/internal/dao/registry.go
@@ -5,17 +5,20 @@ package dao
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	apiext "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -95,10 +98,7 @@ func AccessorFor(f Factory, gvr client.GVR) (Accessor, error) {
 
 	r, ok := m[gvr]
 	if !ok {
-		r = new(Generic)
-		if MetaAccess.IsScalable(gvr) {
-			r = new(Scaler)
-		}
+		r = new(Scaler)
 		log.Debug().Msgf("No DAO registry entry for %q. Using generics!", gvr)
 	}
 	r.Init(f, gvr)
@@ -144,12 +144,7 @@ func (m *Meta) GVK2GVR(gv schema.GroupVersion, kind string) (client.GVR, bool, b
 
 // IsCRD checks if resource represents a CRD
 func IsCRD(r metav1.APIResource) bool {
-	for _, c := range r.Categories {
-		if c == crdCat {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	return slices.Contains(r.Categories, crdCat)
 }
 
 // MetaFor returns a resource metadata for a given gvr.
@@ -166,24 +161,19 @@ func (m *Meta) MetaFor(gvr client.GVR) (metav1.APIResource, error) {
 
 // IsK8sMeta checks for non resource meta.
 func IsK8sMeta(m metav1.APIResource) bool {
-	for _, c := range m.Categories {
-		if c == k9sCat || c == helmCat {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
-	return true
+	return !slices.ContainsFunc(m.Categories, func(category string) bool {
+		return category == k9sCat || category == helmCat
+	})
 }
 
 // IsK9sMeta checks for non resource meta.
 func IsK9sMeta(m metav1.APIResource) bool {
-	for _, c := range m.Categories {
-		if c == k9sCat {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
+	return slices.Contains(m.Categories, k9sCat)
+}
 
-	return false
+// IsScalable check if the resource can be scaled
+func IsScalable(m metav1.APIResource) bool {
+	return slices.Contains(m.Categories, scaleCat)
 }
 
 // LoadResources hydrates server preferred+CRDs resource metadata.
@@ -196,24 +186,14 @@ func (m *Meta) LoadResources(f Factory) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	loadNonResource(m.resMetas)
+
+	// We've actually loaded all the CRDs in loadPreferred, and we're now adding
+	// some additional CRD properties on top of that.
 	loadCRDs(f, m.resMetas)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-// IsScalable check if the resource can be scaled
-func (m *Meta) IsScalable(gvr client.GVR) bool {
-	if meta, ok := m.resMetas[gvr]; ok {
-		for _, c := range meta.Categories {
-			if c == scaleCat {
-				return true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 // BOZO!! Need countermeasures for direct commands!
 func loadNonResource(m ResourceMetas) {
 	loadK9s(m)
@@ -419,11 +399,13 @@ func isDeprecated(gvr client.GVR) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
+// loadCRDs Wait for the cache to synced and then add some additional properties to CRD.
 func loadCRDs(f Factory, m ResourceMetas) {
 	if f.Client() == nil || !f.Client().ConnectionOK() {
 		return
 	}
-	oo, err := f.List(crdGVR, client.ClusterScope, false, labels.Everything())
+
+	oo, err := f.List(crdGVR, client.ClusterScope, true, labels.Everything())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn().Err(err).Msgf("Fail CRDs load")
 		return
@@ -437,29 +419,29 @@ func loadCRDs(f Factory, m ResourceMetas) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		var meta metav1.APIResource
-		meta.Kind = crd.Spec.Names.Kind
-		meta.Group = crd.Spec.Group
-		meta.Name = crd.Name
-		meta.SingularName = crd.Spec.Names.Singular
-		meta.ShortNames = crd.Spec.Names.ShortNames
-		meta.Namespaced = crd.Spec.Scope == apiext.NamespaceScoped
-		for _, v := range crd.Spec.Versions {
-			if v.Served && !v.Deprecated {
-				meta.Version = v.Name
-				break
+		if gvr, ok := newGVRFromCRD(&crd); ok {
+			if meta, ok := m[gvr]; ok {
+				if !slices.Contains(meta.Categories, scaleCat) {
+					meta.Categories = append(meta.Categories, scaleCat)
+					m[gvr] = meta
+				}
 			}
 		}
+	}
+}
 
-		// meta, errs := extractMeta(o)
-		// if len(errs) > 0 {
-		// 	log.Error().Err(errs[0]).Msgf("Fail to extract CRD meta (%d) errors", len(errs))
-		// 	continue
-		// }
-		meta.Categories = append(meta.Categories, crdCat)
-		gvr := client.NewGVRFromMeta(meta)
-		m[gvr] = meta
+func newGVRFromCRD(crd *apiext.CustomResourceDefinition) (client.GVR, bool) {
+	for _, v := range crd.Spec.Versions {
+		if v.Served && !v.Deprecated {
+			return client.NewGVRFromMeta(metav1.APIResource{
+				Group:   crd.Spec.Group,
+				Name:    crd.Spec.Names.Plural,
+				Version: v.Name,
+			}), true
+		}
 	}
+
+	return client.GVR{}, false
 }
 
 func extractMeta(o runtime.Object) (metav1.APIResource, []error) {
diff --git a/internal/dao/scalable.go b/internal/dao/scalable.go
index 6c13f45d3c..7664b5355d 100644
--- a/internal/dao/scalable.go
+++ b/internal/dao/scalable.go
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Copyright Authors of K9s
+
 package dao
 
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/restmapper"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/scale"
+
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 )
 
 var _ Scalable = (*Scaler)(nil)
diff --git a/internal/dao/types.go b/internal/dao/types.go
index 014c668e4c..8e7602f294 100644
--- a/internal/dao/types.go
+++ b/internal/dao/types.go
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
-	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/watch"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/watch"
 )
 
 // ResourceMetas represents a collection of resource metadata.
diff --git a/internal/view/command.go b/internal/view/command.go
index abdf09ab26..bf42956eb4 100644
--- a/internal/view/command.go
+++ b/internal/view/command.go
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/dao"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/model"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/view/cmd"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -288,12 +289,7 @@ func (c *Command) viewMetaFor(p *cmd.Interpreter) (client.GVR, *MetaViewer, erro
 
 	v := MetaViewer{
 		viewerFn: func(gvr client.GVR) ResourceViewer {
-			viewer := NewOwnerExtender(NewBrowser(gvr))
-			if dao.MetaAccess.IsScalable(gvr) {
-				viewer = NewScaleExtender(viewer)
-			}
-
-			return viewer
+			return NewScaleExtender(NewOwnerExtender(NewBrowser(gvr)))
 		},
 	}
 	if mv, ok := customViewers[gvr]; ok {
diff --git a/internal/view/dp_test.go b/internal/view/dp_test.go
index a3e8a51fd4..1e2074dc72 100644
--- a/internal/view/dp_test.go
+++ b/internal/view/dp_test.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ package view_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/view"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestDeploy(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/view/scale_extender.go b/internal/view/scale_extender.go
index 45fddaf9ba..e572e8cc79 100644
--- a/internal/view/scale_extender.go
+++ b/internal/view/scale_extender.go
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/config"
-
-	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/dao"
-	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/ui"
 	"github.com/derailed/tcell/v2"
 	"github.com/derailed/tview"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/config"
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/dao"
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/ui"
 )
 
 // ScaleExtender adds scaling extensions.
@@ -35,12 +35,21 @@ func (s *ScaleExtender) bindKeys(aa *ui.KeyActions) {
 	if s.App().Config.K9s.IsReadOnly() {
 		return
 	}
-	aa.Add(ui.KeyS, ui.NewKeyActionWithOpts("Scale", s.scaleCmd,
-		ui.ActionOpts{
-			Visible:   true,
-			Dangerous: true,
-		},
-	))
+
+	meta, err := dao.MetaAccess.MetaFor(s.GVR())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("Unable to retrieve meta information for %s", s.GVR())
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !dao.IsCRD(meta) || dao.IsScalable(meta) {
+		aa.Add(ui.KeyS, ui.NewKeyActionWithOpts("Scale", s.scaleCmd,
+			ui.ActionOpts{
+				Visible:   true,
+				Dangerous: true,
+			},
+		))
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *ScaleExtender) scaleCmd(evt *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
@@ -127,7 +136,7 @@ func (s *ScaleExtender) makeScaleForm(sels []string) (*tview.Form, error) {
 	if len(sels) == 1 {
 		// If the CRD resource supports scaling, then first try to
 		// read the replicas directly from the CRD.
-		if dao.MetaAccess.IsScalable(s.GVR()) {
+		if meta, _ := dao.MetaAccess.MetaFor(s.GVR()); dao.IsScalable(meta) {
 			replicas, err := s.replicasFromScaleSubresource(sels[0])
 			if err == nil && len(replicas) != 0 {
 				factor = replicas
@@ -169,7 +178,7 @@ func (s *ScaleExtender) makeScaleForm(sels []string) (*tview.Form, error) {
 				return
 			}
 		}
-		if len(sels) == 1 {
+		if len(sels) != 1 {
 			s.App().Flash().Infof("[%d] %s scaled successfully", len(sels), singularize(s.GVR().R()))
 		} else {
 			s.App().Flash().Infof("%s %s scaled successfully", s.GVR().R(), sels[0])
diff --git a/internal/view/sts_test.go b/internal/view/sts_test.go
index 4455194528..256587c63e 100644
--- a/internal/view/sts_test.go
+++ b/internal/view/sts_test.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ package view_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/view"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestStatefulSetNew(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/watch/factory.go b/internal/watch/factory.go
index 698b17a458..e1a7df7a48 100644
--- a/internal/watch/factory.go
+++ b/internal/watch/factory.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
@@ -17,10 +16,13 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	di "k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/dynamicinformer"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
+
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultResync = 10 * time.Minute
+	defaultResync   = 10 * time.Minute
+	defaultWaitTime = 250 * time.Millisecond
 )
 
 // Factory tracks various resource informers.
@@ -142,8 +144,13 @@ func (f *Factory) waitForCacheSync(ns string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// we must block until all started informers' caches were synced
-	_ = fac.WaitForCacheSync(f.stopChan)
+	// Hang for a sec for the cache to refresh if still not done bail out!
+	c := make(chan struct{})
+	go func(c chan struct{}) {
+		<-time.After(defaultWaitTime)
+		close(c)
+	}(c)
+	_ = fac.WaitForCacheSync(c)
 }
 
 // WaitForCacheSync waits for all factories to update their cache.