diff --git a/src/mapper/pkg/intentsstore/holder.go b/src/mapper/pkg/intentsstore/holder.go
index 51cba299..4d696e54 100644
--- a/src/mapper/pkg/intentsstore/holder.go
+++ b/src/mapper/pkg/intentsstore/holder.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package intentsstore
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"github.com/amit7itz/goset"
 	"github.com/otterize/network-mapper/src/mapper/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/otterize/network-mapper/src/mapper/pkg/graph/model"
@@ -49,6 +50,15 @@ func (ti *TimestampedIntent) containsExcludedLabels(excludedLabelsMap map[string
 		}
 	}
 
+	for _, podLabel := range ti.Intent.Server.Labels {
+		value, ok := excludedLabelsMap[podLabel.Key]
+		if ok {
+			if value == podLabel.Value {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return false
 }
 
@@ -147,23 +157,27 @@ func (i *IntentsHolder) AddIntent(newTimestamp time.Time, intent model.Intent) {
 	i.addIntentToStore(i.sinceLastGetStore, newTimestamp, intent)
 }
 
-func (i *IntentsHolder) GetIntents(namespaces []string, includeLabels []string, excludeServiceWithLabels []string, includeAllLabels bool) []TimestampedIntent {
+func (i *IntentsHolder) GetIntents(namespaces []string, includeLabels []string, excludeServiceWithLabels []string, includeAllLabels bool) ([]TimestampedIntent, error) {
 	i.lock.Lock()
 	defer i.lock.Unlock()
 
-	return i.getIntentsFromStore(i.accumulatingStore, namespaces, includeLabels, excludeServiceWithLabels, includeAllLabels)
+	result, err := i.getIntentsFromStore(i.accumulatingStore, namespaces, includeLabels, excludeServiceWithLabels, includeAllLabels)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []TimestampedIntent{}, err
+	}
+	return result, nil
 }
 
 func (i *IntentsHolder) GetNewIntentsSinceLastGet() []TimestampedIntent {
 	i.lock.Lock()
 	defer i.lock.Unlock()
 
-	intents := i.getIntentsFromStore(i.sinceLastGetStore, nil, nil, nil, false)
+	intents, _ := i.getIntentsFromStore(i.sinceLastGetStore, nil, nil, nil, false)
 	i.sinceLastGetStore = make(IntentsStore)
 	return intents
 }
 
-func (i *IntentsHolder) getIntentsFromStore(store IntentsStore, namespaces, includeLabels, excludeServiceWithLabels []string, includeAllLabels bool) []TimestampedIntent {
+func (i *IntentsHolder) getIntentsFromStore(store IntentsStore, namespaces, includeLabels, excludeServiceWithLabels []string, includeAllLabels bool) ([]TimestampedIntent, error) {
 	namespacesSet := goset.FromSlice(namespaces)
 	includeLabelsSet := goset.FromSlice(includeLabels)
 	result := make([]TimestampedIntent, 0)
@@ -176,7 +190,12 @@ func (i *IntentsHolder) getIntentsFromStore(store IntentsStore, namespaces, incl
 	})
 
 	for pair, intent := range store {
-		if len(excludeServiceWithLabels) != 0 && intent.containsExcludedLabels(excludedLabelsMap) {
+		intentCopy, err := getIntentDeepCopy(intent)
+		if err != nil {
+			return result, err
+		}
+
+		if len(excludeServiceWithLabels) != 0 && intentCopy.containsExcludedLabels(excludedLabelsMap) {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -190,13 +209,25 @@ func (i *IntentsHolder) getIntentsFromStore(store IntentsStore, namespaces, incl
 					return includeLabelsSet.Contains(label.Key)
 				})
 			}
-			intent.Intent.Client.Labels = labelsFilter(intent.Intent.Client.Labels)
-			intent.Intent.Server.Labels = labelsFilter(intent.Intent.Server.Labels)
+			intentCopy.Intent.Client.Labels = labelsFilter(intentCopy.Intent.Client.Labels)
+			intentCopy.Intent.Server.Labels = labelsFilter(intentCopy.Intent.Server.Labels)
 		}
 
 		result = append(result, intent)
 	}
-	return result
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func getIntentDeepCopy(intent TimestampedIntent) (TimestampedIntent, error) {
+	intentCopy := TimestampedIntent{}
+	intentJSON, err := json.Marshal(intent)
+	if err != nil {
+		return TimestampedIntent{}, err
+	}
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(intentJSON, &intentCopy); err != nil {
+		return TimestampedIntent{}, err
+	}
+	return intentCopy, nil
 }
 
 func dedupeServiceIntentsDests(dests []model.OtterizeServiceIdentity) []model.OtterizeServiceIdentity {
diff --git a/src/mapper/pkg/resolvers/schema.resolvers.go b/src/mapper/pkg/resolvers/schema.resolvers.go
index e673e519..50666120 100644
--- a/src/mapper/pkg/resolvers/schema.resolvers.go
+++ b/src/mapper/pkg/resolvers/schema.resolvers.go
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ func (r *mutationResolver) ReportIstioConnectionResults(ctx context.Context, res
 		if dstService.OwnerObject != nil {
 			dstSvcIdentity.PodOwnerKind = model.GroupVersionKindFromKubeGVK(dstService.OwnerObject.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind())
 		}
-
 		r.intentsHolder.AddIntent(result.LastSeen, model.Intent{
 			Client:        &srcSvcIdentity,
 			Server:        &dstSvcIdentity,
@@ -264,7 +263,10 @@ func (r *queryResolver) ServiceIntents(ctx context.Context, namespaces []string,
 	if includeAllLabels != nil && *includeAllLabels {
 		shouldIncludeAllLabels = true
 	}
-	discoveredIntents := r.intentsHolder.GetIntents(namespaces, includeLabels, []string{}, shouldIncludeAllLabels)
+	discoveredIntents, err := r.intentsHolder.GetIntents(namespaces, includeLabels, []string{}, shouldIncludeAllLabels)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []model.ServiceIntents{}, err
+	}
 	intentsBySource := intentsstore.GroupIntentsBySource(discoveredIntents)
 
 	// sorting by service name so results are more consistent
@@ -281,13 +283,22 @@ func (r *queryResolver) ServiceIntents(ctx context.Context, namespaces []string,
 	return intentsBySource, nil
 }
 
-func (r *queryResolver) Intents(ctx context.Context, namespaces []string, includeLabels []string, excludeServiceWithLabels []string, includeAllLabels *bool) ([]model.Intent, error) {
+func (r *queryResolver) Intents(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	namespaces,
+	includeLabels,
+	excludeServiceWithLabels []string,
+	includeAllLabels *bool) ([]model.Intent, error) {
 	shouldIncludeAllLabels := false
 	if includeAllLabels != nil && *includeAllLabels {
 		shouldIncludeAllLabels = true
 	}
 
-	timestampedIntents := r.intentsHolder.GetIntents(namespaces, includeLabels, excludeServiceWithLabels, shouldIncludeAllLabels)
+	timestampedIntents, err := r.intentsHolder.GetIntents(namespaces, includeLabels, excludeServiceWithLabels, shouldIncludeAllLabels)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []model.Intent{}, err
+	}
+
 	intents := lo.Map(timestampedIntents, func(timestampedIntent intentsstore.TimestampedIntent, _ int) model.Intent {
 		return timestampedIntent.Intent
 	})