diff --git a/djangoldp/views.py b/djangoldp/views.py
index 226f21b0958c0b202019a35164d1f467eb375709..2412a383a6e61355ac5cf30dccbb08b3c39745f2 100644
--- a/djangoldp/views.py
+++ b/djangoldp/views.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class LDPViewSet(LDPViewSetGenerator):
     """An automatically generated viewset that serves models following the Linked Data Platform convention"""
     fields = None
     exclude = None
-    depth = 2
+    depth = 1
     renderer_classes = (JSONLDRenderer,)
     parser_classes = (JSONLDParser,)
     authentication_classes = (NoCSRFAuthentication,)