diff --git a/djangoldp/serializers.py b/djangoldp/serializers.py
index 530cc1f816fa889b484441a301e346290afd6edb..6ce27477ae679312382ea059919a57eede9bd9ea 100644
--- a/djangoldp/serializers.py
+++ b/djangoldp/serializers.py
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ class LDPSerializer(HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
     @classmethod
     def many_init(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs['child'] = cls()
+        try:
+            cls.Meta.depth = kwargs['context']['view'].many_depth
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
         return ContainerSerializer(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
diff --git a/djangoldp/views.py b/djangoldp/views.py
index 9f38b07954063deaab01ec59ac33e37f3c306a17..8ddcbb3e5b0cd88eb722dcdc2c9751f5e37f7307 100644
--- a/djangoldp/views.py
+++ b/djangoldp/views.py
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ class LDPViewSet(LDPViewSetGenerator):
     """An automatically generated viewset that serves models following the Linked Data Platform convention"""
     fields = None
     exclude = None
-    depth = 0
+    depth = 1
+    many_depth = 0
     renderer_classes = (JSONLDRenderer,)
-    parser_classes =(JSONLDParser,)
+    parser_classes = (JSONLDParser,)
     authentication_classes = (NoCSRFAuthentication,)
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
@@ -106,8 +107,10 @@ class LDPViewSet(LDPViewSetGenerator):
     def build_serializer(self):
         model_name = self.model._meta.object_name.lower()
         lookup_field = get_resolver().reverse_dict[model_name + '-detail'][0][0][1][0]
-        meta_args = {'model': self.model, 'extra_kwargs': {'@id': {'lookup_field': lookup_field}}, 'depth': self.depth,
-                     'extra_fields': self.nested_fields}
+        meta_args = {'model': self.model, 'extra_kwargs': {
+            '@id': {'lookup_field': lookup_field}},
+             'depth': self.depth,
+             'extra_fields': self.nested_fields}
         if self.fields:
             meta_args['fields'] = self.fields
         else:
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ class LDPViewSet(LDPViewSetGenerator):
         response = super().update(request, *args, **kwargs)
         return response
 
+
 class LDPNestedViewSet(LDPViewSet):
     """A special case of LDPViewSet serving objects of a relation of a given object (e.g. members of a group, or skills of a user)"""
     parent_model = None