diff --git a/acceptanceTests/tap_test.go b/acceptanceTests/tap_test.go
index 7bd7805d7..02bca771f 100644
--- a/acceptanceTests/tap_test.go
+++ b/acceptanceTests/tap_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestTap(t *testing.T) {
 					return fmt.Errorf("unexpected entries result - Expected more than 0 entries")
 				}
 
-				entry :=  entries[0].(map[string]interface{})
+				entry := entries[0].(map[string]interface{})
 
 				entryUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/entries/%v", apiServerUrl, entry["id"])
 				requestResult, requestErr = executeHttpGetRequest(entryUrl)
@@ -150,10 +150,7 @@ func TestTapAllNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("ignored acceptance test")
 	}
 
-	expectedPods := []struct{
-		Name      string
-		Namespace string
-	}{
+	expectedPods := []PodDescriptor{
 		{Name: "httpbin", Namespace: "mizu-tests"},
 		{Name: "httpbin", Namespace: "mizu-tests2"},
 	}
@@ -202,19 +199,7 @@ func TestTapAllNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, expectedPod := range expectedPods {
-		podFound := false
-
-		for _, pod := range pods {
-			podNamespace :=  pod["namespace"].(string)
-			podName := pod["name"].(string)
-
-			if expectedPod.Namespace == podNamespace && strings.Contains(podName, expectedPod.Name) {
-				podFound = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-
-		if !podFound {
+		if !isPodDescriptorInPodArray(pods, expectedPod) {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected result - expected pod not found, pod namespace: %v, pod name: %v", expectedPod.Namespace, expectedPod.Name)
 			return
 		}
@@ -226,10 +211,7 @@ func TestTapMultipleNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("ignored acceptance test")
 	}
 
-	expectedPods := []struct{
-		Name      string
-		Namespace string
-	}{
+	expectedPods := []PodDescriptor{
 		{Name: "httpbin", Namespace: "mizu-tests"},
 		{Name: "httpbin2", Namespace: "mizu-tests"},
 		{Name: "httpbin", Namespace: "mizu-tests2"},
@@ -288,19 +270,7 @@ func TestTapMultipleNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, expectedPod := range expectedPods {
-		podFound := false
-
-		for _, pod := range pods {
-			podNamespace :=  pod["namespace"].(string)
-			podName := pod["name"].(string)
-
-			if expectedPod.Namespace == podNamespace && strings.Contains(podName, expectedPod.Name) {
-				podFound = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-
-		if !podFound {
+		if !isPodDescriptorInPodArray(pods, expectedPod) {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected result - expected pod not found, pod namespace: %v, pod name: %v", expectedPod.Namespace, expectedPod.Name)
 			return
 		}
@@ -313,10 +283,7 @@ func TestTapRegex(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	regexPodName := "httpbin2"
-	expectedPods := []struct{
-		Name      string
-		Namespace string
-	}{
+	expectedPods := []PodDescriptor{
 		{Name: regexPodName, Namespace: "mizu-tests"},
 	}
 
@@ -371,19 +338,7 @@ func TestTapRegex(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, expectedPod := range expectedPods {
-		podFound := false
-
-		for _, pod := range pods {
-			podNamespace :=  pod["namespace"].(string)
-			podName := pod["name"].(string)
-
-			if expectedPod.Namespace == podNamespace && strings.Contains(podName, expectedPod.Name) {
-				podFound = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-
-		if !podFound {
+		if !isPodDescriptorInPodArray(pods, expectedPod) {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected result - expected pod not found, pod namespace: %v, pod name: %v", expectedPod.Namespace, expectedPod.Name)
 			return
 		}
@@ -431,7 +386,7 @@ func TestTapDryRun(t *testing.T) {
 		resultChannel <- "fail"
 	}()
 
-	testResult := <- resultChannel
+	testResult := <-resultChannel
 	if testResult != "success" {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected result - dry run cmd not done")
 	}
@@ -497,7 +452,7 @@ func TestTapRedact(t *testing.T) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected entries result - Expected more than 0 entries")
 		}
 
-		firstEntry :=  entries[0].(map[string]interface{})
+		firstEntry := entries[0].(map[string]interface{})
 
 		entryUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/entries/%v", apiServerUrl, firstEntry["id"])
 		requestResult, requestErr = executeHttpGetRequest(entryUrl)
@@ -517,7 +472,7 @@ func TestTapRedact(t *testing.T) {
 		entryPayload := entryRequest["payload"].(map[string]interface{})
 		entryDetails := entryPayload["details"].(map[string]interface{})
 
-		headers :=  entryDetails["headers"].([]interface{})
+		headers := entryDetails["headers"].([]interface{})
 		for _, headerInterface := range headers {
 			header := headerInterface.(map[string]interface{})
 			if header["name"].(string) != "User-Agent" {
@@ -612,7 +567,7 @@ func TestTapNoRedact(t *testing.T) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected entries result - Expected more than 0 entries")
 		}
 
-		firstEntry :=  entries[0].(map[string]interface{})
+		firstEntry := entries[0].(map[string]interface{})
 
 		entryUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/entries/%v", apiServerUrl, firstEntry["id"])
 		requestResult, requestErr = executeHttpGetRequest(entryUrl)
@@ -632,7 +587,7 @@ func TestTapNoRedact(t *testing.T) {
 		entryPayload := entryRequest["payload"].(map[string]interface{})
 		entryDetails := entryPayload["details"].(map[string]interface{})
 
-		headers :=  entryDetails["headers"].([]interface{})
+		headers := entryDetails["headers"].([]interface{})
 		for _, headerInterface := range headers {
 			header := headerInterface.(map[string]interface{})
 			if header["name"].(string) != "User-Agent" {
@@ -727,7 +682,7 @@ func TestTapRegexMasking(t *testing.T) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected entries result - Expected more than 0 entries")
 		}
 
-		firstEntry :=  entries[0].(map[string]interface{})
+		firstEntry := entries[0].(map[string]interface{})
 
 		entryUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/entries/%v", apiServerUrl, firstEntry["id"])
 		requestResult, requestErr = executeHttpGetRequest(entryUrl)
@@ -805,7 +760,7 @@ func TestTapIgnoredUserAgents(t *testing.T) {
 	proxyUrl := getProxyUrl(defaultNamespaceName, defaultServiceName)
 
 	ignoredUserAgentCustomHeader := "Ignored-User-Agent"
-	headers := map[string]string {"User-Agent": ignoredUserAgentValue, ignoredUserAgentCustomHeader: ""}
+	headers := map[string]string{"User-Agent": ignoredUserAgentValue, ignoredUserAgentCustomHeader: ""}
 	for i := 0; i < defaultEntriesCount; i++ {
 		if _, requestErr := executeHttpGetRequestWithHeaders(fmt.Sprintf("%v/get", proxyUrl), headers); requestErr != nil {
 			t.Errorf("failed to send proxy request, err: %v", requestErr)
@@ -823,7 +778,7 @@ func TestTapIgnoredUserAgents(t *testing.T) {
 	ignoredUserAgentsCheckFunc := func() error {
 		timestamp := time.Now().UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
 
-		entriesUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/entries?limit=%v&operator=lt&timestamp=%v", apiServerUrl, defaultEntriesCount * 2, timestamp)
+		entriesUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/entries?limit=%v&operator=lt&timestamp=%v", apiServerUrl, defaultEntriesCount*2, timestamp)
 		requestResult, requestErr := executeHttpGetRequest(entriesUrl)
 		if requestErr != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get entries, err: %v", requestErr)
@@ -853,7 +808,7 @@ func TestTapIgnoredUserAgents(t *testing.T) {
 			entryPayload := entryRequest["payload"].(map[string]interface{})
 			entryDetails := entryPayload["details"].(map[string]interface{})
 
-			entryHeaders :=  entryDetails["headers"].([]interface{})
+			entryHeaders := entryDetails["headers"].([]interface{})
 			for _, headerInterface := range entryHeaders {
 				header := headerInterface.(map[string]interface{})
 				if header["name"].(string) != ignoredUserAgentCustomHeader {
@@ -973,3 +928,254 @@ func TestTapDumpLogs(t *testing.T) {
 		return
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDaemonSeeTraffic(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("ignored acceptance test")
+	}
+
+	tests := []int{50}
+
+	for _, entriesCount := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", entriesCount), func(t *testing.T) {
+			cliPath, cliPathErr := getCliPath()
+			if cliPathErr != nil {
+				t.Errorf("failed to get cli path, err: %v", cliPathErr)
+				return
+			}
+
+			tapDaemonCmdArgs := getDefaultTapCommandArgsWithDaemonMode()
+
+			tapNamespace := getDefaultTapNamespace()
+			tapDaemonCmdArgs = append(tapDaemonCmdArgs, tapNamespace...)
+
+			tapCmd := exec.Command(cliPath, tapDaemonCmdArgs...)
+
+			viewCmd := exec.Command(cliPath, getDefaultViewCommandArgs()...)
+
+			t.Cleanup(func() {
+				daemonCleanup(t, viewCmd)
+			})
+
+			t.Logf("running command: %v", tapCmd.String())
+			if err := tapCmd.Run(); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error occured while running the tap command, err: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			t.Logf("running command: %v", viewCmd.String())
+			if err := viewCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error occured while running the view command, err: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			apiServerUrl := getApiServerUrl(defaultApiServerPort)
+			if err := waitTapPodsReady(apiServerUrl); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("failed to start tap pods on time, err: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			proxyUrl := getProxyUrl(defaultNamespaceName, defaultServiceName)
+			for i := 0; i < entriesCount; i++ {
+				if _, requestErr := executeHttpGetRequest(fmt.Sprintf("%v/get", proxyUrl)); requestErr != nil {
+					t.Errorf("failed to send proxy request, err: %v", requestErr)
+					return
+				}
+			}
+
+			entriesCheckFunc := func() error {
+				timestamp := time.Now().UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
+
+				entriesUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/entries?limit=%v&operator=lt&timestamp=%v", apiServerUrl, entriesCount, timestamp)
+				requestResult, requestErr := executeHttpGetRequest(entriesUrl)
+				if requestErr != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get entries, err: %v", requestErr)
+				}
+
+				entries := requestResult.([]interface{})
+				if len(entries) == 0 {
+					return fmt.Errorf("unexpected entries result - Expected more than 0 entries")
+				}
+
+				entry := entries[0].(map[string]interface{})
+
+				entryUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/entries/%v", apiServerUrl, entry["id"])
+				requestResult, requestErr = executeHttpGetRequest(entryUrl)
+				if requestErr != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get entry, err: %v", requestErr)
+				}
+
+				if requestResult == nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("unexpected nil entry result")
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			}
+			if err := retriesExecute(shortRetriesCount, entriesCheckFunc); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("%v", err)
+				return
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDaemonMultipleNamespacesSeePods(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("ignored acceptance test")
+	}
+
+	expectedPods := []PodDescriptor{
+		{Name: "httpbin", Namespace: "mizu-tests"},
+		{Name: "httpbin2", Namespace: "mizu-tests"},
+		{Name: "httpbin", Namespace: "mizu-tests2"},
+	}
+
+	cliPath, cliPathErr := getCliPath()
+	if cliPathErr != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to get cli path, err: %v", cliPathErr)
+		return
+	}
+
+	tapCmdArgs := getDefaultTapCommandArgsWithDaemonMode()
+	var namespacesCmd []string
+	for _, expectedPod := range expectedPods {
+		namespacesCmd = append(namespacesCmd, "-n", expectedPod.Namespace)
+	}
+	tapCmdArgs = append(tapCmdArgs, namespacesCmd...)
+
+	tapCmd := exec.Command(cliPath, tapCmdArgs...)
+
+	viewCmd := exec.Command(cliPath, getDefaultViewCommandArgs()...)
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		daemonCleanup(t, viewCmd)
+	})
+
+	t.Logf("running command: %v", tapCmd.String())
+	if err := tapCmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to start tap command, err: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("running command: %v", viewCmd.String())
+	if err := viewCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error occured while running the view command, err: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	apiServerUrl := getApiServerUrl(defaultApiServerPort)
+	if err := waitTapPodsReady(apiServerUrl); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to start tap pods on time, err: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	podsUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/status/tap", apiServerUrl)
+	requestResult, requestErr := executeHttpGetRequest(podsUrl)
+	if requestErr != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to get tap status, err: %v", requestErr)
+		return
+	}
+
+	pods, err := getPods(requestResult)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to get pods, err: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(expectedPods) != len(pods) {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected result - expected pods length: %v, actual pods length: %v", len(expectedPods), len(pods))
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, expectedPod := range expectedPods {
+		if !isPodDescriptorInPodArray(pods, expectedPod) {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected result - expected pod not found, pod namespace: %v, pod name: %v", expectedPod.Namespace, expectedPod.Name)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDaemonSingleNamespaceSeePods(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("ignored acceptance test")
+	}
+
+	expectedPods := []PodDescriptor{
+		{Name: "httpbin", Namespace: "mizu-tests"},
+		{Name: "httpbin2", Namespace: "mizu-tests"},
+	}
+	unexpectedPods := []PodDescriptor{
+		{Name: "httpbin", Namespace: "mizu-tests2"},
+	}
+
+	cliPath, cliPathErr := getCliPath()
+	if cliPathErr != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to get cli path, err: %v", cliPathErr)
+		return
+	}
+
+	tapCmdArgs := getDefaultTapCommandArgsWithDaemonMode()
+	var namespacesCmd []string
+	for _, expectedPod := range expectedPods {
+		namespacesCmd = append(namespacesCmd, "-n", expectedPod.Namespace)
+	}
+	tapCmdArgs = append(tapCmdArgs, namespacesCmd...)
+
+	tapCmd := exec.Command(cliPath, tapCmdArgs...)
+
+	viewCmd := exec.Command(cliPath, getDefaultViewCommandArgs()...)
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		daemonCleanup(t, viewCmd)
+	})
+
+	t.Logf("running command: %v", tapCmd.String())
+	if err := tapCmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to start tap command, err: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("running command: %v", viewCmd.String())
+	if err := viewCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error occured while running the view command, err: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	apiServerUrl := getApiServerUrl(defaultApiServerPort)
+	if err := waitTapPodsReady(apiServerUrl); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to start tap pods on time, err: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	podsUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%v/status/tap", apiServerUrl)
+	requestResult, requestErr := executeHttpGetRequest(podsUrl)
+	if requestErr != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to get tap status, err: %v", requestErr)
+		return
+	}
+
+	pods, err := getPods(requestResult)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to get pods, err: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, unexpectedPod := range unexpectedPods {
+		if isPodDescriptorInPodArray(pods, unexpectedPod) {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected result - unexpected pod found, pod namespace: %v, pod name: %v", unexpectedPod.Namespace, unexpectedPod.Name)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(expectedPods) != len(pods) {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected result - expected pods length: %v, actual pods length: %v", len(expectedPods), len(pods))
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, expectedPod := range expectedPods {
+		if !isPodDescriptorInPodArray(pods, expectedPod) {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected result - expected pod not found, pod namespace: %v, pod name: %v", expectedPod.Namespace, expectedPod.Name)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/acceptanceTests/testsUtils.go b/acceptanceTests/testsUtils.go
index 9c7ad955a..3569eb375 100644
--- a/acceptanceTests/testsUtils.go
+++ b/acceptanceTests/testsUtils.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package acceptanceTests
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -11,21 +12,40 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared"
 )
 
 const (
-	longRetriesCount      = 100
-	shortRetriesCount     = 10
-	defaultApiServerPort  = shared.DefaultApiServerPort
-	defaultNamespaceName  = "mizu-tests"
-	defaultServiceName    = "httpbin"
-	defaultEntriesCount   = 50
+	longRetriesCount     = 100
+	shortRetriesCount    = 10
+	defaultApiServerPort = shared.DefaultApiServerPort
+	defaultNamespaceName = "mizu-tests"
+	defaultServiceName   = "httpbin"
+	defaultEntriesCount  = 50
 	waitAfterTapPodsReady = 3 * time.Second
+	cleanCommandTimeout  = 1 * time.Minute
 )
 
+type PodDescriptor struct {
+	Name      string
+	Namespace string
+}
+
+func isPodDescriptorInPodArray(pods []map[string]interface{}, podDescriptor PodDescriptor) bool {
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		podNamespace :=  pod["namespace"].(string)
+		podName := pod["name"].(string)
+
+		if podDescriptor.Namespace == podNamespace && strings.Contains(podName, podDescriptor.Name) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func getCliPath() (string, error) {
 	dir, filePathErr := os.Getwd()
 	if filePathErr != nil {
@@ -78,6 +98,10 @@ func getDefaultTapCommandArgs() []string {
 	return append([]string{tapCommand}, defaultCmdArgs...)
 }
 
+func getDefaultTapCommandArgsWithDaemonMode() []string {
+	return append(getDefaultTapCommandArgs(), "--daemon")
+}
+
 func getDefaultTapCommandArgsWithRegex(regex string) []string {
 	tapCommand := "tap"
 	defaultCmdArgs := getDefaultCommandArgs()
@@ -103,6 +127,14 @@ func getDefaultConfigCommandArgs() []string {
 	return append([]string{configCommand}, defaultCmdArgs...)
 }
 
+func getDefaultCleanCommandArgs() []string {
+	return []string{"clean"}
+}
+
+func getDefaultViewCommandArgs() []string {
+	return []string{"view"}
+}
+
 func retriesExecute(retriesCount int, executeFunc func() error) error {
 	var lastError interface{}
 
@@ -205,6 +237,36 @@ func executeHttpPostRequest(url string, body interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	return executeHttpRequest(response, requestErr)
 }
 
+func runMizuClean() error {
+	cliPath, err := getCliPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cleanCmdArgs := getDefaultCleanCommandArgs()
+
+	cleanCmd := exec.Command(cliPath, cleanCmdArgs...)
+
+	commandDone := make(chan error)
+	go func() {
+		if err := cleanCmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			commandDone <- err
+		}
+		commandDone <- nil
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case err = <- commandDone:
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	case <- time.After(cleanCommandTimeout):
+		return errors.New("clean command timed out")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func cleanupCommand(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
 	if err := cmd.Process.Signal(syscall.SIGQUIT); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -239,6 +301,16 @@ func getLogsPath() (string, error) {
 	return logsPath, nil
 }
 
+func daemonCleanup(t *testing.T, viewCmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	if err := runMizuClean(); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("error running mizu clean: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := cleanupCommand(viewCmd); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("failed to cleanup view command, err: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func Contains(slice []string, containsValue string) bool {
 	for _, sliceValue := range slice {
 		if sliceValue == containsValue {