diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ad68b414..2aa44391 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.48.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f4355058..a301e886 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxERmMY4rD+g=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible h1:4onqiflcdA9EOZ4RxV643DvftH5pOlLGNtQ5lPWQu84=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.7 h1:iV3Bqi942d9huXnzEF2Mt+CY9gLu8DNM4Obd+8bODRE=
 github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.7/go.mod h1:zpHEXBstFnQYtGnB8k8kQLol82umzn/2/snG7alWVD8=
 github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12 h1:9euLV5sTrTNTRUU9POmDUvfxyj6LAABLUcEWO+JJb4s=
@@ -122,6 +124,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0 h1:79HwNRBAZHOEwrczrgSOPy+eFTTlIGELKy5as+ClttY
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0/go.mod h1:HlxMHtYF57y6Dpf+mc5529KKmSq9h2FpCF+/ZkwUxKM=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.0 h1:54UJxxj6cPInHS3a35wm6BK/F9nHYueZ1NVujHDrnXE=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.0/go.mod h1:DW9aCi7U6Yi40wNVAvT6kzFnEVEI5n3DloYBiKiT6zk=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1 h1:wZWJDwK+NameRJuPGDhlnFgx8e8HN3XHQeLaYJFJBOE=
diff --git a/internal/k8s/client.go b/internal/k8s/client.go
index bc656b3e..b68b828a 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/client.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/client.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var timeoutSeconds = int64(timeout / time.Second)
 // Client is a k8s client.
 type Client struct {
 	config       *rest.Config
-	clientset    *kubernetes.Clientset
+	clientset    kubernetes.Interface
 	logStreamIDs sync.Map
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/k8s/exec.go b/internal/k8s/exec.go
index 3cd296ad..62544994 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/exec.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/exec.go
@@ -18,8 +18,23 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
 )
 
-const (
-	idleAnnotation = "idling.amazee.io/unidle-replicas"
+var (
+	// idleReplicaAnnotations are the annotations that will be used to determine
+	// how many replicas to set when scaling up a deployment from idle. The
+	// annotations are in priority order from high to low. The first annotation
+	// found will be used.
+	idleReplicaAnnotations = []string{
+		"idling.lagoon.sh/unidle-replicas",
+		"idling.amazee.io/unidle-replicas",
+	}
+	// idleWatchLabels are the labels that will be used to determine which
+	// deployments to scale when unidling an environment. The labels are in
+	// priority order from high to low. The first annotation found on any
+	// deployment will be used.
+	idleWatchLabels = []string{
+		"idling.lagoon.sh/watch=true",
+		"idling.amazee.io/watch=true",
+	}
 )
 
 // podContainer returns the first pod and first container inside that pod for
@@ -68,33 +83,57 @@ func (c *Client) hasRunningPod(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 }
 
-// unidleReplicas checks the unidle-replicas annotation for the number of
-// replicas to restore. If the label cannot be read or parsed, 1 is returned.
-// The return value is clamped to the interval [1,16].
+// unidleReplicas checks the idleReplicaAnnotations for the number of replicas
+// to restore. If the labels cannot be found or parsed, 1 is returned. The
+// return value is clamped to the interval [1,16].
 func unidleReplicas(deploy appsv1.Deployment) int {
-	rs, ok := deploy.Annotations[idleAnnotation]
-	if !ok {
-		return 1
-	}
-	r, err := strconv.Atoi(rs)
-	if err != nil || r < 1 {
-		return 1
+	for _, ra := range idleReplicaAnnotations {
+		rs, ok := deploy.Annotations[ra]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		r, err := strconv.Atoi(rs)
+		if err != nil || r < 1 {
+			return 1
+		}
+		if r > 16 {
+			return 16
+		}
+		return r
 	}
-	if r > 16 {
-		return 16
+	return 1
+}
+
+// idledDeploys returns the DeploymentList of idled deployments in the given
+// namespace.
+func (c *Client) idledDeploys(ctx context.Context, namespace string) (
+	*appsv1.DeploymentList, error,
+) {
+	var deploys *appsv1.DeploymentList
+	for _, selector := range idleWatchLabels {
+		deploys, err := c.clientset.AppsV1().Deployments(namespace).List(ctx,
+			metav1.ListOptions{
+				LabelSelector: selector,
+			})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't select deploys by label: %v", err)
+		}
+		if deploys != nil && len(deploys.Items) > 0 {
+			return deploys, nil
+		}
 	}
-	return r
+	return deploys, nil
 }
 
-// unidleNamespace scales all deployments with the
-// "idling.amazee.io/watch=true" label up to the number of replicas in the
-// "idling.amazee.io/unidle-replicas" label.
+// unidleNamespace scales all deployments with the idleWatchLabels up to the
+// number of replicas in the idleReplicaAnnotations.
 func (c *Client) unidleNamespace(ctx context.Context, namespace string) error {
-	deploys, err := c.clientset.AppsV1().Deployments(namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
-		LabelSelector: "idling.amazee.io/watch=true",
-	})
+	deploys, err := c.idledDeploys(ctx, namespace)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't select deploys by label: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get idled deploys: %v", err)
+	}
+	if deploys == nil {
+		return nil // no deploys to unidle
 	}
 	for _, deploy := range deploys.Items {
 		// check if idled
diff --git a/internal/k8s/exec_test.go b/internal/k8s/exec_test.go
index 3dba5d04..e92daeab 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/exec_test.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/exec_test.go
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 package k8s
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 )
 
-func TestUnidleReplicas(t *testing.T) {
+func TestUnidleReplicasParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	var testCases = map[string]struct {
 		input  string
 		expect int
@@ -28,10 +30,134 @@ func TestUnidleReplicas(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(name, func(tt *testing.T) {
 			deploy := appsv1.Deployment{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Annotations: map[string]string{idleAnnotation: tc.input},
+					Annotations: map[string]string{idleReplicaAnnotations[0]: tc.input},
 				},
 			}
 			assert.Equal(tt, tc.expect, unidleReplicas(deploy), name)
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestUnidleReplicasLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, ra := range idleReplicaAnnotations {
+		t.Run(ra, func(tt *testing.T) {
+			deploy := appsv1.Deployment{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Annotations: map[string]string{ra: "9"},
+				},
+			}
+			assert.Equal(tt, 9, unidleReplicas(deploy), ra)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func deployNames(deploys *appsv1.DeploymentList) []string {
+	var names []string
+	if deploys == nil {
+		return names // no deploys to unidle
+	}
+	for _, deploy := range deploys.Items {
+		names = append(names, deploy.Name)
+	}
+	return names
+}
+
+func TestIdledDeployLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	testNS := "testns"
+	var testCases = map[string]struct {
+		deploys *appsv1.DeploymentList
+		expect  []string
+	}{
+		"prefer lagoon.sh": {
+			deploys: &appsv1.DeploymentList{
+				Items: []appsv1.Deployment{
+					{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "one",
+							Namespace: testNS,
+							Labels: map[string]string{
+								"idling.lagoon.sh/watch": "true",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "two",
+							Namespace: testNS,
+							Labels: map[string]string{
+								"idling.amazee.io/watch": "true",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expect: []string{"one"},
+		},
+		"fall back to amazee.io": {
+			deploys: &appsv1.DeploymentList{
+				Items: []appsv1.Deployment{
+					{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "one",
+							Namespace: testNS,
+							Labels: map[string]string{
+								"idling.amazee.io/watch": "true",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "two",
+							Namespace: testNS,
+							Labels: map[string]string{
+								"idling.amazee.io/watch": "true",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expect: []string{"one", "two"},
+		},
+		"ignore mislabelled deploys": {
+			deploys: &appsv1.DeploymentList{
+				Items: []appsv1.Deployment{
+					{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "one",
+							Namespace: testNS,
+							Labels: map[string]string{
+								"idling.foo/watch": "true",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"ignore other namespaces": {
+			deploys: &appsv1.DeploymentList{
+				Items: []appsv1.Deployment{
+					{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "one",
+							Namespace: "wrongns",
+							Labels: map[string]string{
+								"idling.lagoon.sh/watch": "true",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for name, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(name, func(tt *testing.T) {
+			// create fake Kubernetes client with test deploys
+			c := &Client{
+				clientset: fake.NewSimpleClientset(tc.deploys),
+			}
+			deploys, err := c.idledDeploys(context.Background(), testNS)
+			assert.NoError(tt, err, name)
+			assert.Equal(tt, tc.expect, deployNames(deploys), name)
+		})
+	}
+}