diff --git a/django_netjsongraph/base/admin.py b/django_netjsongraph/base/admin.py
index f6571e1..4f7d65a 100644
--- a/django_netjsongraph/base/admin.py
+++ b/django_netjsongraph/base/admin.py
@@ -98,21 +98,33 @@ def _message(self, request, rows, suffix, level=messages.SUCCESS):
     def update_selected(self, request, queryset):
         items = list(queryset)
         failed = []
+        ignored = []
         for item in items:
-            try:
-                item.update()
-            except Exception as e:
-                failed.append('{0}: {1}'.format(item.label, str(e)))
-                with log_failure('update topology admin action', item):
-                    raise e
+            if item.strategy == 'fetch':
+                try:
+                    item.update()
+                except Exception as e:
+                    failed.append('{0}: {1}'.format(item.label, str(e)))
+                    with log_failure('update topology admin action', item):
+                        raise e
+            else:
+                ignored.append(item)
+        # remove item from items if ignored.
+        for item in ignored:
+            if item in items:
+                items.remove(item)
         failures = len(failed)
         successes = len(items) - failures
+        total_ignored = len(ignored)
         if successes > 0:
             self._message(request, successes, _('successfully updated'))
         if failures > 0:
             message = _('not updated. %s') % '; '.join(failed)
             self._message(request, failures, message, level=messages.ERROR)
-    update_selected.short_description = _('Update selected topologies')
+        if total_ignored > 0:
+            message = _("ignored as they don't use FETCH strategy")
+            self._message(request, total_ignored, message, level=messages.WARNING)
+    update_selected.short_description = _('Update selected topologies (FETCH strategy only)')
 
     def publish_selected(self, request, queryset):
         rows_updated = queryset.update(published=True)
diff --git a/django_netjsongraph/tests/base/test_admin.py b/django_netjsongraph/tests/base/test_admin.py
index 8bd57d5..56150e3 100644
--- a/django_netjsongraph/tests/base/test_admin.py
+++ b/django_netjsongraph/tests/base/test_admin.py
@@ -117,3 +117,16 @@ def test_topology_visualize_view(self):
         path = reverse('{0}_topology_visualize'.format(self.prefix), args=[t.pk])
         response = self.client.get(path)
         self.assertContains(response, 'd3.netJsonGraph(')
+
+    def test_update_selected_receive_topology(self):
+        self.topology_model.objects.create(label='test receive',
+                                           parser='netdiff.NetJsonParser',
+                                           strategy='receive', url='asd.asd')
+        t = self.topology_model.objects.filter(strategy='receive')[0]
+        response = self.client.post(self.changelist_path, {
+            'action': 'update_selected',
+            '_selected_action': str(t.pk)
+        }, follow=True)
+        message = list(response.context['messages'])[0]
+        self.assertEqual('warning', message.tags)
+        self.assertIn("ignored as they don't use FETCH strategy", message.message)