diff --git a/cell/simple_health.go b/cell/simple_health.go
index 60da0ef..904715d 100644
--- a/cell/simple_health.go
+++ b/cell/simple_health.go
@@ -31,11 +31,16 @@ func (h *SimpleHealth) NewScope(name string) Health {
 	h.Lock()
 	defer h.Unlock()
 
+	scope := name
+	if len(h.Scope) > 0 {
+		scope = h.Scope + "." + name
+	}
+
 	h2 := &SimpleHealth{
 		simpleHealthRoot: h.simpleHealthRoot,
-		Scope:            h.Scope + "." + name,
+		Scope:            scope,
 	}
-	h.all[name] = h2
+	h.all[scope] = h2
 	return h2
 }
 
diff --git a/cell/simple_health_test.go b/cell/simple_health_test.go
index e761206..4bd5903 100644
--- a/cell/simple_health_test.go
+++ b/cell/simple_health_test.go
@@ -53,3 +53,24 @@ hive stop
 	expected := `health 'test1.*matched: test1.*health 'test2.*matched: test2`
 	require.Regexp(t, expected, strings.ReplaceAll(stdout.String(), "\n", " "))
 }
+
+func TestSimpleHealthClose(t *testing.T) {
+	_, h := cell.NewSimpleHealth()
+	require.NotNil(t, h)
+
+	hTest := h.NewScope("test")
+	require.NotNil(t, hTest)
+
+	hTestInner := hTest.NewScope("inner")
+	require.NotNil(t, hTestInner)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, h.GetChild("test"))
+	require.NotNil(t, h.GetChild("test.inner"))
+
+	hTest.Close()
+	require.Nil(t, h.GetChild("test"))
+	require.NotNil(t, h.GetChild("test.inner"))
+
+	hTestInner.Close()
+	require.Nil(t, h.GetChild("test.inner"))
+}