diff --git a/src/main/java/net/imagej/legacy/plugin/DefaultLegacyOpener.java b/src/main/java/net/imagej/legacy/plugin/DefaultLegacyOpener.java
index 45f37159b..691d48e15 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/imagej/legacy/plugin/DefaultLegacyOpener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/imagej/legacy/plugin/DefaultLegacyOpener.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
 package net.imagej.legacy.plugin;
 
-import ij.ImagePlus;
-
 import io.scif.Metadata;
 import io.scif.app.SCIFIOApp;
 import io.scif.img.SCIFIOImgPlus;
@@ -62,6 +60,9 @@
 import org.scijava.options.OptionsService;
 import org.scijava.plugin.Plugin;
 import org.scijava.service.Service;
+import org.scijava.ui.UIService;
+
+import ij.ImagePlus;
 
 /**
  * The default {@link LegacyOpener} plugin.
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public class DefaultLegacyOpener implements LegacyOpener {
 	private AppService appService;
 	private IOService ioService;
 	private LogService logService;
+	private UIService uiService;
 
 	@Override
 	public Object open(String path, final int planeIndex,
@@ -92,14 +94,7 @@ public Object open(String path, final int planeIndex,
 		final Context c = IJ1Helper.getLegacyContext();
 		ImagePlus imp = null;
 
-		legacyService = getCached(legacyService, LegacyService.class, c);
-		displayService = getCached(displayService, DisplayService.class, c);
-		moduleService = getCached(moduleService, ModuleService.class, c);
-		commandService = getCached(commandService, CommandService.class, c);
-		optionsService = getCached(optionsService, OptionsService.class, c);
-		appService = getCached(appService, AppService.class, c);
-		ioService = getCached(ioService, IOService.class, c);
-		logService = getCached(logService, LogService.class, c);
+		initServices(c);
 
 		// Check to see if SCIFIO has been disabled
 		final boolean newStyleIO =
@@ -205,13 +200,30 @@ public Object open(String path, final int planeIndex,
 					return imp;
 				}
 			}
+			else if (displayResult) {
+				// Attempt to display non-dataset data
+				uiService.show(data);
+			}
 			return data;
 		}
 		return path;
 	}
 
+
 	// -- Helper methods --
 
+	private void initServices(final Context c) {
+		legacyService = getCached(legacyService, LegacyService.class, c);
+		displayService = getCached(displayService, DisplayService.class, c);
+		moduleService = getCached(moduleService, ModuleService.class, c);
+		commandService = getCached(commandService, CommandService.class, c);
+		optionsService = getCached(optionsService, OptionsService.class, c);
+		appService = getCached(appService, AppService.class, c);
+		ioService = getCached(ioService, IOService.class, c);
+		logService = getCached(logService, LogService.class, c);
+		uiService = getCached(uiService, UIService.class, c);
+	}
+
 	private <T extends Service> T getCached(T service, Class<T> serviceClass, Context ctx) {
 		if (service != null) return service;
 		return ctx.getService(serviceClass);