diff --git a/awx/main/isolated/manager.py b/awx/main/isolated/manager.py
index 1c0978f432..de4783e277 100644
--- a/awx/main/isolated/manager.py
+++ b/awx/main/isolated/manager.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 import logging
 import yaml
+import datetime
 
 from django.conf import settings
 import ansible_runner
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ class IsolatedManager(object):
             dir=private_data_dir
         )
         params = self.runner_params.copy()
+        params.get('envvars', dict())['ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST'] = 'profile_tasks'
         params['playbook'] = playbook
         params['private_data_dir'] = iso_dir
         if idle_timeout:
@@ -168,7 +170,8 @@ class IsolatedManager(object):
         extravars = {
             'src': self.private_data_dir,
             'dest': settings.AWX_PROOT_BASE_PATH,
-            'ident': self.ident
+            'ident': self.ident,
+            'job_id': self.instance.id,
         }
         if playbook:
             extravars['playbook'] = playbook
@@ -204,7 +207,10 @@ class IsolatedManager(object):
         :param interval: an interval (in seconds) to wait between status polls
         """
         interval = interval if interval is not None else settings.AWX_ISOLATED_CHECK_INTERVAL
-        extravars = {'src': self.private_data_dir}
+        extravars = {
+            'src': self.private_data_dir,
+            'job_id': self.instance.id
+        }
         status = 'failed'
         rc = None
         last_check = time.time()
@@ -220,9 +226,13 @@ class IsolatedManager(object):
                 logger.warning('Isolated job {} was manually canceled.'.format(self.instance.id))
 
             logger.debug('Checking on isolated job {} with `check_isolated.yml`.'.format(self.instance.id))
+            time_start = datetime.datetime.now()
             runner_obj = self.run_management_playbook('check_isolated.yml',
                                                       self.private_data_dir,
                                                       extravars=extravars)
+            time_end = datetime.datetime.now()
+            time_diff = time_end - time_start
+            logger.debug('Finished checking on isolated job {} with `check_isolated.yml` took {} seconds.'.format(self.instance.id, time_diff.total_seconds()))
             status, rc = runner_obj.status, runner_obj.rc
 
             if self.check_callback is not None and not self.captured_command_artifact:
diff --git a/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml b/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml
index 18b3305846..472b772fbb 100644
--- a/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml
+++ b/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     - ansible.posix
 
   tasks:
+    - name: "Output job the playbook is running for"
+      debug:
+        msg: "Checking on job {{ job_id }}"
 
     - name: Determine if daemon process is alive.
       shell: "ansible-runner is-alive {{src}}"
diff --git a/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml b/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml
index 4e3b7b54ee..76ea42d17c 100644
--- a/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml
+++ b/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
     - ansible.posix
 
   tasks:
+    - name: "Output job the playbook is running for"
+      debug:
+        msg: "Checking on job {{ job_id }}"
+
     - name: synchronize job environment with isolated host
       synchronize:
         copy_links: true
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index b9e7ecddb7..51e15a5e43 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -932,6 +932,14 @@ LOGGING = {
             'backupCount': 5,
             'formatter':'simple',
         },
+        'isolated_manager': {
+            'level': 'WARNING',
+            'class':'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
+            'filename': os.path.join(LOG_ROOT, 'isolated_manager.log'),
+            'maxBytes': 1024 * 1024 * 5, # 5 MB
+            'backupCount': 5,
+            'formatter':'simple',
+        },
     },
     'loggers': {
         'django': {
@@ -981,6 +989,11 @@ LOGGING = {
         'awx.main.wsbroadcast': {
             'handlers': ['wsbroadcast'],
         },
+        'awx.isolated.manager': {
+            'level': 'WARNING',
+            'handlers': ['console', 'file', 'isolated_manager'],
+            'propagate': True
+        },
         'awx.isolated.manager.playbooks': {
             'handlers': ['management_playbooks'],
             'propagate': False