diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/controllers/Home.js b/awx/ui/static/js/controllers/Home.js
index 1ba3780aa2..6bea1ee2d2 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/js/controllers/Home.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/controllers/Home.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ function Home ($routeParams, $rootScope, $location, Wait, ObjectCount, JobStatus
     ClearScope('home');  //Garbage collection. Don't leave behind any listeners/watchers from the prior
                          //scope.
     
-    var scope = $rootScope.$new();
+    var element = angular.element(document.getElementById('htmlTemplate'));
+    var scope = element.scope();
     var waitCount = 4;
     var loadedCount = 0;
         
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ function Home ($routeParams, $rootScope, $location, Wait, ObjectCount, JobStatus
     scope.removeWidgetLoaded = scope.$on('WidgetLoaded', function() {
         // Once all the widgets report back 'loaded', turn off Wait widget
         loadedCount++; 
-        console.log('count: ' + loadedCount);
         if ( loadedCount == waitCount ) {
             Wait('stop');
         }
@@ -48,18 +48,24 @@ function Home ($routeParams, $rootScope, $location, Wait, ObjectCount, JobStatus
         });
     
     scope.showActivity = function() { Stream(); } 
-    scope.refresh = function() { load(); }
+
+    scope.refresh = function() {
+        Wait('start');
+        loadedCount = 0;
+        Rest.setUrl(GetBasePath('dashboard'));
+        Rest.get()
+            .success( function(data, status, headers, config) {
+                scope.$emit('dashboardReady', data);
+            })
+            .error ( function(data, status, headers, config) {
+                Wait('stop');
+                ProcessErrors(scope, data, status, null,
+                    { hdr: 'Error!', msg: 'Failed to get dashboard: ' + status });
+            })
+        }
+    
+    scope.refresh();
     
-    Rest.setUrl(GetBasePath('dashboard'));
-    Rest.get()
-        .success( function(data, status, headers, config) {
-            scope.$emit('dashboardReady', data);
-        })
-        .error ( function(data, status, headers, config) {
-            Wait('stop');
-            ProcessErrors(scope, data, status, null,
-                { hdr: 'Error!', msg: 'Failed to get dashboard: ' + status });
-        })
     }
 
 Home.$inject=[ '$routeParams', '$rootScope', '$location', 'Wait', 'ObjectCount', 'JobStatus', 'InventorySyncStatus',
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/widgets/Stream.js b/awx/ui/static/js/widgets/Stream.js
index 78b0cbc142..6dc7c4e3d8 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/js/widgets/Stream.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/widgets/Stream.js
@@ -214,9 +214,7 @@ angular.module('StreamWidget', ['RestServices', 'Utilities', 'StreamListDefiniti
                     scope['object2_name'] = results.summary_fields.object2.name; 
                 }
                 scope['user'] = (results.summary_fields.user) ? results.summary_fields.user.username : 'system';
-                scope['changes'] = results['changes'];
-                //scope['changes'] = (!Empty(results['changes'])) ?  JSON.parse(scope.variables) : '';
-                //scope['changes'] = JSON.stringify(results['changes'], null, '\t');                
+                scope['changes'] = JSON.stringify(results['changes'], null, '\t');                
                 scope.formModalAction = function() {
                     $('#form-modal').modal("hide");
                     }
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/partials/home.html b/awx/ui/static/partials/home.html
index 189ce1c096..f985574895 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/partials/home.html
+++ b/awx/ui/static/partials/home.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <div class="tab-pane" id="home">
+   <div id="htmlTemplate">
    <div id="refresh-row" class="row">
       <div class="col-lg-12">
         <div class="list-actions pull-right">
@@ -15,4 +16,5 @@
       <div id="container3" class="col-lg-6"></div>
       <div id="container4" class="col-lg-6"></div>
    </div>  
+   </div>
 </div>
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