diff --git a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/HostEventModal.js b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/HostEventModal.js
index 95d8ee989b..9aa7012358 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/HostEventModal.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/HostEventModal.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { Modal, Tab, Tabs, TabTitleText } from '@patternfly/react-core';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-
 import { t } from '@lingui/macro';
 import { encode } from 'html-entities';
 import StatusLabel from '../../../components/StatusLabel';
@@ -37,10 +36,8 @@ const processEventStatus = (event) => {
 
 const processCodeEditorValue = (value) => {
   let codeEditorValue;
-  if (value === undefined) {
-    codeEditorValue = false;
-  } else if (value === '') {
-    codeEditorValue = ' ';
+  if (!value) {
+    codeEditorValue = '';
   } else if (typeof value === 'string') {
     codeEditorValue = encode(value);
   } else {
@@ -49,8 +46,8 @@ const processCodeEditorValue = (value) => {
   return codeEditorValue;
 };
 
-const processStdOutValue = (hostEvent) => {
-  const taskAction = hostEvent?.event_data?.taskAction;
+const getStdOutValue = (hostEvent) => {
+  const taskAction = hostEvent?.event_data?.task_action;
   const res = hostEvent?.event_data?.res;
 
   let stdOut;
@@ -61,8 +58,8 @@ const processStdOutValue = (hostEvent) => {
     res.results &&
     Array.isArray(res.results)
   ) {
-    [stdOut] = res.results;
-  } else if (res) {
+    stdOut = res.results.join('\n');
+  } else if (res?.stdout) {
     stdOut = res.stdout;
   }
   return stdOut;
@@ -81,8 +78,8 @@ function HostEventModal({ onClose, hostEvent = {}, isOpen = false }) {
   };
 
   const jsonObj = processCodeEditorValue(hostEvent?.event_data?.res);
-  const stdErr = processCodeEditorValue(hostEvent?.event_data?.res?.stderr);
-  const stdOut = processCodeEditorValue(processStdOutValue(hostEvent));
+  const stdErr = hostEvent?.event_data?.res?.stderr;
+  const stdOut = processCodeEditorValue(getStdOutValue(hostEvent));
 
   return (
     <Modal
@@ -147,13 +144,13 @@ function HostEventModal({ onClose, hostEvent = {}, isOpen = false }) {
             <ContentEmpty title={t`No JSON Available`} />
           )}
         </Tab>
-        <Tab
-          eventKey={2}
-          title={<TabTitleText>{t`Standard Out`}</TabTitleText>}
-          aria-label={t`Standard out tab`}
-          ouiaId="standard-out-tab"
-        >
-          {activeTabKey === 2 && stdOut ? (
+        {stdOut?.length ? (
+          <Tab
+            eventKey={2}
+            title={<TabTitleText>{t`Output`}</TabTitleText>}
+            aria-label={t`Output tab`}
+            ouiaId="standard-out-tab"
+          >
             <CodeEditor
               mode="javascript"
               readOnly
@@ -162,17 +159,15 @@ function HostEventModal({ onClose, hostEvent = {}, isOpen = false }) {
               rows={20}
               hasErrors={false}
             />
-          ) : (
-            <ContentEmpty title={t`No Standard Out Available`} />
-          )}
-        </Tab>
-        <Tab
-          eventKey={3}
-          title={<TabTitleText>{t`Standard Error`}</TabTitleText>}
-          aria-label={t`Standard error tab`}
-          ouiaId="standard-error-tab"
-        >
-          {activeTabKey === 3 && stdErr ? (
+          </Tab>
+        ) : null}
+        {stdErr?.length ? (
+          <Tab
+            eventKey={3}
+            title={<TabTitleText>{t`Standard Error`}</TabTitleText>}
+            aria-label={t`Standard error tab`}
+            ouiaId="standard-error-tab"
+          >
             <CodeEditor
               mode="javascript"
               readOnly
@@ -181,10 +176,8 @@ function HostEventModal({ onClose, hostEvent = {}, isOpen = false }) {
               hasErrors={false}
               rows={20}
             />
-          ) : (
-            <ContentEmpty title={t`No Standard Error Available`} />
-          )}
-        </Tab>
+          </Tab>
+        ) : null}
       </Tabs>
     </Modal>
   );
diff --git a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/HostEventModal.test.js b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/HostEventModal.test.js
index 2882ba8ce3..1c429c4dd3 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/HostEventModal.test.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/HostEventModal.test.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const hostEvent = {
       msg: 'This is a debug message: 1',
       stdout:
         '              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available\nMem:           7973        3005         960          30        4007        4582\nSwap:          1023           0        1023',
+      stderr: 'problems',
       cmd: ['free', '-m'],
       stderr_lines: [],
       stdout_lines: [
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ const jsonValue = `{
   \"item\": \"1\",
   \"msg\": \"This is a debug message: 1\",
   \"stdout\": \"              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available\\nMem:           7973        3005         960          30        4007        4582\\nSwap:          1023           0        1023\",
+  \"stderr\": \"problems\",
   \"cmd\": [
     \"free\",
     \"-m\"
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ describe('HostEventModal', () => {
     handleTabClick(null, 1);
     wrapper.update();
 
-    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('CodeEditor');
+    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('Tab[eventKey=1] CodeEditor');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('mode')).toBe('javascript');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('readOnly')).toBe(true);
     expect(codeEditor.prop('value')).toEqual(jsonValue);
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ describe('HostEventModal', () => {
     handleTabClick(null, 2);
     wrapper.update();
 
-    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('CodeEditor');
+    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('Tab[eventKey=2] CodeEditor');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('mode')).toBe('javascript');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('readOnly')).toBe(true);
     expect(codeEditor.prop('value')).toEqual(hostEvent.event_data.res.stdout);
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ describe('HostEventModal', () => {
       ...hostEvent,
       event_data: {
         res: {
-          stderr: '',
+          stderr: 'error content',
         },
       },
     };
@@ -207,10 +209,10 @@ describe('HostEventModal', () => {
     handleTabClick(null, 3);
     wrapper.update();
 
-    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('CodeEditor');
+    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('Tab[eventKey=3] CodeEditor');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('mode')).toBe('javascript');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('readOnly')).toBe(true);
-    expect(codeEditor.prop('value')).toEqual(' ');
+    expect(codeEditor.prop('value')).toEqual('error content');
   });
 
   test('should pass onClose to Modal', () => {
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ describe('HostEventModal', () => {
     const debugTaskAction = {
       ...hostEvent,
       event_data: {
-        taskAction: 'debug',
+        task_action: 'debug',
         res: {
           result: {
             stdout: 'foo bar',
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ describe('HostEventModal', () => {
     handleTabClick(null, 2);
     wrapper.update();
 
-    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('CodeEditor');
+    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('Tab[eventKey=2] CodeEditor');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('mode')).toBe('javascript');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('readOnly')).toBe(true);
     expect(codeEditor.prop('value')).toEqual('foo bar');
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ describe('HostEventModal', () => {
     const yumTaskAction = {
       ...hostEvent,
       event_data: {
-        taskAction: 'yum',
+        task_action: 'yum',
         res: {
           results: ['baz', 'bar'],
         },
@@ -266,9 +268,9 @@ describe('HostEventModal', () => {
     handleTabClick(null, 2);
     wrapper.update();
 
-    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('CodeEditor');
+    const codeEditor = wrapper.find('Tab[eventKey=2] CodeEditor');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('mode')).toBe('javascript');
     expect(codeEditor.prop('readOnly')).toBe(true);
-    expect(codeEditor.prop('value')).toEqual('baz');
+    expect(codeEditor.prop('value')).toEqual('baz\nbar');
   });
 });