diff --git a/awx/conf/settings.py b/awx/conf/settings.py
index 98a39978d3..d2733ce879 100644
--- a/awx/conf/settings.py
+++ b/awx/conf/settings.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 # Django REST Framework
 from rest_framework.fields import empty, SkipField
 
+import cachetools
+
 # Tower
 from awx.main.utils import encrypt_field, decrypt_field
 from awx.conf import settings_registry
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ from awx.conf.migrations._reencrypt import decrypt_field as old_decrypt_field
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.conf.settings')
 
+SETTING_MEMORY_TTL = 5 if 'callback_receiver' in ' '.join(sys.argv) else 0
+
 # Store a special value to indicate when a setting is not set in the database.
 SETTING_CACHE_NOTSET = '___notset___'
 
@@ -406,6 +410,7 @@ class SettingsWrapper(UserSettingsHolder):
     def SETTINGS_MODULE(self):
         return self._get_default('SETTINGS_MODULE')
 
+    @cachetools.cached(cache=cachetools.TTLCache(maxsize=2048, ttl=SETTING_MEMORY_TTL))
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         value = empty
         if name in self.all_supported_settings:
diff --git a/awx/main/models/events.py b/awx/main/models/events.py
index 1f79b0e24b..09ccb07125 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/events.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/events.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import datetime
 import logging
 from collections import defaultdict
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models, DatabaseError, connection
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_datetime
 from django.utils.text import Truncator
@@ -57,7 +58,18 @@ def create_host_status_counts(event_data):
     return dict(host_status_counts)
 
 
+MINIMAL_EVENTS = set([
+    'playbook_on_play_start', 'playbook_on_task_start',
+    'playbook_on_stats', 'EOF'
+])
+
+
 def emit_event_detail(event):
+    if (
+        settings.UI_LIVE_UPDATES_ENABLED is False and
+        event.event not in MINIMAL_EVENTS
+    ):
+        return
     cls = event.__class__
     relation = {
         JobEvent: 'job_id',
@@ -368,10 +380,11 @@ class BasePlaybookEvent(CreatedModifiedModel):
             value = force_text(event_data.get(field, '')).strip()
             if value != getattr(self, field):
                 setattr(self, field, value)
-        analytics_logger.info(
-            'Event data saved.',
-            extra=dict(python_objects=dict(job_event=self))
-        )
+        if settings.LOG_AGGREGATOR_ENABLED:
+            analytics_logger.info(
+                'Event data saved.',
+                extra=dict(python_objects=dict(job_event=self))
+            )
 
     @classmethod
     def create_from_data(cls, **kwargs):
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/output/stream.service.js b/awx/ui/client/features/output/stream.service.js
index 11198e0752..c3cfa10622 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/output/stream.service.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/output/stream.service.js
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ function OutputStream ($q) {
         this.counters.ready = ready;
         this.counters.used = used;
         this.counters.missing = missing;
+
+        if (!window.liveUpdates) {
+            this.counters.ready = event.counter;
+        }
     };
 
     this.bufferEmpty = threshold => {
@@ -141,6 +145,10 @@ function OutputStream ($q) {
         const { total } = this.counters;
         const readyCount = this.getReadyCount();
 
+        if (!window.liveUpdates) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if (readyCount <= 0) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/awx/ui/test/unit/components/stream.unit.js b/awx/ui/test/unit/components/stream.unit.js
index c4343d59b7..5d979592be 100644
--- a/awx/ui/test/unit/components/stream.unit.js
+++ b/awx/ui/test/unit/components/stream.unit.js
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ describe('Output | StreamService', () => {
     });
 
     describe('isReadyToRender', () => {
-        it("it's never ready to render unless the result of getReadyCount is greater than 0", () => {
+        it("it's never ready to render when live updates are enabled unless the result of getReadyCount is greater than 0", () => {
+            delete window.liveUpdates;
+            Object.defineProperty(window, 'liveUpdates', {
+                value: true,
+                writable: false
+            });
+
             const params = [
                 [-1, false],
                 [0, false],