diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/event-queue.service.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/event-queue.service.js
index 6c72b4432c..6a363d3e6c 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/event-queue.service.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/event-queue.service.js
@@ -76,37 +76,60 @@ export default [function(){
         return count;
     };
 
+    // Get the count of the last event
+    var getPreviousCount = function(id) {
+        // get the ids of all the queue
+        var ids = Object.keys(val.queue).map(id => parseInt(id));
+
+        // iterate backwards to find the last count
+        while(ids.indexOf(id - 1) > -1) {
+            id = id - 1;
+            if (val.queue[id].count) {
+                // need to create a new copy of count when returning
+                // so that it is accurate for the particular event
+                return _.clone(val.queue[id].count);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // no count initialized
+        return {
+            ok: 0,
+            skipped: 0,
+            unreachable: 0,
+            failures: 0,
+            changed: 0
+        };
+    };
+
     // munge the raw event from the backend into the event_queue's format
     var mungeEvent = function(event) {
         var mungedEvent = {
             id: event.id,
-            processed: false
+            processed: false,
+            name: event.event_name,
+            count: getPreviousCount(event.id)
         };
+
         if (event.event_name === 'playbook_on_start') {
-            event.count = val.queue.count;
+            // sets count initially so this is a change
             mungedEvent.changes = ['count'];
         } else if (event.event_name === 'runner_on_ok' ||
             event.event_name === 'runner_on_async_ok') {
-            val.queue.count.ok++;
-            event.count = val.queue.count;
+            mungedEvent.count.ok++;
             mungedEvent.changes = ['count'];
         } else if (event.event_name === 'runner_on_skipped') {
-            val.queue.count.skipped++;
-            event.count = val.queue.count;
+            mungedEvent.count.skipped++;
             mungedEvent.changes = ['count'];
         } else if (event.event_name === 'runner_on_unreachable') {
-            val.queue.count.unreachable++;
-            event.count = val.queue.count;
+            mungedEvent.count.unreachable++;
             mungedEvent.changes = ['count'];
         } else if (event.event_name === 'runner_on_error' ||
             event.event_name === 'runner_on_async_failed') {
-            val.queue.count.failed++;
-            event.count = val.queue.count;
+            mungedEvent.count.failed++;
             mungedEvent.changes = ['count'];
         } else if (event.event_name === 'playbook_on_stats') {
             // get the data for populating the host status bar
-            val.queue.count = getCountsFromStatsEvent(event.event_data);
-            event.count = val.queue.count;
+            mungedEvent.count = getCountsFromStatsEvent(event.event_data);
             mungedEvent.changes = ['count'];
         }
         return mungedEvent;
@@ -117,15 +140,6 @@ export default [function(){
         // reinitializes the event queue value for the job results page
         initialize: function() {
             val.queue = {};
-
-            // initialize the host status counts
-            val.queue.count = {
-                ok: 0,
-                skipped: 0,
-                unreachable: 0,
-                failures: 0,
-                changed: 0
-            };
         },
         // populates the event queue
         populate: function(event) {
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/host-status-bar/host-status-bar.directive.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/host-status-bar/host-status-bar.directive.js
index 3a889b0ba8..f7fbd2e8f6 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/host-status-bar/host-status-bar.directive.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/host-status-bar/host-status-bar.directive.js
@@ -16,23 +16,27 @@ export default [ 'templateUrl',
             // as count is changed by event data coming in,
             // update the host status bar
             scope.$watch('count', function(val) {
-                Object.keys(val).forEach(key => {
-                    // reposition the hosts status bar by setting the
-                    // various flex values to the count of those hosts
-                    $(`.HostStatusBar-${key}`)
-                        .css('flex', `${val[key]} 0 auto`);
+                if (val) {
+                    Object.keys(val).forEach(key => {
+                        // reposition the hosts status bar by setting
+                        // the various flex values to the count of
+                        // those hosts
+                        $(`.HostStatusBar-${key}`)
+                            .css('flex', `${val[key]} 0 auto`);
 
-                    // set the tooltip to give how many hosts of each
-                    // type
-                    if (val[key] > 0) {
-                        scope[`${key}CountTip`] = `<span class='HostStatusBar-tooltipLabel'>${key}</span><span class='badge HostStatusBar-tooltipBadge HostStatusBar-tooltipBadge--${key}'>${val[key]}</span>`;
-                    }
-                });
+                        // set the tooltip to give how many hosts of
+                        // each type
+                        if (val[key] > 0) {
+                            scope[`${key}CountTip`] = `<span class='HostStatusBar-tooltipLabel'>${key}</span><span class='badge HostStatusBar-tooltipBadge HostStatusBar-tooltipBadge--${key}'>${val[key]}</span>`;
+                        }
+                    });
 
-                // if there are any hosts that have finished, don't show
-                // default grey bar
-                scope.hostsFinished = (Object
-                    .keys(val).filter(key => (val[key] > 0)).length > 0);
+                    // if there are any hosts that have finished, don't
+                    // show default grey bar
+                    scope.hostsFinished = (Object
+                        .keys(val)
+                        .filter(key => (val[key] > 0)).length > 0);
+                }
             });
         }
     };
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
index 63ffe6d2b1..2a51f6691b 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
@@ -77,11 +77,13 @@ export default ['jobData', 'jobDataOptions', 'jobLabels', '$scope', 'ParseTypeCh
         var mungedEvent = eventQueue.populate(event);
 
         // make changes to ui based on the event returned from the queue
-        mungedEvent.changes.forEach(change => {
-            if (change === 'count') {
-                $scope.count = mungedEvent.count;
-            }
-        });
+        if (mungedEvent.changes) {
+            mungedEvent.changes.forEach(change => {
+                if (change === 'count') {
+                    $scope.count = mungedEvent.count;
+                }
+            });
+        }
 
         // the changes have been processed in the ui, mark it in the queue
         eventQueue.markProcessed(event);