diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/controllers/JobDetail.js b/awx/ui/static/js/controllers/JobDetail.js
index 7c80d61171..d9d874c5b2 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/js/controllers/JobDetail.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/controllers/JobDetail.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 function JobDetailController ($rootScope, $scope, $compile, $routeParams, $log, ClearScope, Breadcrumbs, LoadBreadCrumbs, GetBasePath, Wait, Rest,
     ProcessErrors, SelectPlay, SelectTask, Socket, GetElapsed, FilterAllByHostName, DrawGraph, LoadHostSummary, ReloadHostSummaryList,
-    JobIsFinished, SetTaskStyles, DigestEvent) {
+    JobIsFinished, SetTaskStyles, DigestEvent, UpdateDOM) {
 
     ClearScope();
 
@@ -21,14 +21,9 @@ function JobDetailController ($rootScope, $scope, $compile, $routeParams, $log,
         lastEventId = 0;
 
     scope.plays = [];
-    scope.playsMap = {};
     scope.hosts = [];
-    scope.hostsMap = {};
     scope.tasks = [];
-    scope.tasksMap = {};
     scope.hostResults = [];
-    scope.hostResultsMap = {};
-    api_complete = false;
 
     scope.hostResultsMaxRows = 75;
     scope.hostSummariesMaxRows = 75;
@@ -123,6 +118,11 @@ function JobDetailController ($rootScope, $scope, $compile, $routeParams, $log,
                 DrawGraph({ scope: scope, resize: true });
             }
             api_complete = true;  //trigger events to start processing
+
+            $rootScope.jobDetailInterval = setInterval(function() {
+                $log.debug('Updating the DOM...');
+                UpdateDOM({ scope: scope });
+            }, 3000);
         }
     });
 
@@ -1053,5 +1053,5 @@ function JobDetailController ($rootScope, $scope, $compile, $routeParams, $log,
 
 JobDetailController.$inject = [ '$rootScope', '$scope', '$compile', '$routeParams', '$log', 'ClearScope', 'Breadcrumbs', 'LoadBreadCrumbs', 'GetBasePath',
     'Wait', 'Rest', 'ProcessErrors', 'SelectPlay', 'SelectTask', 'Socket', 'GetElapsed', 'FilterAllByHostName', 'DrawGraph',
-    'LoadHostSummary', 'ReloadHostSummaryList', 'JobIsFinished', 'SetTaskStyles', 'DigestEvent'
+    'LoadHostSummary', 'ReloadHostSummaryList', 'JobIsFinished', 'SetTaskStyles', 'DigestEvent', 'UpdateDOM'
 ];
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/helpers/JobDetail.js b/awx/ui/static/js/helpers/JobDetail.js
index 55fcfa9dc1..0b87aabada 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/js/helpers/JobDetail.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/helpers/JobDetail.js
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ function($rootScope, $log, UpdatePlayStatus, UpdateHostStatus, AddHostResult, Ge
             status_text = params.status_text,
             play;
 
-        if (scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay] !== undefined) {
+        if (scope.jobData.plays[id] !== undefined) {
             play = scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay];
             if (failed) {
                 play.status = 'failed';
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ function($rootScope, $log, UpdatePlayStatus, UpdateHostStatus, AddHostResult, Ge
             no_hosts = params.no_hosts,
             task;
 
-        if (scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay].tasks[scope.activeTask] !== undefined) {
+        if (scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay].tasks[id] !== undefined) {
             task = scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay].tasks[scope.activeTask];
             if (no_hosts){
                 task.status = 'no-matching-hosts';
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ function($rootScope, $log, UpdatePlayStatus, UpdateHostStatus, AddHostResult, Ge
             name: name,
             created: created,
             msg: msg
-        }
+        };
 
         // update the task status bar
         if (scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay].tasks[task_id] !== undefined) {
@@ -934,6 +934,70 @@ function($rootScope, $log, UpdatePlayStatus, UpdateHostStatus, AddHostResult, Ge
     };
 }])
 
+.factory('DrawPlays', [ function() {
+    return function(params) {
+        var scope = params.scope,
+            idx = 0,
+            result = [],
+            keys = Object.keys(scope.jobData.plays);
+        keys.reverse();
+        while (idx < keys.length && idx < scope.playsMaxRows) {
+            result.push(scope.jobData.plays[keys[idx]]);
+            idx++;
+        }
+        scope.plays = result;
+    };
+}])
+
+.factory('DrawTasks', [ function() {
+    return function(params) {
+        var scope = params.scope,
+            result = [],
+            idx = 0,
+            keys = Object.keys(scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay].tasks);
+        keys.reverse();
+        while (idx < keys.length && idx < scope.tasksMaxRows) {
+            result.push(scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay].tasks[keys[idx]]);
+            idx++;
+        }
+        scope.tasks = result;
+    };
+}])
+
+.factory('DrawHostResults', [ function() {
+    return function(params) {
+        var scope = params.scope,
+            result = [],
+            idx = 0,
+            hostResults = scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay].tasks[scope.activeTask].hostResults,
+            keys = Object.keys(hostResults);
+
+        keys.sort(function(a,b) {
+            if (hostResults[a].name < hostResults[b].name)
+                return 1;
+            if (hostResults[a].name > hostResults[b].name)
+                return -1;
+            // a must be equal to b
+            return 0;
+        });
+
+        while (idx < keys.length && idx < scope.hostResultsMaxRows) {
+            result.push(scope.jobData.plays[scope.activePlay].tasks[scope.activeTask].hostsResults[keys[idx]]);
+        }
+        scope.hostResults = result;
+    };
+}])
+
+.factory('UpdateDOM', ['DrawPlays', 'DrawTasks', 'DrawHostResults', function(DrawPlays, DrawTasks, DrawHostResults) {
+    return function(params) {
+        var scope = params.scope;
+
+        DrawPlays({ scope: scope });
+        DrawTasks({ scope: scope });
+        DrawHostResults({ scope: scope });
+    };
+}])
+
 .factory('FilterAllByHostName', ['Rest', 'GetBasePath', 'ProcessErrors', 'SelectPlay', function(Rest, GetBasePath, ProcessErrors, SelectPlay) {
     return function(params) {
         var scope = params.scope,