diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/channels/recording_update.js b/app/assets/javascripts/channels/recording_update.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2cb32e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/channels/recording_update.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+(function() {
+
+  var initRooms = function() {
+    App.messages = App.cable.subscriptions.create({
+      channel: 'RecordingUpdatesChannel',
+      username: window.location.pathname.split('/').pop()
+    },
+    {
+      received: function(data) {
+        var btn = $("#recordings").find(".recording-update:disabled");
+        btn.data('published', data.published);
+        btn.find('i').removeClass(getPublishClass(!data.published));
+        btn.find('i').addClass(getPublishClass(data.published));
+        btn.prop("disabled", false);
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
+  $(document).on("turbolinks:load", function() {
+    if ($("body[data-controller=landing]").get(0)) {
+      if ($("body[data-action=rooms]").get(0)) {
+        initRooms();
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}).call(this);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/landing.js b/app/assets/javascripts/landing.js
index 9ebfb1cd..ce8ee132 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/landing.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/landing.js
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
             if (type === 'display') {
               var roomName = window.location.pathname.split('/').pop();
               var published = row.published;
-              var eye = (published) ? 'eye' : 'eye-slash'
+              var eye = getPublishClass(published);
               return '<button type="button" class="btn btn-default recording-update" data-id="'+data+'" data-room="'+roomName+'" data-published="'+published+'">' +
-                '<i class="fa fa-'+eye+'" aria-hidden="true"></i></button> ' +
+                '<i class="fa '+eye+'" aria-hidden="true"></i></button> ' +
                 '<button type="button" class="btn btn-default recording-delete" data-id="'+data+'" data-room="'+roomName+'">' +
                 '<i class="fa fa-trash-o" aria-hidden="true"></i></button>';
             }
@@ -128,12 +128,15 @@
       var room = $(this).data('room');
       var id = $(this).data('id');
       var published = $(this).data('published');
+      $(this).prop("disabled", true);
       $.ajax({
         method: 'PATCH',
         url: '/rooms/'+room+'/recordings/'+id,
         data: {published: (!published).toString()}
       }).done(function(data) {
-        $(this).prop("disabled", true);
+
+      }).fail(function(data) {
+        $(this).prop("disabled", false);
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/shared.js b/app/assets/javascripts/shared.js
index a1cc6c17..a2488f93 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/shared.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/shared.js
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ $.ajaxSetup({
   }
 });
 
+var PUBLISHED_CLASSES = ['fa-eye-slash', 'fa-eye']
+
+var getPublishClass = function(published) {
+  return PUBLISHED_CLASSES[+published];
+}
+
 var meetingInstance = null;
 class Meeting {
   constructor(url, name) {
diff --git a/app/channels/recording_updates_channel.rb b/app/channels/recording_updates_channel.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff814506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/channels/recording_updates_channel.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RecordingUpdatesChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel
+  def subscribed
+    stream_from "#{params[:username]}_recording_updates_channel"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/bbb_controller.rb b/app/controllers/bbb_controller.rb
index bb3cb7be..aa140966 100644
--- a/app/controllers/bbb_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/bbb_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class BbbController < ApplicationController
+  include BbbApi
 
   before_action :authorize_owner_recording, only: [:update_recordings, :delete_recordings]
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class BbbController < ApplicationController
       end
       options[:meeting_logout_url] = "#{request.base_url}/#{params[:resource]}/#{params[:id]}"
 
-      bbb_res = helpers.bbb_join_url(
+      bbb_res = bbb_join_url(
         params[:id],
         params[:name],
         options
@@ -42,19 +43,22 @@ class BbbController < ApplicationController
       render head(:not_found) && return
     end
 
-    bbb_res = helpers.bbb_get_recordings user.username
+    bbb_res = bbb_get_recordings user.username
     render_bbb_response bbb_res, bbb_res[:recordings]
   end
 
   # PATCH /rooms/:id/recordings/:record_id
   def update_recordings
-    bbb_res = helpers.bbb_update_recordings(params[:record_id], params[:published] == 'true')
+    bbb_res = bbb_update_recordings(params[:record_id], params[:published] == 'true')
+    if bbb_res[:returncode]
+      RecordingUpdatesJob.perform_later(@user.username, params[:record_id], bbb_res[:published])
+    end
     render_bbb_response bbb_res
   end
 
   # DELETE /rooms/:id/recordings/:record_id
   def delete_recordings
-    bbb_res = helpers.bbb_delete_recordings(params[:record_id])
+    bbb_res = bbb_delete_recordings(params[:record_id])
     render_bbb_response bbb_res
   end
 
@@ -68,9 +72,10 @@ class BbbController < ApplicationController
       render head(:unauthorized) && return
     end
 
-    recordings = helpers.bbb_get_recordings(params[:id])[:recordings]
+    recordings = bbb_get_recordings(params[:id])[:recordings]
     recordings.each do |recording|
       if recording[:recordID] == params[:record_id]
+        @user = user
         return true
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/jobs/recording_updates_job.rb b/app/jobs/recording_updates_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..866e729d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/recording_updates_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+class RecordingUpdatesJob < ApplicationJob
+  include BbbApi
+
+  queue_as :default
+
+  def perform(room, record_id, published)
+    tries = 0
+    sleep_time = 2
+
+    while tries < 4
+      bbb_res = bbb_get_recordings(nil, record_id)
+      if bbb_res[:recordings].first[:published].to_s == published
+        ActionCable.server.broadcast "#{room}_recording_updates_channel",
+          published: bbb_res[:recordings].first[:published]
+        break
+      end
+      sleep sleep_time
+      sleep_time = sleep_time * 2
+      tries += 1
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/bbb_helper.rb b/app/lib/bbb_api.rb
similarity index 91%
rename from app/helpers/bbb_helper.rb
rename to app/lib/bbb_api.rb
index 4277145d..61aaa257 100644
--- a/app/helpers/bbb_helper.rb
+++ b/app/lib/bbb_api.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module BbbHelper
+module BbbApi
   def bbb_endpoint
     Rails.application.secrets[:bbb_endpoint]
   end
@@ -67,9 +67,15 @@ module BbbHelper
     end
   end
 
-  def bbb_get_recordings(meeting_token)
-    meeting_id = (Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(Rails.application.secrets[:secret_key_base]+meeting_token)).to_s
-    bbb_safe_execute :get_recordings, meetingID: meeting_id
+  def bbb_get_recordings(meeting_id, record_id=nil)
+    options={}
+    if record_id
+      options[:recordID] = record_id
+    end
+    if meeting_id
+      options[:meetingID] = (Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(Rails.application.secrets[:secret_key_base]+meeting_id)).to_s
+    end
+    bbb_safe_execute :get_recordings, options
   end
 
   def bbb_update_recordings(id, published)
diff --git a/app/views/bbb/recordings.jbuilder b/app/views/bbb/recordings.jbuilder
index 0fcd74a2..63d617ca 100644
--- a/app/views/bbb/recordings.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/bbb/recordings.jbuilder
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ unless @response.blank?
       json.end_time recording[:endTime]
       json.published recording[:published]
       json.playbacks do
+        unless recording[:playback][:format].is_a? Array
+          recording[:playback][:format] = [recording[:playback][:format]]
+        end
         json.array!(recording[:playback][:format]) do |playback|
           json.type playback[:type]
           json.url playback[:url]
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index b91c71aa..9616a76b 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   config.action_mailer.perform_caching = false
 
+  config.active_job.queue_adapter = :async
+
   # action cable socket URI
   config.action_cable.url = "ws://localhost/cable"
 
   # allowed action cable origins
-  Rails.application.config.action_cable.allowed_request_origins = ['http://localhost']
+  config.action_cable.allowed_request_origins = ['http://localhost']
 
   # Print deprecation notices to the Rails logger.
   config.active_support.deprecation = :log
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 6956dec8..6f2ca454 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Use a real queuing backend for Active Job (and separate queues per environment)
   # config.active_job.queue_adapter     = :resque
   # config.active_job.queue_name_prefix = "greenlight_#{Rails.env}"
+  config.active_job.queue_adapter = :async
+
   config.action_mailer.perform_caching = false
 
   # Ignore bad email addresses and do not raise email delivery errors.
diff --git a/test/jobs/recording_updates_job_test.rb b/test/jobs/recording_updates_job_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62dd0969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jobs/recording_updates_job_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class RecordingUpdatesJobTest < ActiveJob::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end