diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 643f7d844b4..6e25e11cf37 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
     "redux-mock-store": "1.5.3",
     "regexp-replace-loader": "1.0.1",
     "rimraf": "2.6.3",
+    "rxjs-spy": "^7.5.1",
     "sass-lint": "1.12.1",
     "sass-loader": "7.1.0",
     "sinon": "1.17.6",
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
index 4f12d470d23..7000ede35b3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   DataQueryResponseData,
   DataQueryError,
 } from '@grafana/ui';
-
 import { LoadingState, dateMath, toDataFrame, DataFrame, guessFieldTypes } from '@grafana/data';
 
 type MapOfResponsePackets = { [str: string]: DataQueryResponse };
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/live_streams.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/live_streams.test.ts
index 2c4cd06fa0e..e1e6f3f030c 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/live_streams.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/live_streams.test.ts
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ describe('Live Stream Tests', () => {
     const labels: Labels = { job: 'varlogs' };
     const target = makeTarget('fake', labels);
     const stream = new LiveStreams().getStream(target);
-    expect.assertions(5);
+    expect.assertions(4);
 
     const tests = [
-      (val: DataFrame[]) => expect(val).toEqual([]),
       (val: DataFrame[]) => {
         expect(val[0].length).toEqual(7);
         expect(val[0].labels).toEqual(labels);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/live_streams.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/live_streams.ts
index b3f6f5997e5..b23ae1be129 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/live_streams.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/live_streams.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { DataFrame, FieldType, parseLabels, KeyValue, CircularDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Observable, BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { webSocket } from 'rxjs/webSocket';
 import { LokiResponse } from './types';
-import { finalize, map, multicast, refCount } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { finalize, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { appendResponseToBufferedData } from './result_transformer';
 
 /**
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export class LiveStreams {
       data.addField({ name: 'line', type: FieldType.string });
       data.addField({ name: 'labels', type: FieldType.other });
 
-      const subject = new BehaviorSubject<DataFrame[]>([]);
       stream = webSocket(target.url).pipe(
         finalize(() => {
           delete this.streams[target.url];
@@ -40,9 +39,7 @@ export class LiveStreams {
         map((response: LokiResponse) => {
           appendResponseToBufferedData(response, data);
           return [data];
-        }),
-        multicast(subject),
-        refCount()
+        })
       );
       this.streams[target.url] = stream;
     }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2a99def15fb..150d44cec75 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2725,6 +2725,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/circular-json@^0.4.0":
+  version "0.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/circular-json/-/circular-json-0.4.0.tgz#7401f7e218cfe87ad4c43690da5658b9acaf51be"
+  integrity sha512-7+kYB7x5a7nFWW1YPBh3KxhwKfiaI4PbZ1RvzBU91LZy7lWJO822CI+pqzSre/DZ7KsCuMKdHnLHHFu8AyXbQg==
+
 "@types/classnames@2.2.7":
   version "2.2.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/classnames/-/classnames-2.2.7.tgz#fb68cc9be8487e6ea5b13700e759bfbab7e0fefd"
@@ -3471,6 +3476,11 @@
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/stack-utils/-/stack-utils-1.0.1.tgz#0a851d3bd96498fa25c33ab7278ed3bd65f06c3e"
 
+"@types/stacktrace-js@^0.0.32":
+  version "0.0.32"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/stacktrace-js/-/stacktrace-js-0.0.32.tgz#d23e4a36a5073d39487fbea8234cc6186862d389"
+  integrity sha512-SdxmlrHfO0BxgbBP9HZWMUo2rima8lwMjPiWm6S0dyKkDa5CseamktFhXg8umu3TPVBkSlX6ZoB5uUDJK89yvg==
+
 "@types/storybook__addon-actions@3.4.2":
   version "3.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/storybook__addon-actions/-/storybook__addon-actions-3.4.2.tgz#1d08689cc3259269ddb3479a2307c9d16944309e"
@@ -5441,6 +5451,11 @@ circular-json@^0.3.1:
   version "0.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/circular-json/-/circular-json-0.3.3.tgz#815c99ea84f6809529d2f45791bdf82711352d66"
 
+circular-json@^0.5.0:
+  version "0.5.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/circular-json/-/circular-json-0.5.9.tgz#932763ae88f4f7dead7a0d09c8a51a4743a53b1d"
+  integrity sha512-4ivwqHpIFJZBuhN3g/pEcdbnGUywkBblloGbkglyloVjjR3uT6tieI89MVOfbP2tHX5sgb01FuLgAOzebNlJNQ==
+
 class-utils@^0.3.5:
   version "0.3.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/class-utils/-/class-utils-0.3.6.tgz#f93369ae8b9a7ce02fd41faad0ca83033190c463"
@@ -16103,6 +16118,17 @@ rx-lite@^3.1.2:
   version "3.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rx-lite/-/rx-lite-3.1.2.tgz#19ce502ca572665f3b647b10939f97fd1615f102"
 
+rxjs-spy@^7.5.1:
+  version "7.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rxjs-spy/-/rxjs-spy-7.5.1.tgz#1a9ef50bc8d7dd00d9ecf3c54c00929231eaf319"
+  integrity sha512-dJ9mO4HvW2r16PsU15Qsc0RVkG7pFrfyCNTGx3vrxWje3kIgZ6QjMVnWblQxbniZ32lwLk/2x9+D2O6GhgXV/w==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/circular-json" "^0.4.0"
+    "@types/stacktrace-js" "^0.0.32"
+    circular-json "^0.5.0"
+    error-stack-parser "^2.0.1"
+    stacktrace-gps "^3.0.2"
+
 rxjs@6.4.0:
   version "6.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rxjs/-/rxjs-6.4.0.tgz#f3bb0fe7bda7fb69deac0c16f17b50b0b8790504"
@@ -16879,6 +16905,11 @@ stackframe@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stackframe/-/stackframe-1.0.4.tgz#357b24a992f9427cba6b545d96a14ed2cbca187b"
 
+stackframe@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stackframe/-/stackframe-1.1.0.tgz#e3fc2eb912259479c9822f7d1f1ff365bd5cbc83"
+  integrity sha512-Vx6W1Yvy+AM1R/ckVwcHQHV147pTPBKWCRLrXMuPrFVfvBUc3os7PR1QLIWCMhPpRg5eX9ojzbQIMLGBwyLjqg==
+
 stacktrace-gps@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stacktrace-gps/-/stacktrace-gps-3.0.2.tgz#33f8baa4467323ab2bd1816efa279942ba431ccc"
@@ -16886,6 +16917,14 @@ stacktrace-gps@^3.0.1:
     source-map "0.5.6"
     stackframe "^1.0.4"
 
+stacktrace-gps@^3.0.2:
+  version "3.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stacktrace-gps/-/stacktrace-gps-3.0.3.tgz#b89f84cc13bb925b96607e737b617c8715facf57"
+  integrity sha512-51Rr7dXkyFUKNmhY/vqZWK+EvdsfFSRiQVtgHTFlAdNIYaDD7bVh21yBHXaNWAvTD+w+QSjxHg7/v6Tz4veExA==
+  dependencies:
+    source-map "0.5.6"
+    stackframe "^1.1.0"
+
 stacktrace-js@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stacktrace-js/-/stacktrace-js-2.0.0.tgz#776ca646a95bc6c6b2b90776536a7fc72c6ddb58"