diff --git a/core/client/app/adapters/application.js b/core/client/app/adapters/application.js
index c6a840c521..b1adf340e7 100644
--- a/core/client/app/adapters/application.js
+++ b/core/client/app/adapters/application.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 import EmbeddedRelationAdapter from 'ghost/adapters/embedded-relation-adapter';
 
-export default EmbeddedRelationAdapter.extend();
+export default EmbeddedRelationAdapter.extend({
+
+    shouldBackgroundReloadRecord: function () {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+ });
diff --git a/core/client/app/adapters/base.js b/core/client/app/adapters/base.js
index bb5f750d7a..427459f05e 100644
--- a/core/client/app/adapters/base.js
+++ b/core/client/app/adapters/base.js
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ export default DS.RESTAdapter.extend({
     host: window.location.origin,
     namespace: ghostPaths().apiRoot.slice(1),
 
+    shouldBackgroundReloadRecord: function () {
+        return false;
+    },
+
     query: function (store, type, query) {
         var id;