diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/CoreShibUiConfiguration.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/CoreShibUiConfiguration.java
index 105c1ddf6..3cb37ee1b 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/CoreShibUiConfiguration.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/CoreShibUiConfiguration.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource;
@@ -47,9 +48,6 @@
 public class CoreShibUiConfiguration {
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CoreShibUiConfiguration.class);
 
-    @Value("${shibui.metadata-dir:/opt/shibboleth-idp/metadata/generated}")
-    private String metadataDir;
-
     @Bean
     public OpenSamlObjects openSamlObjects() {
         return new OpenSamlObjects();
@@ -92,8 +90,9 @@ public AttributeUtility attributeUtility() {
     ResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource;
 
     @Bean
-    public EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks entityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks(EntityDescriptorRepository entityDescriptorRepository) {
-        return new EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks(this.metadataDir, entityDescriptorRepository, openSamlObjects());
+    @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "shibui.metadata-dir")
+    public EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks entityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks(EntityDescriptorRepository entityDescriptorRepository, @Value("${shibui.metadata-dir}") final String metadataDir) {
+        return new EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks(metadataDir, entityDescriptorRepository, openSamlObjects());
     }
 
     @Bean
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver.java
index f1e551b8e..d7d124a0a 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlFileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import org.joda.time.chrono.ISOChronology;
 import org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.filter.FilterException;
 import org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.filter.MetadataFilterChain;
 import org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.impl.FileBackedHTTPMetadataResolver;
@@ -92,4 +93,34 @@ public void refilter() {
             logger.error("An error occurred while attempting to filter metadata!", e);
         }
     }
+
+    //TODO: This is a band-aid for the negative refresh issue. This override should go away once we figure out
+    // why the negative refresh is occurring.
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void refresh() throws ResolverException {
+        // In case a destroy() thread beat this thread into the monitor.
+        if (isDestroyed()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+
+            DateTime now = new DateTime(ISOChronology.getInstanceUTC());
+            String mdId = getMetadataIdentifier();
+
+            final byte[] mdBytes = fetchMetadata();
+            if (mdBytes == null) {
+                processCachedMetadata(mdId, now);
+            } else {
+                processNewMetadata(mdId, now, mdBytes);
+            }
+        } catch (final Throwable t) {
+            if (t instanceof Exception) {
+                throw new ResolverException((Exception) t);
+            } else {
+                throw new ResolverException(String.format("Saw an error of type '%s' with message '%s'",
+                                                          t.getClass().getName(), t.getMessage()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks.java
index de1c2472b..6e93a7d99 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import org.opensaml.core.xml.io.MarshallingException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@
  *
  * @since 1.0
  */
+@Configuration
+@ConditionalOnProperty(name = "shibui-metadata-dir")
 public class EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks {
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EntityDescriptorFilesScheduledTasks.class);
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 13527e4df..634d32c5b 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=false
 
 spring.jpa.hibernate.use-new-id-generator-mappings=true
 
-shibui.metadata-dir=/opt/shibboleth-idp/metadata/generated
+# shibui.metadata-dir=/opt/shibboleth-idp/metadata/generated
 shibui.logout-url=/dashboard
 
 spring.profiles.active=default