diff --git a/models/setting.js b/models/setting.js
index 967b5fd7e..6f142c760 100644
--- a/models/setting.js
+++ b/models/setting.js
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ const SettingService = module.exports = {};
  */
 const selector = {id: '1'};
 
+/**
+ * The list of settings that can be viewed publicly.
+ */
+const publicSettings = 'moderation infoBoxEnable infoBoxContent closeTimeout closedMessage charCountEnable charCount';
+
 /**
  * Cache expiry time in seconds for when the cached entry of the settings object
  * expires. 2 minutes.
@@ -120,6 +125,14 @@ SettingService.retrieve = () => cache.wrap('settings', EXPIRY_TIME, () => {
   return Setting.findOne(selector);
 }).then((setting) => new Setting(setting));
 
+/**
+ * Gets publicly available settings records
+ * @return {Promise} settings the publicly viewable settings record
+ */
+SettingService.public = () => cache.wrap('publicSettings', EXPIRY_TIME, () => {
+  return Setting.findOne(selector, publicSettings);
+}).then((setting) => new Setting(setting));
+
 /**
  * This will update the settings object with whatever you pass in
  * @param  {object} setting a hash of whatever settings you want to update
@@ -134,9 +147,11 @@ SettingService.update = (settings) => Setting.findOneAndUpdate(selector, {
 }).then((settings) => {
 
   // Invalidate the settings cache.
-  return cache
-    .set('settings', settings, EXPIRY_TIME)
-    .then(() => settings);
+  return Promise.all([
+    cache.set('settings', settings, EXPIRY_TIME),
+    cache.invalidate('publicSettings')
+  ])
+  .then(() => settings);
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/routes/api/stream/index.js b/routes/api/stream/index.js
index 8d70adbb4..246e71b15 100644
--- a/routes/api/stream/index.js
+++ b/routes/api/stream/index.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ router.get('/', (req, res, next) => {
       }),
 
     // Get the moderation setting from the settings.
-    Setting.retrieve()
+    Setting.public()
   ])
   .then(([asset, settings]) => {
 
diff --git a/tests/models/setting.js b/tests/models/setting.js
index 8fd23d6a0..f62e0a7df 100644
--- a/tests/models/setting.js
+++ b/tests/models/setting.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const expect = require('chai').expect;
 
 describe('models.Setting', () => {
 
-  beforeEach(() => Setting.init({moderation: 'pre'}));
+  beforeEach(() => Setting.init({moderation: 'pre', wordlist: ['donut']}));
 
   describe('#retrieve()', () => {
     it('should have a moderation field defined', () => {
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ describe('models.Setting', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#public()', () => {
+    it('should have a moderation field defined', () => {
+      return Setting.public().then(settings => {
+        expect(settings).to.have.property('moderation').and.to.equal('pre');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should not have the wordlist field defined', () => {
+      return Setting.public().then(settings => {
+        expect(settings).to.have.property('wordlist').and.to.have.length(0);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('#update()', () => {
     it('should update the settings with a passed object', () => {
       const mockSettings = {moderation: 'post', infoBoxEnable: true, infoBoxContent: 'yeah'};