diff --git a/apps/angular-console-e2e/src/support/tasks.utils.ts b/apps/angular-console-e2e/src/support/tasks.utils.ts
index 063607b98e..47c9de1b08 100644
--- a/apps/angular-console-e2e/src/support/tasks.utils.ts
+++ b/apps/angular-console-e2e/src/support/tasks.utils.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export function checkActionBarHidden() {
 export function checkSingleRecentTask(task: Task) {
   cy.get('angular-console-action-bar mat-list-item').should(tasks => {
     expect(tasks.length).to.equal(1);
-    expect(tasks).visible;
+    expect(tasks).visible();
 
     expect(
       tasks
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function checkSingleRecentTask(task: Task) {
         .textContent!.trim()
     ).to.equal(task.command);
 
-    expect(tasks.find(`.task-avatar.${task.status}`)).visible;
+    expect(tasks.find(`.task-avatar.${task.status}`)).visible();
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/angular-console/src/app/app.component.html b/apps/angular-console/src/app/app.component.html
index c90c036ab8..142f7e5257 100644
--- a/apps/angular-console/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/apps/angular-console/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   fxLayout="column"
   fxFlex
   class="content-container"
-  [@.disabled]="settings.useDisableAnimations()"
+  [@.disabled]="settings.disabledAnimations$ | async"
 >
   <ui-contextual-action-bar></ui-contextual-action-bar>
 
diff --git a/libs/utils/src/lib/settings.service.ts b/libs/utils/src/lib/settings.service.ts
index da679d3be4..3911884d64 100644
--- a/libs/utils/src/lib/settings.service.ts
+++ b/libs/utils/src/lib/settings.service.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import { first, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import {
   Settings as SettingsModels,
   SettingsGQL,
-  UpdateSettingsGQL
+  UpdateSettingsGQL,
+  Maybe
 } from './generated/graphql';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
 
 export { Settings as SettingsModels } from './generated/graphql';
 
@@ -109,8 +111,14 @@ export class Settings {
     return this.settings.channel;
   }
 
+  private readonly disabledAnimationsSubject = new BehaviorSubject<
+    Maybe<boolean>
+  >(this.settings.disableAnimations);
+  readonly disabledAnimations$ = this.disabledAnimationsSubject.asObservable();
+
   setDisableAnimations(disableAnimations: boolean): void {
     this.store({ ...this.settings, disableAnimations });
+    this.disabledAnimationsSubject.next(disableAnimations);
   }
 
   useDisableAnimations() {
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index b749a25af9..65ef894e57 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
     "no-attribute-parameter-decorator": true,
     "no-output-named-after-standard-event": true,
     "no-forward-ref": true,
+    "no-unused-variable": true,
+    "no-unused-expression": true,
     "no-unused-css": false,
     "contextual-life-cycle": true,
     "trackBy-function": false,