diff --git a/src/lib/bind/accessors.html b/src/lib/bind/accessors.html
index 594902a409..58e301f5cf 100644
--- a/src/lib/bind/accessors.html
+++ b/src/lib/bind/accessors.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         value = value === undefined ? this[source] : value;
         event = event || Polymer.CaseMap.camelToDashCase(source) + '-changed';
         this.fire(event, {value: value},
-          {bubbles: false, cancelable: false, _useCache: true});
+          {bubbles: false, cancelable: false, _useCache: Polymer.Settings.eventDataCache || !CustomElements.isIE});
       },
 
       // TODO(sjmiles): removing _notifyListener from here breaks accessors.html
diff --git a/src/lib/lang.html b/src/lib/lang.html
index d80e8fd1b6..bb21af6cc1 100644
--- a/src/lib/lang.html
+++ b/src/lib/lang.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     enumerable: true,
     configurable: true,
     get: function() {
-      return (document._currentScript || document.currentScript).ownerDocument;
+      return (document._currentScript || document.currentScript || {}).ownerDocument;
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/resolve-url.html b/src/lib/resolve-url.html
index 8fc464dab6..6b1b358c5b 100644
--- a/src/lib/resolve-url.html
+++ b/src/lib/resolve-url.html
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
     }
 
     function getUrlResolver(ownerDocument) {
-      return ownerDocument.__urlResolver ||
-        (ownerDocument.__urlResolver = ownerDocument.createElement('a'));
+      return ownerDocument.body.__urlResolver ||
+        (ownerDocument.body.__urlResolver = ownerDocument.createElement('a'));
     }
 
     var CSS_URL_RX = /(url\()([^)]*)(\))/g;
diff --git a/src/standard/events.html b/src/standard/events.html
index d4ea2a2cb4..a795526fb0 100644
--- a/src/standard/events.html
+++ b/src/standard/events.html
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@
       var bl = hbl.get(target);
       if (!bl) {
         bl = {};
-        hbl.set(target, bl);
+        if( !CustomElements.isIE || target != window ) {
+          hbl.set(target, bl);
+        }
       }
       var key = this._boundListenerKey(eventName, methodName);
       bl[key] = handler;
diff --git a/src/standard/notify-path.html b/src/standard/notify-path.html
index 2979566fa9..e850b2304f 100644
--- a/src/standard/notify-path.html
+++ b/src/standard/notify-path.html
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
         this.fire(eventName, {
           path: path,
           value: value
-        }, {bubbles: false, _useCache: true});
+        }, {bubbles: false, _useCache: Polymer.Settings.eventDataCache || !CustomElements.isIE});
       },
 
       _EVENT_CHANGED: '-changed',