diff --git a/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/test/basic/index.ts b/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/test/basic/index.ts
index 0156b7aefd..e93d85c28d 100644
--- a/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/test/basic/index.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/test/basic/index.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ class E2EPage {
   @ViewChild('content') content: ElementRef;
 
   constructor() {
-    for (var i = 0; i < 14; i++) {
+    for (var i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
       this.items.push(i);
     }
-
   }
 
   headerFn(record: any, index: number, records: any[]) {
diff --git a/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts b/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
index a9d51aaffe..80e64d0a02 100644
--- a/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ export class VirtualScroll implements DoCheck, AfterContentInit, OnDestroy {
         throw 'virtualItem required within virtualScroll';
       }
 
+      this._init = true;
+
       this.update(true);
 
       this._platform.onResize(() => {
@@ -398,9 +400,6 @@ export class VirtualScroll implements DoCheck, AfterContentInit, OnDestroy {
 
     // ******** DOM READ ****************
     readDimensions(function() {
-      // we were able to read good DOM dimension data, let's do this!
-      self._init = true;
-
       processRecords(self._data.renderHeight,
                     self._records,
                     self._cells,