diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
index bf13a6c18a..df57bda1c4 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Directive, View, ElementRef, Host, Optional, forwardRef, Injector} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Directive, View, ElementRef, Host, Optional, forwardRef, Injector, NgZone} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {IonicComponent} from '../../config/annotations';
 import {ViewController} from '../view/view-controller';
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ export class Nav extends ViewController {
   constructor(
     @Optional() hostViewCtrl: ViewController,
     injector: Injector,
-    elementRef: ElementRef
+    elementRef: ElementRef,
+    zone: NgZone
   ) {
-    super(hostViewCtrl, injector, elementRef);
+    super(hostViewCtrl, injector, elementRef, zone);
   }
 
   onIonInit() {
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
index c2ac0fcd5e..86afad2d96 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Directive, Component, View, Host, ElementRef, forwardRef, Injector} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Directive, Component, View, Host, ElementRef, forwardRef, Injector, NgZone} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {ViewController} from '../view/view-controller';
 import {ViewItem} from '../view/view-item';
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ export class Tab extends ViewController {
   constructor(
     @Host() tabs: Tabs,
     elementRef: ElementRef,
-    injector: Injector
+    injector: Injector,
+    zone: NgZone
   ) {
     // A Tab is both a container of many views, and is a view itself.
     // A Tab is one ViewItem within it's Host Tabs (which extends ViewController)
     // A Tab is a ViewController for its child ViewItems
-    super(tabs, injector, elementRef);
+    super(tabs, injector, elementRef, zone);
     this.tabs = tabs;
 
     this.childNavbar(true);
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/tabs.ts b/ionic/components/tabs/tabs.ts
index a2c5a7af88..7ee93e0d81 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/tabs.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tabs/tabs.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Component, Directive, View, Injector, NgFor, ElementRef, Optional, Host, forwardRef} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Component, Directive, View, Injector, NgFor, ElementRef, Optional, Host, forwardRef, NgZone} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {ViewController} from '../view/view-controller';
 import {ViewItem} from '../view/view-item';
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ export class Tabs extends ViewController {
     @Optional() hostViewCtrl: ViewController,
     @Optional() viewItem: ViewItem,
     injector: Injector,
-    elementRef: ElementRef
+    elementRef: ElementRef,
+    zone: NgZone
   ) {
-    super(hostViewCtrl, injector, elementRef);
+    super(hostViewCtrl, injector, elementRef, zone);
 
     // Tabs may also be an actual ViewItem which was navigated to
     // if Tabs is static and not navigated to within a ViewController
diff --git a/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts b/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts
index 539e4317a7..bbc824adfb 100644
--- a/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Compiler, ElementRef, Injector, bind} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Compiler, ElementRef, Injector, bind, NgZone} from 'angular2/angular2';
 import {DynamicComponentLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader';
 import {AppViewManager} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager';
 
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
   constructor(
     parentViewCtrl: ViewController,
     injector: Injector,
-    elementRef: ElementRef
+    elementRef: ElementRef,
+    zone: NgZone
   ) {
     let config = injector.get(IonicConfig);
     super(elementRef, config);
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
     this.router = injector.get(IonicRouter);
     this.app = injector.get(IonicApp);
     this.config = config;
+    this.zone = zone;
 
     this.router.addViewController(this);
 
@@ -215,51 +217,57 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
     // wait for the new item to complete setup
     enteringItem.stage(() => {
 
-      enteringItem.shouldDestroy = false;
-      enteringItem.shouldCache = false;
-      enteringItem.willEnter();
-      leavingItem.willLeave();
+      this.zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
 
-      // set that the new item pushed on the stack is staged to be entering/leaving
-      // staged state is important for the transition to find the correct item
-      enteringItem.state = STAGED_ENTERING_STATE;
-      leavingItem.state = STAGED_LEAVING_STATE;
+        enteringItem.shouldDestroy = false;
+        enteringItem.shouldCache = false;
+        enteringItem.willEnter();
+        leavingItem.willLeave();
 
-      // init the transition animation
-      let transAnimation = Transition.create(this, opts);
-      if (!opts.animate) {
-        // force it to not animate the elements, just apply the "to" styles
-        transAnimation.duration(0);
-      }
+        // set that the new item pushed on the stack is staged to be entering/leaving
+        // staged state is important for the transition to find the correct item
+        enteringItem.state = STAGED_ENTERING_STATE;
+        leavingItem.state = STAGED_LEAVING_STATE;
 
-      let duration = transAnimation.duration();
-      if (duration > 64) {
-        // block any clicks during the transition and provide a
-        // fallback to remove the clickblock if something goes wrong
-        ClickBlock(true, duration + 200);
-      }
+        // init the transition animation
+        let transAnimation = Transition.create(this, opts);
+        if (!opts.animate) {
+          // force it to not animate the elements, just apply the "to" styles
+          transAnimation.duration(0);
+        }
 
-      // start the transition
-      transAnimation.play().then(() => {
+        let duration = transAnimation.duration();
+        if (duration > 64) {
+          // block any clicks during the transition and provide a
+          // fallback to remove the clickblock if something goes wrong
+          ClickBlock(true, duration + 200);
+        }
 
-        // transition has completed, update each item's state
-        enteringItem.state = ACTIVE_STATE;
-        leavingItem.state = CACHED_STATE;
+        // start the transition
+        transAnimation.play().then(() => {
 
-        // dispose any items that shouldn't stay around
-        transAnimation.dispose();
+          // transition has completed, update each item's state
+          enteringItem.state = ACTIVE_STATE;
+          leavingItem.state = CACHED_STATE;
 
-        enteringItem.didEnter();
-        leavingItem.didLeave();
+          // dispose any items that shouldn't stay around
+          transAnimation.dispose();
 
-        // all done!
-        this.transitionComplete();
+          enteringItem.didEnter();
+          leavingItem.didLeave();
+
+          // all done!
+          this.zone.run(() => {
+            this.transitionComplete();
+            callback();
+          });
+        });
 
-        callback();
       });
 
-    });
-  }
+    }
+
+  });
 
   swipeBackStart() {
     if (this.isTransitioning() || this.items.length < 2) {