diff --git a/js/angular/directive/collectionRepeat.js b/js/angular/directive/collectionRepeat.js
index 7ff5cdeb83..18f26e7b4d 100644
--- a/js/angular/directive/collectionRepeat.js
+++ b/js/angular/directive/collectionRepeat.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ IonicModule
 
 var ONE_PX_TRANSPARENT_IMG_SRC = 'data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7';
 var WIDTH_HEIGHT_REGEX = /height:.*?px;\s*width:.*?px/;
-var DEFAULT_RENDER_BUFFER = 10;
+var DEFAULT_RENDER_BUFFER = 2;
 
 CollectionRepeatDirective.$inject = ['$ionicCollectionManager', '$parse', '$window', '$$rAF'];
 function CollectionRepeatDirective($ionicCollectionManager, $parse, $window, $$rAF) {
@@ -454,8 +454,7 @@ function RepeatManagerFactory($rootScope, $window, $$rAF) {
       // Create the pool of items for reuse, setting the size to (estimatedItemsOnScreen) * 2,
       // plus the size of the renderBuffer.
       if (!isLayoutReady) {
-        var poolSize = 2 * view.scrollPrimarySize /
-          view.estimatedPrimarySize * view.estimatedItemsAcross + (renderBuffer * 2);
+        var poolSize = Math.max(20, renderBuffer * 3);
         for (var i = 0; i < poolSize; i++) {
           itemsPool.push(new RepeatItem());
         }
diff --git a/scss/_util.scss b/scss/_util.scss
index eb85c0d626..fa27363b8d 100644
--- a/scss/_util.scss
+++ b/scss/_util.scss
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@
 }
 .collection-repeat-after-container {
   z-index: 0;
-  &.horizontal {
+  display: block;
+  &.vertical {
     display: inline-block;
   }
 }