diff --git a/ionic/components/app/app.ts b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
index e45b75a0db..cedb51345b 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/app.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import {Title} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Injectable, NgZone, Title} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
+import {Config} from '../../config/config';
+import {ClickBlock} from '../../util/click-block';
 import {rafFrames} from '../../util/dom';
 import {ScrollTo} from '../../animations/scroll-to';
 
@@ -8,10 +10,12 @@ import {ScrollTo} from '../../animations/scroll-to';
  * Component registry service.  For more information on registering
  * components see the [IdRef API reference](../id/IdRef/).
  */
+@Injectable()
 export class IonicApp {
 
-  constructor(config, clickBlock) {
+  constructor(config: Config, clickBlock: ClickBlock, zone: NgZone) {
     this._config = config;
+    this._zone = zone;
     this._titleSrv = new Title();
     this._title = '';
     this._disTime = 0;
@@ -29,10 +33,12 @@ export class IonicApp {
     let self = this;
     if (val !== self._title) {
       self._title = val;
-      function setAppTitle() {
-        self._titleSrv.setTitle(self._title);
-      }
-      rafFrames(4, setAppTitle);
+      this._zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
+        function setAppTitle() {
+          self._titleSrv.setTitle(self._title);
+        }
+        rafFrames(4, setAppTitle);
+      });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/tap-click/activator.ts b/ionic/components/tap-click/activator.ts
index bd8fef0c88..6864929e4b 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tap-click/activator.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tap-click/activator.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import {raf, rafFrames} from '../../util/dom';
 
 export class Activator {
 
-  constructor(app, config) {
+  constructor(app, config, zone) {
     this.app = app;
+    this.zone = zone;
     this.queue = [];
     this.active = [];
     this.clearStateDefers = 5;
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ export class Activator {
       self.queue = [];
     }
 
-    rafFrames(2, activateCss);
+    this.zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
+      rafFrames(2, activateCss);
+    });
 
     return true;
   }
@@ -50,7 +53,9 @@ export class Activator {
     function activateUp() {
       self.clearState();
     }
-    rafFrames(self.clearStateDefers, activateUp);
+    this.zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
+      rafFrames(self.clearStateDefers, activateUp);
+    });
   }
 
   clearState() {
diff --git a/ionic/components/tap-click/ripple.ts b/ionic/components/tap-click/ripple.ts
index c8dde075e8..796538c1e9 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tap-click/ripple.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tap-click/ripple.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ export class RippleActivator extends Activator {
       // create a new ripple element
       this.expandSpeed = EXPAND_DOWN_PLAYBACK_RATE;
 
-      raf(() => {
-        let clientRect = activatableEle.getBoundingClientRect();
-
+      this.zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
         raf(() => {
-          this.createRipple(activatableEle, pointerX, pointerY, clientRect);
+          let clientRect = activatableEle.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+          raf(() => {
+            this.createRipple(activatableEle, pointerX, pointerY, clientRect);
+          });
         });
       });
     }
@@ -83,8 +85,10 @@ export class RippleActivator extends Activator {
 
     this.expandSpeed = 1;
 
-    rafFrames(4, () => {
-      this.next();
+    this.zone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
+      rafFrames(4, () => {
+        this.next();
+      });
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/tap-click/tap-click.ts b/ionic/components/tap-click/tap-click.ts
index fa6ace83e4..9ab71490dc 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tap-click/tap-click.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tap-click/tap-click.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ export class TapClick {
     this.lastActivated = 0;
 
     if (config.get('activator') == 'ripple') {
-      this.activator = new RippleActivator(app, config);
+      this.activator = new RippleActivator(app, config, zone);
 
     } else if (config.get('activator') == 'highlight') {
-      this.activator = new Activator(app, config);
+      this.activator = new Activator(app, config, zone);
     }
 
     this.usePolyfill = (config.get('tapPolyfill') === true);
diff --git a/ionic/config/bootstrap.ts b/ionic/config/bootstrap.ts
index 7085349533..e575f2ddc9 100644
--- a/ionic/config/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/ionic/config/bootstrap.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ export function ionicProviders(args={}) {
 
   let clickBlock = new ClickBlock(config.get('clickBlock'));
 
-  let app = new IonicApp(config, clickBlock);
-
   let events = new Events();
   let featureDetect = new FeatureDetect();
 
@@ -51,7 +49,8 @@ export function ionicProviders(args={}) {
   platform.prepareReady(config);
 
   return [
-    provide(IonicApp, {useValue: app}),
+    IonicApp,
+    provide(ClickBlock, {useValue: clickBlock}),
     provide(Config, {useValue: config}),
     provide(Platform, {useValue: platform}),
     provide(FeatureDetect, {useValue: featureDetect}),
diff --git a/ionic/util/dom.ts b/ionic/util/dom.ts
index 5ce0f87de6..12184b2ded 100644
--- a/ionic/util/dom.ts
+++ b/ionic/util/dom.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 const nativeRaf = window.requestAnimationFrame ||
    window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame ||
    window.mozRequestAnimationFrame;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ const nativeCancelRaf = window.cancelAnimationFrame ||
 
 export function raf(callback) {
   //console.log('raf', callback.toString().replace(/\s/g, '').replace('function', '').substring(0, 50));
+  //console.log('raf, isRootZone()', zone.isRootZone(), '$id', zone.$id);
   _raf(callback);
 }
 
@@ -27,10 +29,6 @@ export const rafCancel = nativeRaf ? nativeCancelRaf : function(id) {
   return window.cancelTimeout(id);
 }
 
-export function rafPromise() {
-  return new Promise(resolve => raf(resolve));
-}
-
 export function rafFrames(framesToWait, callback) {
   framesToWait = Math.ceil(framesToWait);