diff --git a/js/utils/activator.js b/js/utils/activator.js
index 0e4e17e43a..1a7970108f 100644
--- a/js/utils/activator.js
+++ b/js/utils/activator.js
@@ -8,17 +8,25 @@
   function onStart(e) {
     // when an element is touched/clicked, it climbs up a few
     // parents to see if it is an .item or .button element
-    var x, ele = e.target;
 
     ionic.requestAnimationFrame(function(){
+      var x, ele = e.target;
       for(x=0; x<5; x++) {
         if(!ele || ele.tagName === 'LABEL') break;
         if( ele.classList.contains('item') || ele.classList.contains('button') ) {
-          keyId = (keyId > 99 ? 0 : keyId + 1);
 
           // queue that this element should be set to active
           queueElements[keyId] = ele;
-          setTimeout(activateElements, 32);
+
+          // in XX milliseconds, set the queued elements to active
+          setTimeout(activateElements, 60);
+
+          // add listeners to clear all queued/active elements onMove
+          document.body.addEventListener('mousemove', clear, false);
+          document.body.addEventListener('touchmove', clear, false);
+
+          keyId = (keyId > 19 ? 0 : keyId + 1);
+          break;
         }
         ele = ele.parentElement;
       }
@@ -42,12 +50,22 @@
   }
 
   function clear() {
-    // clear out any active/queued elements immediately
+    // clear out any elements that are queued to be set to active
     queueElements = {};
-    for(var key in activeElements) {
-      activeElements[key] && activeElements[key].classList.remove('active');
-      delete activeElements[key];
-    }
+
+    // in the next frame, remove the active class from all active elements
+    ionic.requestAnimationFrame(function(){
+      for(var key in activeElements) {
+        if(activeElements[key]) {
+          activeElements[key].classList.remove('active');
+          delete activeElements[key];
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    // remove onMove listeners that clear out active elements
+    document.body.removeEventListener('mousemove', clear);
+    document.body.removeEventListener('touchmove', clear);
   }
 
   // use window.onload because this doesn't need to run immediately
@@ -59,11 +77,7 @@
     // clear all active elements after XX milliseconds
     document.body.addEventListener('touchend', onEnd, false);
     document.body.addEventListener('mouseup', onEnd, false);
-
-    // clear all active immediately
-    document.body.addEventListener('mousemove', clear, false);
-    document.body.addEventListener('touchmove', clear, false);
-    document.body.addEventListener('touchcancel', clear, false);
+    document.body.addEventListener('touchcancel', onEnd, false);
   }, false);
 
 })(document, ionic);