diff --git a/ionic/components/app/app.ts b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
index 50b23b1f35..313d799d62 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/app.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ export class IonicApp {
     this._zone.run(fn);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * TODO
+   * @param {Function} fn  TODO
+   */
+  zoneRunOutside(fn) {
+    this._zone.runOutsideAngular(fn);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Register a known component with a key, for easy lookups later.
    * @param {TODO} key  The key to use to register the component
diff --git a/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts b/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts
index 49f74ce299..c94fe57e24 100644
--- a/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export class Overlay {
 
 export class OverlayRef {
   constructor(app, overlayType, opts, ref, context) {
+    this.app = app;
+
     let overlayInstance = (ref && ref.instance);
     if (!overlayInstance) return;
 
@@ -127,12 +129,21 @@ export class OverlayRef {
 
       ClickBlock(true, animation.duration() + 200);
 
-      animation.play().then(() => {
-        ClickBlock(false);
-        animation.dispose();
-        instance.viewDidEnter && instance.viewDidEnter();
-        resolve();
+      this.app.zoneRunOutside(() => {
+
+        animation.play().then(() => {
+
+          this.app.zoneRun(() => {
+            ClickBlock(false);
+            animation.dispose();
+            instance.viewDidEnter && instance.viewDidEnter();
+            resolve();
+          });
+
+        });
+
       });
+
     }).catch(err => {
       console.error(err);
     });