diff --git a/src/components/virtual-scroll/test/list/app-module.ts b/src/components/virtual-scroll/test/list/app-module.ts
index 5c65c2580b..e3c5e93524 100644
--- a/src/components/virtual-scroll/test/list/app-module.ts
+++ b/src/components/virtual-scroll/test/list/app-module.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class E2EPage {
   items: Array<{id: number, url: string, gif: string}> = [];
   imgDomain = 'http://localhost:8900';
   responseDelay = 1500;
-  itemCount = 15;
+  itemCount = 1000;
   showGifs = false;
 
   constructor() {
diff --git a/src/components/virtual-scroll/test/list/main.html b/src/components/virtual-scroll/test/list/main.html
index 50b52ec6b1..82f8d73d03 100644
--- a/src/components/virtual-scroll/test/list/main.html
+++ b/src/components/virtual-scroll/test/list/main.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   </div>
 
   <div padding>
-    <code>gulp test.imageserve</code>
+    <code>gulp test.imageserver</code>
   </div>
 
   <ion-list [virtualScroll]="items">
diff --git a/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
index 86a45e5383..81f843e8f2 100644
--- a/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
+++ b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ export class VirtualScroll implements DoCheck, AfterContentInit, OnDestroy {
       updateNodeContext(nodes, cells, data);
 
       // ******** DOM WRITE ****************
-      this._cd.detectChanges();
+      for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
+        (<any>nodes[i].view).detectChanges();
+      }
 
       // add an element at the end so :last-child css doesn't get messed up
       // ******** DOM WRITE ****************
@@ -613,7 +615,9 @@ export class VirtualScroll implements DoCheck, AfterContentInit, OnDestroy {
       updateNodeContext(nodes, cells, data);
 
       // ******** DOM WRITE ****************
-      this._cd.detectChanges();
+      for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
+        (<any>nodes[i].view).detectChanges();
+      }
 
       // ******** DOM WRITE ****************
       writeToNodes(nodes, cells, this._records.length);