diff --git a/dist/css/ionic.css b/dist/css/ionic.css
index d3c5dda4e0..192690e615 100644
--- a/dist/css/ionic.css
+++ b/dist/css/ionic.css
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
  * 
  */
 /*!
-  Ionicons, v1.3.5
+  Ionicons, v1.3.6
   Created by Ben Sperry for the Ionic Framework, http://ionicons.com/
   https://twitter.com/helloimben  https://twitter.com/ionicframework
   MIT License: https://github.com/driftyco/ionicons
 */
 @font-face {
   font-family: "Ionicons";
-  src: url("../fonts/ionicons.eot?v=1.3.5");
-  src: url("../fonts/ionicons.eot?v=1.3.5#iefix") format("embedded-opentype"), url("../fonts/ionicons.ttf?v=1.3.5") format("truetype"), url("../fonts/ionicons.woff?v=1.3.5") format("woff"), url("../fonts/ionicons.svg?v=1.3.5#Ionicons") format("svg");
+  src: url("../fonts/ionicons.eot?v=1.3.6");
+  src: url("../fonts/ionicons.eot?v=1.3.6#iefix") format("embedded-opentype"), url("../fonts/ionicons.ttf?v=1.3.6") format("truetype"), url("../fonts/ionicons.woff?v=1.3.6") format("woff"), url("../fonts/ionicons.svg?v=1.3.6#Ionicons") format("svg");
   font-weight: normal;
   font-style: normal; }
 
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@
   font-weight: normal;
   font-variant: normal;
   text-transform: none;
+  text-rendering: auto;
   line-height: 1;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale; }
@@ -535,6 +536,11 @@
   100% {
     transform: rotate(359deg); } }
 
+.ion-loading-a {
+  -webkit-animation-timing-function: steps(8, start);
+  -moz-animation-timing-function: steps(8, start);
+  animation-timing-function: steps(8, start); }
+
 .ion-alert:before {
   content: "\f101"; }
 
diff --git a/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-animation.scss b/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-animation.scss
index d94a24aacf..f338d5825a 100644
--- a/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-animation.scss
+++ b/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-animation.scss
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
   @extend .#{$ionicons-prefix}spin;
 }
 
+.#{$ionicons-prefix}loading-a {
+  -webkit-animation-timing-function: steps(8, start);
+  -moz-animation-timing-function: steps(8, start);
+  animation-timing-function: steps(8, start);
+}
+
 .#{$ionicons-prefix}loading-a:before { 
   @extend .#{$ionicons-prefix}load-a:before;
 }
diff --git a/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-font.scss b/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-font.scss
index 2799543aef..76ec6ebd6c 100644
--- a/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-font.scss
+++ b/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-font.scss
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   font-weight: normal;
   font-variant: normal;
   text-transform: none;
+  text-rendering: auto;
   line-height: 1;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
diff --git a/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-variables.scss b/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-variables.scss
index 592c7e12a9..1c10c93f55 100644
--- a/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-variables.scss
+++ b/scss/ionicons/_ionicons-variables.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 $ionicons-font-path: "../fonts" !default;
 $ionicons-font-family: "Ionicons" !default;
-$ionicons-version: "1.3.5" !default;
+$ionicons-version: "1.3.6" !default;
 $ionicons-prefix: ion- !default;
 
 $ionicon-var-alert: "\f101";