diff --git a/components/ionModal/ionModal.js b/components/ionModal/ionModal.js
index ebfdf2b..5a10c23 100644
--- a/components/ionModal/ionModal.js
+++ b/components/ionModal/ionModal.js
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ IonModal = {
   open: function (templateName, data) {
     this.template = Template[templateName];
 
-    if ($('.ionic-body').length == 0) return console.log('Can\'t open ionModal yet, please wait for ionBody to render.');
-    var view = Blaze.renderWithData(this.template, data, $('.ionic-body').get(0));
+    var view = Blaze.renderWithData(this.template, data, $('body').get(0));
 
     if (!this.view[templateName]) {
       this.view[templateName] = [view];