diff --git a/src/navigator.js b/src/navigator.js
index c7c8419b..8d1aac2a 100644
--- a/src/navigator.js
+++ b/src/navigator.js
@@ -224,19 +224,19 @@ $.Navigator = function( options ){
     this.displayRegionContainer.appendChild(this.displayRegion);
     this.element.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].appendChild(this.displayRegionContainer);
 
-    function rotate(degrees) {
+    function rotate(degrees, immediately) {
         _setTransformRotate(_this.displayRegionContainer, degrees);
         _setTransformRotate(_this.displayRegion, -degrees);
-        _this.viewport.setRotation(degrees);
+        _this.viewport.setRotation(degrees, immediately);
     }
     if (options.navigatorRotate) {
         var degrees = options.viewer.viewport ?
             options.viewer.viewport.getRotation() :
             options.viewer.degrees || 0;
 
-        rotate(degrees);
+        rotate(degrees, true);
         options.viewer.addHandler("rotate", function (args) {
-            rotate(args.degrees);
+            rotate(args.degrees, args.immediately);
         });
     }