diff --git a/jquery.modal.js b/jquery.modal.js
index c8b919a..02f4a5d 100644
--- a/jquery.modal.js
+++ b/jquery.modal.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
     A simple jQuery modal (http://github.com/kylefox/jquery-modal)
-    Version 0.6.0
+    Version 0.6.1
 */
 (function($) {
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       this.$elm.addClass(this.options.modalClass + ' current');
       this.$elm.appendTo(this.blocker);
       if(this.options.doFade) {
-        this.$elm.css('opacity',0).animate({opacity: 1}, this.options.fadeDuration);
+        this.$elm.css('opacity',0).show().animate({opacity: 1}, this.options.fadeDuration);
       } else {
         this.$elm.show();
       }
diff --git a/jquery.modal.min.js b/jquery.modal.min.js
index 85f404d..4ea4940 100644
--- a/jquery.modal.min.js
+++ b/jquery.modal.min.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
     A simple jQuery modal (http://github.com/kylefox/jquery-modal)
-    Version 0.6.0
+    Version 0.6.1
 */
-!function(o){var t=null;o.modal=function(e,i){o.modal.close();var s,l;if(this.$body=o("body"),this.options=o.extend({},o.modal.defaults,i),this.options.doFade=!isNaN(parseInt(this.options.fadeDuration,10)),e.is("a"))if(l=e.attr("href"),/^#/.test(l)){if(this.$elm=o(l),1!==this.$elm.length)return null;this.$body.append(this.$elm),this.open()}else this.$elm=o("<div>"),this.$body.append(this.$elm),s=function(o,t){t.elm.remove()},this.showSpinner(),e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_SEND),o.get(l).done(function(i){t&&(e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_SUCCESS),t.$elm.empty().append(i).on(o.modal.CLOSE,s),t.hideSpinner(),t.open(),e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_COMPLETE))}).fail(function(){e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_FAIL),t.hideSpinner(),e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_COMPLETE)});else this.$elm=e,this.$body.append(this.$elm),this.open()},o.modal.prototype={constructor:o.modal,open:function(){var t=this;this.options.doFade?(this.block(),setTimeout(function(){t.show()},this.options.fadeDuration*this.options.fadeDelay)):(this.block(),this.show()),this.options.escapeClose&&o(document).on("keydown.modal",function(t){27==t.which&&o.modal.close()}),this.options.clickClose&&this.blocker.click(function(t){t.target==this&&o.modal.close()})},close:function(){this.unblock(),this.hide(),o(document).off("keydown.modal")},block:function(){this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.BEFORE_BLOCK,[this._ctx()]),this.blocker=o('<div class="jquery-modal blocker"></div>'),this.$body.css("overflow","hidden"),this.$body.append(this.blocker),this.options.doFade&&this.blocker.css("opacity",0).animate({opacity:1},this.options.fadeDuration),this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.BLOCK,[this._ctx()])},unblock:function(){if(this.options.doFade){var o=this;this.blocker.fadeOut(this.options.fadeDuration,function(){o.blocker.children().appendTo(o.$body),o.blocker.remove(),o.$body.css("overflow","")})}else this.blocker.children().appendTo(this.$body),this.blocker.remove(),this.$body.css("overflow","")},show:function(){this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.BEFORE_OPEN,[this._ctx()]),this.options.showClose&&(this.closeButton=o('<a href="#close-modal" rel="modal:close" class="close-modal '+this.options.closeClass+'">'+this.options.closeText+"</a>"),this.$elm.append(this.closeButton)),this.$elm.addClass(this.options.modalClass+" current"),this.$elm.appendTo(this.blocker),this.options.doFade?this.$elm.css("opacity",0).animate({opacity:1},this.options.fadeDuration):this.$elm.show(),this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.OPEN,[this._ctx()])},hide:function(){this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.BEFORE_CLOSE,[this._ctx()]),this.closeButton&&this.closeButton.remove(),this.$elm.removeClass("current");var t=this;this.options.doFade?this.$elm.fadeOut(this.options.fadeDuration,function(){t.$elm.trigger(o.modal.AFTER_CLOSE,[t._ctx()])}):this.$elm.hide(0,function(){t.$elm.trigger(o.modal.AFTER_CLOSE,[t._ctx()])}),this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.CLOSE,[this._ctx()])},showSpinner:function(){this.options.showSpinner&&(this.spinner=this.spinner||o('<div class="'+this.options.modalClass+'-spinner"></div>').append(this.options.spinnerHtml),this.$body.append(this.spinner),this.spinner.show())},hideSpinner:function(){this.spinner&&this.spinner.remove()},_ctx:function(){return{elm:this.$elm,blocker:this.blocker,options:this.options}}},o.modal.close=function(o){if(t){o&&o.preventDefault(),t.close();var e=t.$elm;return t=null,e}},o.modal.isActive=function(){return t?!0:!1},o.modal.defaults={escapeClose:!0,clickClose:!0,closeText:"Close",closeClass:"",modalClass:"modal",spinnerHtml:null,showSpinner:!0,showClose:!0,fadeDuration:null,fadeDelay:1},o.modal.BEFORE_BLOCK="modal:before-block",o.modal.BLOCK="modal:block",o.modal.BEFORE_OPEN="modal:before-open",o.modal.OPEN="modal:open",o.modal.BEFORE_CLOSE="modal:before-close",o.modal.CLOSE="modal:close",o.modal.AFTER_CLOSE="modal:after-close",o.modal.AJAX_SEND="modal:ajax:send",o.modal.AJAX_SUCCESS="modal:ajax:success",o.modal.AJAX_FAIL="modal:ajax:fail",o.modal.AJAX_COMPLETE="modal:ajax:complete",o.fn.modal=function(e){return 1===this.length&&(t=new o.modal(this,e)),this},o(document).on("click.modal",'a[rel="modal:close"]',o.modal.close),o(document).on("click.modal",'a[rel="modal:open"]',function(t){t.preventDefault(),o(this).modal()})}(jQuery);
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+!function(o){var t=null;o.modal=function(e,i){o.modal.close();var s,l;if(this.$body=o("body"),this.options=o.extend({},o.modal.defaults,i),this.options.doFade=!isNaN(parseInt(this.options.fadeDuration,10)),e.is("a"))if(l=e.attr("href"),/^#/.test(l)){if(this.$elm=o(l),1!==this.$elm.length)return null;this.$body.append(this.$elm),this.open()}else this.$elm=o("<div>"),this.$body.append(this.$elm),s=function(o,t){t.elm.remove()},this.showSpinner(),e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_SEND),o.get(l).done(function(i){t&&(e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_SUCCESS),t.$elm.empty().append(i).on(o.modal.CLOSE,s),t.hideSpinner(),t.open(),e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_COMPLETE))}).fail(function(){e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_FAIL),t.hideSpinner(),e.trigger(o.modal.AJAX_COMPLETE)});else this.$elm=e,this.$body.append(this.$elm),this.open()},o.modal.prototype={constructor:o.modal,open:function(){var t=this;this.options.doFade?(this.block(),setTimeout(function(){t.show()},this.options.fadeDuration*this.options.fadeDelay)):(this.block(),this.show()),this.options.escapeClose&&o(document).on("keydown.modal",function(t){27==t.which&&o.modal.close()}),this.options.clickClose&&this.blocker.click(function(t){t.target==this&&o.modal.close()})},close:function(){this.unblock(),this.hide(),o(document).off("keydown.modal")},block:function(){this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.BEFORE_BLOCK,[this._ctx()]),this.blocker=o('<div class="jquery-modal blocker"></div>'),this.$body.css("overflow","hidden"),this.$body.append(this.blocker),this.options.doFade&&this.blocker.css("opacity",0).animate({opacity:1},this.options.fadeDuration),this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.BLOCK,[this._ctx()])},unblock:function(){if(this.options.doFade){var o=this;this.blocker.fadeOut(this.options.fadeDuration,function(){o.blocker.children().appendTo(o.$body),o.blocker.remove(),o.$body.css("overflow","")})}else this.blocker.children().appendTo(this.$body),this.blocker.remove(),this.$body.css("overflow","")},show:function(){this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.BEFORE_OPEN,[this._ctx()]),this.options.showClose&&(this.closeButton=o('<a href="#close-modal" rel="modal:close" class="close-modal '+this.options.closeClass+'">'+this.options.closeText+"</a>"),this.$elm.append(this.closeButton)),this.$elm.addClass(this.options.modalClass+" current"),this.$elm.appendTo(this.blocker),this.options.doFade?this.$elm.css("opacity",0).show().animate({opacity:1},this.options.fadeDuration):this.$elm.show(),this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.OPEN,[this._ctx()])},hide:function(){this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.BEFORE_CLOSE,[this._ctx()]),this.closeButton&&this.closeButton.remove(),this.$elm.removeClass("current");var t=this;this.options.doFade?this.$elm.fadeOut(this.options.fadeDuration,function(){t.$elm.trigger(o.modal.AFTER_CLOSE,[t._ctx()])}):this.$elm.hide(0,function(){t.$elm.trigger(o.modal.AFTER_CLOSE,[t._ctx()])}),this.$elm.trigger(o.modal.CLOSE,[this._ctx()])},showSpinner:function(){this.options.showSpinner&&(this.spinner=this.spinner||o('<div class="'+this.options.modalClass+'-spinner"></div>').append(this.options.spinnerHtml),this.$body.append(this.spinner),this.spinner.show())},hideSpinner:function(){this.spinner&&this.spinner.remove()},_ctx:function(){return{elm:this.$elm,blocker:this.blocker,options:this.options}}},o.modal.close=function(o){if(t){o&&o.preventDefault(),t.close();var e=t.$elm;return t=null,e}},o.modal.isActive=function(){return t?!0:!1},o.modal.defaults={escapeClose:!0,clickClose:!0,closeText:"Close",closeClass:"",modalClass:"modal",spinnerHtml:null,showSpinner:!0,showClose:!0,fadeDuration:null,fadeDelay:1},o.modal.BEFORE_BLOCK="modal:before-block",o.modal.BLOCK="modal:block",o.modal.BEFORE_OPEN="modal:before-open",o.modal.OPEN="modal:open",o.modal.BEFORE_CLOSE="modal:before-close",o.modal.CLOSE="modal:close",o.modal.AFTER_CLOSE="modal:after-close",o.modal.AJAX_SEND="modal:ajax:send",o.modal.AJAX_SUCCESS="modal:ajax:success",o.modal.AJAX_FAIL="modal:ajax:fail",o.modal.AJAX_COMPLETE="modal:ajax:complete",o.fn.modal=function(e){return 1===this.length&&(t=new o.modal(this,e)),this},o(document).on("click.modal",'a[rel="modal:close"]',o.modal.close),o(document).on("click.modal",'a[rel="modal:open"]',function(t){t.preventDefault(),o(this).modal()})}(jQuery);
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