diff --git a/lib/jli.js b/lib/jli.js
index 1b395ce..253e9c7 100755
--- a/lib/jli.js
+++ b/lib/jli.js
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ function animationFrameRunner(func){
 
 	var _tick = function(){
 		func(Date.now())
-		getAnimationFrame(next)
+		frame = getAnimationFrame(next)
 	}
 
 	// main user interface...
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ function animationFrameRunner(func){
 		// start things up...
 		// NOTE: we are not calling _tick here directly to avoid stray,
 		// 		off-frame call to func...
-		getAnimationFrame(next)
+		frame = getAnimationFrame(next)
 
 		return this
 	}
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ function animationFrameRunner(func){
 }
 
 
+/*
 // NOTE: this is exclusive, e.g. all other animations set with this will
 // 		be stopped on call...
 // XXX for some reason this is slower that animateElementTo(..) on iPad...
@@ -575,6 +576,7 @@ function stopAnimation2(elem){
 		runner.stop()
 	}
 }
+*/
 
 
 // XXX make this a drop-in replacement for setElementTransform...