diff --git a/public/app/core/components/manage_dashboards/manage_dashboards.ts b/public/app/core/components/manage_dashboards/manage_dashboards.ts
index b4ae964f0f3..b7b3cc0b6bf 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/manage_dashboards/manage_dashboards.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/manage_dashboards/manage_dashboards.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+import { IScope } from 'angular';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import coreModule from 'app/core/core_module';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 import { SearchSrv } from 'app/core/services/search_srv';
 import { BackendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
-import { NavModelSrv } from 'app/core/nav_model_srv';
 import { ContextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 import { CoreEvents } from 'app/types';
 
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ export class ManageDashboardsCtrl {
 
   /** @ngInject */
   constructor(
+    private $scope: IScope,
     private backendSrv: BackendSrv,
-    navModelSrv: NavModelSrv,
     private searchSrv: SearchSrv,
     private contextSrv: ContextSrv
   ) {
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ export class ManageDashboardsCtrl {
       })
       .then(() => {
         if (!this.folderUid) {
+          this.$scope.$digest();
           return;
         }
 
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ export class ManageDashboardsCtrl {
           if (!this.canSave) {
             this.hasEditPermissionInFolders = false;
           }
+          this.$scope.$digest();
         });
       });
   }
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/search/search.ts b/public/app/core/components/search/search.ts
index 1316a33b669..7a0a2f0fd80 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/search/search.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/search/search.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class SearchCtrl {
   queryParser: SearchQueryParser;
 
   /** @ngInject */
-  constructor($scope: any, private $location: any, private $timeout: any, private searchSrv: SearchSrv) {
+  constructor(private $scope: any, private $location: any, private $timeout: any, private searchSrv: SearchSrv) {
     appEvents.on(CoreEvents.showDashSearch, this.openSearch.bind(this), $scope);
     appEvents.on(CoreEvents.hideDashSearch, this.closeSearch.bind(this), $scope);
     appEvents.on(CoreEvents.searchQuery, debounce(this.search.bind(this), 500), $scope);
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ export class SearchCtrl {
         this.results = results || [];
         this.isLoading = false;
         this.moveSelection(1);
+        this.$scope.$digest();
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/core/specs/manage_dashboards.test.ts b/public/app/core/specs/manage_dashboards.test.ts
index 5e94d26ea89..cda72459398 100644
--- a/public/app/core/specs/manage_dashboards.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/specs/manage_dashboards.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 } from 'app/core/components/manage_dashboards/manage_dashboards';
 import { SearchSrv } from 'app/core/services/search_srv';
 import { BackendSrv } from '../services/backend_srv';
-import { NavModelSrv } from '../nav_model_srv';
 import { ContextSrv } from '../services/context_srv';
 
 const mockSection = (overides?: object): Section => {
@@ -593,8 +592,8 @@ function createCtrlWithStubs(searchResponse: any, tags?: any) {
   };
 
   return new ManageDashboardsCtrl(
+    { $digest: jest.fn() } as any,
     {} as BackendSrv,
-    { getNav: () => {} } as NavModelSrv,
     searchSrvStub as SearchSrv,
     { isEditor: true } as ContextSrv
   );