diff --git a/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/dashboard.js b/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/dashboard.js
index 39bef91e17..338d27bdb7 100644
--- a/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/dashboard.js
+++ b/rd_ui/app/scripts/controllers/dashboard.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function() {
-  var DashboardCtrl = function($scope, Events, Widget, $routeParams, $http, $timeout, Dashboard) {
+  var DashboardCtrl = function($scope, Events, Widget, $routeParams, $http, $timeout, $q, Dashboard) {
     $scope.refreshEnabled = false;
     $scope.refreshRate = 60;
 
@@ -8,43 +8,49 @@
         Events.record(currentUser, "view", "dashboard", dashboard.id);
 
         $scope.$parent.pageTitle = dashboard.name;
-        var filters = {};
+
+        var promises = [];
 
         $scope.dashboard.widgets = _.map($scope.dashboard.widgets, function (row) {
           return _.map(row, function (widget) {
             var w = new Widget(widget);
 
             if (w.visualization && dashboard.dashboard_filters_enabled) {
-              var queryFilters = w.getQuery().getQueryResult().getFilters();
-              _.each(queryFilters, function (filter) {
-                if (!_.has(filters, filter.name)) {
-                  // TODO: first object should be a copy, otherwise one of the chart filters behaves different than the others.
-                  filters[filter.name] = filter;
-                  filters[filter.name].originFilters = [];
-
-                  $scope.$watch(function () {
-                    return filter.current
-                  }, function (value) {
-                    _.each(filter.originFilters, function (originFilter) {
-                      originFilter.current = value;
-                    })
-                  });
-
-                }
-                ;
-
-                // TODO: merge values.
-                filters[filter.name].originFilters.push(filter);
-              });
+              promises.push(w.getQuery().getQueryResultPromise());
             }
 
             return w;
           });
         });
 
-        if (dashboard.dashboard_filters_enabled) {
-          $scope.filters = _.values(filters);
-        }
+        $q.all(promises).then(function(queryResults) {
+          var filters = {};
+          _.each(queryResults, function(queryResult) {
+            var queryFilters = queryResult.getFilters();
+            _.each(queryFilters, function (filter) {
+              if (!_.has(filters, filter.name)) {
+                // TODO: first object should be a copy, otherwise one of the chart filters behaves different than the others.
+                filters[filter.name] = filter;
+                filters[filter.name].originFilters = [];
+
+                $scope.$watch(function () { return filter.current }, function (value) {
+                  _.each(filter.originFilters, function (originFilter) {
+                    originFilter.current = value;
+                  });
+                });
+              };
+
+              // TODO: merge values.
+              filters[filter.name].originFilters.push(filter);
+            });
+          });
+
+          if (dashboard.dashboard_filters_enabled) {
+            $scope.filters = _.values(filters);
+          }
+        });
+
+
       }, function () {
         // error...
         // try again. we wrap loadDashboard with throttle so it doesn't happen too often.\
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@
   };
 
   angular.module('redash.controllers')
-    .controller('DashboardCtrl', ['$scope', 'Events', 'Widget', '$routeParams', '$http', '$timeout', 'Dashboard', DashboardCtrl])
+    .controller('DashboardCtrl', ['$scope', 'Events', 'Widget', '$routeParams', '$http', '$timeout', '$q', 'Dashboard', DashboardCtrl])
     .controller('WidgetCtrl', ['$scope', 'Events', 'Query', WidgetCtrl])
 
 })();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rd_ui/app/scripts/services/resources.js b/rd_ui/app/scripts/services/resources.js
index 983a0b8053..da9adc281f 100644
--- a/rd_ui/app/scripts/services/resources.js
+++ b/rd_ui/app/scripts/services/resources.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function () {
-  var QueryResult = function ($resource, $timeout) {
+  var QueryResult = function ($resource, $timeout, $q) {
     var QueryResultResource = $resource('/api/query_results/:id', {id: '@id'}, {'post': {'method': 'POST'}});
     var Job = $resource('/api/jobs/:id', {id: '@id'});
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
           }
         });
 
+        this.deferred.resolve(this);
       } else if (this.job.status == 3) {
         this.status = "processing";
       } else {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
     }
 
     function QueryResult(props) {
+      this.deferred = $q.defer();
       this.job = {};
       this.query_result = {};
       this.status = "waiting";
@@ -349,6 +351,10 @@
       });
 
       return queryResult;
+    };
+
+    QueryResult.prototype.toPromise = function() {
+      return this.deferred.promise;
     }
 
     QueryResult.get = function (data_source_id, query, ttl) {
@@ -404,9 +410,15 @@
       return this.queryResult;
     };
 
+    Query.prototype.getQueryResultPromise = function() {
+      return this.getQueryResult().toPromise();
+    }
+
     return Query;
   };
 
+
+
   var DataSource = function ($resource) {
     var DataSourceResource = $resource('/api/data_sources/:id', {id: '@id'}, {'get': {'method': 'GET', 'cache': true, 'isArray': true}});
 
@@ -435,7 +447,7 @@
   }
 
   angular.module('redash.services')
-      .factory('QueryResult', ['$resource', '$timeout', QueryResult])
+      .factory('QueryResult', ['$resource', '$timeout', '$q', QueryResult])
       .factory('Query', ['$resource', 'QueryResult', 'DataSource', Query])
       .factory('DataSource', ['$resource', DataSource])
       .factory('Widget', ['$resource', 'Query', Widget]);