diff --git a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
index 47baf727..3ea18e5e 100644
--- a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
+++ b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
@@ -330,12 +330,12 @@
 				fixHeight(table, p);
 				// apply widgets after table has rendered
 				$t.trigger('applyWidgets');
-				if (p.initialized) {
-					$t.trigger('pagerChange', p);
-					$t.trigger('updateComplete');
-				} else {
-					$t.trigger('update');
-				}
+				$t.trigger('update', [false, function(){
+					if (p.initialized) {
+						$t.trigger('updateComplete');
+						$t.trigger('pagerChange', p);
+					}
+				}]);
 			}
 			if (!p.initialized) {
 				p.initialized = true;
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
index 5a043566..58fa6a19 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
@@ -516,12 +516,12 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 			tsp.fixHeight(table, c);
 			// apply widgets after table has rendered
 			$t.trigger('applyWidgets');
-			if (p.initialized) {
-				$t.trigger('pagerChange', c);
-				$t.trigger('updateComplete');
-			} else {
-				$t.trigger('update');
-			}
+			$t.trigger('update', [false, function(){
+				if (p.initialized) {
+					$t.trigger('updateComplete');
+					$t.trigger('pagerChange', p);
+				}
+			}]);
 		}
 		if (!p.initialized) {
 			p.initialized = true;