diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/discourse.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/discourse.js.es6
index 47fd25ed7..8b4c7b846 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/discourse.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/discourse.js.es6
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function cleanDOM() {
   $(document.activeElement).not("body").not(".no-blur").blur();
 
   Discourse.set('notifyCount',0);
-  $('#discourse-modal').modal('hide');
+  Discourse.__container__.lookup('route:application').send('closeModal');
   const hideDropDownFunction = $('html').data('hide-dropdown');
   if (hideDropDownFunction) { hideDropDownFunction(); }