diff --git a/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/teleport.js b/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/teleport.js
index 20a1e47bf2..1aba6b92f6 100644
--- a/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/teleport.js
+++ b/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/teleport.js
@@ -701,6 +701,10 @@ Script.include("/~/system/libraries/controllers.js");
         };
 
         this.isReady = function(controllerData, deltaTime) {
+            if (Window.interstitialModeEnabled && !Window.isPhysicsEnabled()) {
+                return makeRunningValues(false, [], []);
+            }
+
             var otherModule = this.getOtherModule();
             if (!this.disabled && this.buttonValue !== 0 && !otherModule.active) {
                 this.active = true;
diff --git a/scripts/system/interstitialPage.js b/scripts/system/interstitialPage.js
index c9866e0a54..a611f386ff 100644
--- a/scripts/system/interstitialPage.js
+++ b/scripts/system/interstitialPage.js
@@ -561,7 +561,11 @@
     MyAvatar.sensorToWorldScaleChanged.connect(scaleInterstitialPage);
     MyAvatar.sessionUUIDChanged.connect(function() {
         var avatarSessionUUID = MyAvatar.sessionUUID;
-        Overlays.editOverlay(loadingSphereID, { parentID: avatarSessionUUID });
+        Overlays.editOverlay(loadingSphereID, {
+            position: Vec3.sum(Vec3.sum(MyAvatar.position, {x: 0.0, y: -1.0, z: 0.0}), Vec3.multiplyQbyV(MyAvatar.orientation, {x: 0, y: 0.95, z: 0})),
+            orientation: Quat.multiply(Quat.fromVec3Degrees({x: 0, y: 180, z: 0}), MyAvatar.orientation),
+            parentID: avatarSessionUUID
+        });
     });
 
     var toggle = true;