diff --git a/src/modal/modal.js b/src/modal/modal.js
index 910d7d3..6595da1 100644
--- a/src/modal/modal.js
+++ b/src/modal/modal.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ angular.module('angularify.semantic.modal', [])
         restrict: 'E',
         replace: true,
         transclude: true,
+        scope: false,
         require: 'ngModel',
         template: '<div class="ui modal" ng-transclude></div>',
         link: function (scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {