diff --git a/public/app/core/services/global_event_srv.ts b/public/app/core/services/global_event_srv.ts
index 953c57437c5..2351c86ee1c 100644
--- a/public/app/core/services/global_event_srv.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/services/global_event_srv.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import appEvents from "app/core/app_events";
 // Good for communication react > angular and vice verse
 export class GlobalEventSrv {
   private appSubUrl;
+  private fullPageReloadRoutes;
 
   /** @ngInject */
-  constructor(private $location, private $timeout) {
+  constructor(private $location, private $timeout, private $window) {
     this.appSubUrl = config.appSubUrl;
+    this.fullPageReloadRoutes = ["/logout"];
   }
 
   // Angular's $location does not like <base href...> and absolute urls
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ export class GlobalEventSrv {
   init() {
     appEvents.on("location-change", payload => {
       const urlWithoutBase = this.stripBaseFromUrl(payload.href);
+      if (this.fullPageReloadRoutes.indexOf(urlWithoutBase) > -1) {
+        this.$window.location.href = payload.href;
+        return;
+      }
 
       this.$timeout(() => {
         // A hack to use timeout when we're changing things (in this case the url) from outside of Angular.
diff --git a/public/app/core/specs/global_event_srv.jest.ts b/public/app/core/specs/global_event_srv.jest.ts
index d444e822ecd..1223814fb38 100644
--- a/public/app/core/specs/global_event_srv.jest.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/specs/global_event_srv.jest.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GlobalEventSrv } from "app/core/services/global_event_srv";
+import { GlobalEventSrv } from "app/core/services/global_event_srv";
 import { beforeEach } from "test/lib/common";
 
 jest.mock("app/core/config", () => {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe("GlobalEventSrv", () => {
   let searchSrv;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    searchSrv = new GlobalEventSrv(null, null);
+    searchSrv = new GlobalEventSrv(null, null, null);
   });
 
   describe("With /subUrl as appSubUrl", () => {