diff --git a/CodePush.js b/CodePush.js
index d38970b41..48040632e 100644
--- a/CodePush.js
+++ b/CodePush.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Alert } from "./AlertAdapter";
 import requestFetchAdapter from "./request-fetch-adapter";
 import { AppState, Platform } from "react-native";
 import RestartManager from "./RestartManager";
+import log from './logging';
 
 let NativeCodePush = require("react-native").NativeModules.CodePush;
 const PackageMixins = require("./package-mixins")(NativeCodePush);
@@ -155,11 +156,6 @@ function getPromisifiedSdk(requestFetchAdapter, config) {
   return sdk;
 }
 
-/* Logs messages to console with the [CodePush] prefix */
-function log(message) {
-  console.log(`[CodePush] ${message}`)
-}
-
 // This ensures that notifyApplicationReadyInternal is only called once
 // in the lifetime of this module instance.
 const notifyApplicationReady = (() => {
@@ -411,7 +407,6 @@ if (NativeCodePush) {
     sync,
     disallowRestart: RestartManager.disallow,
     allowRestart: RestartManager.allow,
-    restartAllowed: RestartManager.allowed,
     InstallMode: {
       IMMEDIATE: NativeCodePush.codePushInstallModeImmediate, // Restart the app immediately
       ON_NEXT_RESTART: NativeCodePush.codePushInstallModeOnNextRestart, // Don't artificially restart the app. Allow the update to be "picked up" on the next app restart
diff --git a/Examples/CodePushDemoApp/crossplatformdemo.js b/Examples/CodePushDemoApp/crossplatformdemo.js
index ef950b919..ff7de195c 100644
--- a/Examples/CodePushDemoApp/crossplatformdemo.js
+++ b/Examples/CodePushDemoApp/crossplatformdemo.js
@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ let CodePushDemoApp = React.createClass({
   },
 
   getInitialState() {
-    return { };
+    return { restartAllowed: true };
   },
 
   toggleAllowRestart() {
-    if (CodePush.restartAllowed()) {
+    if (this.state.restartAllowed) {
       CodePush.disallowRestart();
     } else {
       CodePush.allowRestart();
     }
-    this.forceUpdate();
+    this.setState({restartAllowed: !this.state.restartAllowed});
   },
 
   render() {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ let CodePushDemoApp = React.createClass({
         {progressView}
         <Image style={styles.image} resizeMode={Image.resizeMode.contain} source={require('./images/laptop_phone_howitworks.png')}/>
         <Button onPress={this.toggleAllowRestart}>
-          Restart { CodePush.restartAllowed() ? "allowed" : "forbidden"}
+          Restart { this.state.restartAllowed ? "allowed" : "forbidden"}
         </Button>
       </View>
     );
diff --git a/RestartManager.js b/RestartManager.js
index 83a9cfce5..60ca20ef8 100644
--- a/RestartManager.js
+++ b/RestartManager.js
@@ -1,31 +1,36 @@
+let log = require('./logging');
 let NativeCodePush = require("react-native").NativeModules.CodePush;
 
 const RestartManager = (() => {
     let _allowed = true;
+    let _restartPending = false;
 
     function restartApp(onlyIfUpdateIsPending = false) {
         if (_allowed) {
             NativeCodePush.restartApp(onlyIfUpdateIsPending);
+        } else {
+            log("restart not allowed");
+            _restartPending = true;
         }
     }
 
     function allow() {
+        log("allow restart");
         _allowed = true;
-        restartApp(true);
-    }
-
-    function allowed() {
-        return _allowed
+        if (_restartPending) {
+            log("executing pending restart");
+            restartApp(true);
+        }
     }
 
     function disallow() {
+        log("disallow restart");
         _allowed = false;
     }
 
     return {
         allow,
         disallow,
-        allowed,
         restartApp,
     };
 })();
diff --git a/logging.js b/logging.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7523589d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logging.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* Logs messages to console with the [CodePush] prefix */
+function log(message) {
+  console.log(`[CodePush] ${message}`);
+}
+
+module.exports = log;