diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb409bd..9eeeb20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ The loading bar broadcasts the following events over $rootScope allowing further
 
 **`cfpLoadingBar:completed`** triggered once when the all XHR requests have returned (either successfully or not)
 
+The loading bar can also be manually closed by firing an event
+
+**`cfpLoadingBar:manual-loaded`** Trigger this if you want to leave connection open, but cancel loading bar
+
 ## Credits:
 Credit goes to [rstacruz](https://github.com/rstacruz) for his excellent [nProgress](https://github.com/rstacruz/nprogress).
 
diff --git a/src/loading-bar.js b/src/loading-bar.js
index 44e092a..be2d2e3 100644
--- a/src/loading-bar.js
+++ b/src/loading-bar.js
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ angular.module('cfp.loadingBarInterceptor', ['cfp.loadingBar'])
         return cached;
       }
 
+      $rootScope.$on('cfpLoadingBar:manual-loaded', function(event, config) {
+
+        if (!config.result.config.ignoreLoadingBar && !isCached(config.result.config)) {
+          reqsCompleted++;
+          $rootScope.$broadcast('cfpLoadingBar:loaded',config);
+          if (reqsCompleted >= reqsTotal) {
+            setComplete();
+          } else {
+            cfpLoadingBar.set(reqsCompleted / reqsTotal);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
 
       return {
         'request': function(config) {
diff --git a/test/loading-bar-interceptor.coffee b/test/loading-bar-interceptor.coffee
index 241967f..d6a4302 100644
--- a/test/loading-bar-interceptor.coffee
+++ b/test/loading-bar-interceptor.coffee
@@ -200,6 +200,24 @@ describe 'loadingBarInterceptor Service', ->
     expect(cfpLoadingBar.status()).toBe 1
 
     $timeout.flush()
+    
+  it 'should count http manual loaded event as responses so the loading bar can complete', inject (cfpLoadingBar, $rootScope) ->
+    # $httpBackend.expectGET(endpoint).respond response
+    $httpBackend.expectGET(endpoint).respond 401
+    $httpBackend.expectGET(endpoint).respond 401
+    $http.get(endpoint)
+    $http.get(endpoint)
+
+    expect(cfpLoadingBar.status()).toBe 0
+    $timeout.flush()
+    $timeout.flush()
+    $httpBackend.flush(1)
+    expect(cfpLoadingBar.status()).toBe 0.5
+    
+    $rootScope.$emit('cfpLoadingBar:manual-loaded', {url: endpoint, result: { config: { cache : false}}})
+    expect(cfpLoadingBar.status()).toBe 1
+
+    $timeout.flush()
 
   it 'should insert the loadingbar into the DOM when a request is sent', inject (cfpLoadingBar) ->
     $httpBackend.expectGET(endpoint).respond response