diff --git a/js/modal.js b/js/modal.js
index 1d7c042..c3a7137 100644
--- a/js/modal.js
+++ b/js/modal.js
@@ -663,8 +663,8 @@
     $('body').unbind('focus', modalEventHandler);
     $('body').unbind('keypress', modalEventHandler);
     $('body').unbind( 'keydown', modalTabTrapHandler );
-
-    var $modalHeader = $('#modalContent').find('.modal-header');
+    var $modalContent = $('#modalContent');
+    var $modalHeader = $modalContent.find('.modal-header');
     $('.close', $modalHeader).unbind('click', modalContentClose);
     $('body').unbind('keypress', modalEventEscapeCloseHandler);
     $(document).trigger('CToolsDetachBehaviors', $modalContent);