diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e373bd7a7687..fed1bfdf8063 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Change Log
 * Fixed the geocoder when `Viewer` is passed the option `geocoder: true` [#6833](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/pull/6833)
 * Fixed a bug that caused billboard positions to be set incorrectly when using a `CallbackProperty`. [#6815](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/pull/6815)
 * Improved support for generating a TypeScript typings file using `tsd-jsdoc` [#6767](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/pull/6767)
+* Updated viewBoundingSphere to use correct zoomOptions [#6848](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/issues/6848)
 
 ### 1.47 - 2018-07-02
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index dfba6a5d83d8..54dea71c82ea 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on how to contribute to Cesiu
    * [Luke San Antonio Bialecki](https://github.com/lukesanantonio)
    * [Josh Lawrence](https://github.com/loshjawrence)
    * [Omar Shehata](https://github.com/OmarShehata)
+   * [Matt Petry](https://github.com/MattPetry)
 * [NICTA](http://www.nicta.com.au/)
    * [Chris Cooper](https://github.com/chris-cooper)
    * [Kevin Ring](https://github.com/kring)
@@ -185,4 +186,4 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on how to contribute to Cesiu
 * [Jonathan Puckey](https://github.com/puckey)
 * [Mark Erikson](https://github.com/markerikson)
 * [Hannah Bollar](https://github.com/hanbollar)
-* [Brandon Barker](https://github.com/ProjectBarks)
\ No newline at end of file
+* [Brandon Barker](https://github.com/ProjectBarks)
diff --git a/Source/Widgets/Viewer/Viewer.js b/Source/Widgets/Viewer/Viewer.js
index c3993a067d75..b55c5b124afb 100644
--- a/Source/Widgets/Viewer/Viewer.js
+++ b/Source/Widgets/Viewer/Viewer.js
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ Either specify options.terrainProvider instead or set options.baseLayerPicker to
         boundingSphere = BoundingSphere.fromBoundingSpheres(boundingSpheres);
 
         if (!viewer._zoomIsFlight) {
-            camera.viewBoundingSphere(boundingSphere, viewer._zoomOptions.offset);
+            camera.viewBoundingSphere(boundingSphere, zoomOptions.offset);
             camera.lookAtTransform(Matrix4.IDENTITY);
             clearZoom(viewer);
             zoomPromise.resolve(true);