jQuery cannot find elements unless I put a timeout

For some reason when I try and select an element from the page it only works if I put a timeout of 0 milliseconds. If I don't put the timeout it just returns what is there before the Ionic framework has been loaded. Any ideas? Below is my code.

The order of loading is jQuery, Ionic, Custom Script (as seen below).

Working

ionic.DomUtil.ready(function(){

    setTimeout(function(){console.log($('body').html())},0);

});

Not Working

ionic.DomUtil.ready(function(){

    console.log($('body').html());

});

EDIT: Obviously I could just put a timeout on everything I want to do but that's bad practice so would be nice to know the underlying cause!

EDIT (2): I have managed to get it do show the HTML doing the following... However, it is not ideal...

$(document).ready(function(){

    console.log($(this).find('body')[0]);

});

It's almost as if some jQuery functions are not working even though the $ is being initiated otherwise it return $ is undefined.