diff --git a/ionic/components/app/app.ts b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
index 51ae919c66..78097455db 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/app.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ export class IonicApp {
     let loader = this.injector.get(DynamicComponentLoader);
     let rootComponentRef = this.ref()._hostComponent;
 
-    return loader.loadNextToLocation(component, rootComponentRef.location, this.bindings)
+    let bindings = this.injector._proto._strategy.bindings;
+
+    return loader.loadNextToLocation(component, rootComponentRef.location)
               .catch(err => {
                 console.error('appendComponent:', err);
               });
@@ -149,18 +151,6 @@ function initApp(window, document, config) {
   return app;
 }
 
-@Component({
-  selector: 'test-comp'
-})
-@View({
-  template: 'test-comp text'
-})
-class TestComp {
-  constructor(config: IonicConfig) {
-    console.log('TestComp constructor')
-  }
-}
-
 export function ionicBootstrap(component, config, router) {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     try {
diff --git a/ionic/components/icon/icon.ts b/ionic/components/icon/icon.ts
index a56f3e33f4..f47e6437f7 100644
--- a/ionic/components/icon/icon.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/icon/icon.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Directive, View, CSSClass, ElementRef, Optional, Ancestor, Attribute} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Directive, View, CSSClass, ElementRef, Optional, Ancestor, Attribute, Renderer} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {IonicConfig} from '../../config/config';
 import {IonicComponent} from '../../config/annotations';
@@ -65,12 +65,13 @@ Custom Font Icon
 })
 export class IconDirective {
   constructor(
-    elementRef: ElementRef,
+    private _elementRef: ElementRef,
     @Optional() @Ancestor() AncestorButton: Button,
     @Attribute('forward') forward: string,
-    config: IonicConfig
+    config: IonicConfig,
+    private _renderer: Renderer
   ) {
-    let ele = this.ele = elementRef.nativeElement;
+    let ele = this.ele = _elementRef.nativeElement;
 
     this.iconLeft = this.iconRight = this.iconOnly = false;
     this.ariaHidden = true;
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ export class IconDirective {
     if (!this.name) return;
 
     // add the css class to show the icon font
-    this.ele.classList.add(this.name);
+    this._renderer.setElementClass(this._elementRef, this.name, true);
 
     // hide the icon when it's within a button
     // and the button isn't an icon only button
diff --git a/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts b/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts
index 1be76e5287..539e4317a7 100644
--- a/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
     this._ids = -1;
 
     // build a new injector for child ViewItems to use
-    this.injector = injector.resolveAndCreateChild([
-      bind(ViewController).toValue(this),
-      bind(NavController).toValue(new NavController(this))
-    ]);
-
     this.bindings = Injector.resolve([
       bind(ViewController).toValue(this),
       bind(NavController).toValue(new NavController(this))