diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
index 8e23c4c7b9..37ac0f45d1 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
@@ -527,41 +527,13 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
    * @private
    * TODO
    */
-  createViewComponentRef(type, hostProtoViewRef, viewContainer, viewCtrlBindings) {
-    let bindings = this.bindings.concat(viewCtrlBindings);
-
-    // the same guts as DynamicComponentLoader.loadNextToLocation
-    var hostViewRef =
-        viewContainer.createHostView(hostProtoViewRef, viewContainer.length, bindings);
-    var newLocation = this._viewManager.getHostElement(hostViewRef);
-    var component = this._viewManager.getComponent(newLocation);
-
-    var dispose = () => {
-      var index = viewContainer.indexOf(hostViewRef);
-      if (index !== -1) {
-        viewContainer.remove(index);
-      }
-    };
-
-    // TODO: make-shift ComponentRef_, this is pretty much going to
-    // break in future versions of ng2, keep an eye on it
-    return {
-      location: newLocation,
-      instance: component,
-      dispose: dispose
-    };
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * TODO
-   */
-  getBindings(viewCtrl) {
-    // create bindings to this ViewController and its NavParams
-    return this.bindings.concat(Injector.resolve([
+  loadNextToAnchor(type, location, viewCtrl) {
+    let bindings = this.bindings.concat(Injector.resolve([
       bind(ViewController).toValue(viewCtrl),
       bind(NavParams).toValue(viewCtrl.params),
     ]));
+
+    return this._loader.loadNextToLocation(type, location, bindings);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
index a98a4ef1f8..063eeb9ff6 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
@@ -192,65 +192,70 @@ export class Nav extends NavController {
     if (structure.tabs) {
       // the component being loaded is an <ion-tabs>
       // Tabs is essentially a pane, cuz it has its own navbar and content containers
-      let contentContainerRef = this._viewManager.getViewContainer(this.anchorElementRef());
-      let viewComponentRef = this.createViewComponentRef(componentType, hostProtoViewRef, contentContainerRef, this.getBindings(viewCtrl));
-      viewComponentRef.instance._paneView = true;
+      this.loadNextToAnchor(componentType, this.anchorElementRef(), viewCtrl).then(componentRef => {
 
-      viewCtrl.disposals.push(() => {
-        viewComponentRef.dispose();
-      });
+        componentRef.instance._paneView = true;
+
+        viewCtrl.disposals.push(() => {
+          componentRef.dispose();
+        });
+
+        viewCtrl.onReady().then(() => {
+          done();
+        });
 
-      viewCtrl.onReady().then(() => {
-        done();
       });
 
     } else {
       // normal ion-view going into pane
       this.getPane(structure, viewCtrl, (pane) => {
         // add the content of the view into the pane's content area
-        let viewComponentRef = this.createViewComponentRef(componentType, hostProtoViewRef, pane.contentContainerRef, this.getBindings(viewCtrl));
-        viewCtrl.disposals.push(() => {
-          viewComponentRef.dispose();
-
-          // remove the pane if there are no view items left
-          pane.totalViews--;
-          if (pane.totalViews === 0) {
-            pane.dispose && pane.dispose();
-          }
-        });
-
-        // count how many ViewControllers are in this pane
-        pane.totalViews++;
-
-        // a new ComponentRef has been created
-        // set the ComponentRef's instance to this ViewController
-        viewCtrl.setInstance(viewComponentRef.instance);
-
-        // remember the ElementRef to the content that was just created
-        viewCtrl.viewElementRef(viewComponentRef.location);
-
-        // get the NavController's container for navbars, which is
-        // the place this NavController will add each ViewController's navbar
-        let navbarContainerRef = pane.navbarContainerRef;
-
-        // get this ViewController's navbar TemplateRef, which may not
-        // exist if the ViewController's template didn't have an <ion-navbar *navbar>
-        let navbarTemplateRef = viewCtrl.getNavbarTemplateRef();
-
-        // create the navbar view if the pane has a navbar container, and the
-        // ViewController's instance has a navbar TemplateRef to go to inside of it
-        if (navbarContainerRef && navbarTemplateRef) {
-          let navbarView = navbarContainerRef.createEmbeddedView(navbarTemplateRef, -1);
+        this.loadNextToAnchor(componentType, pane.contentAnchorRef, viewCtrl).then(componentRef => {
 
           viewCtrl.disposals.push(() => {
-            let index = navbarContainerRef.indexOf(navbarView);
-            if (index > -1) {
-              navbarContainerRef.remove(index);
+            componentRef.dispose();
+
+            // remove the pane if there are no view items left
+            pane.totalViews--;
+            if (pane.totalViews === 0) {
+              pane.dispose && pane.dispose();
             }
           });
-        }
 
-        done();
+          // count how many ViewControllers are in this pane
+          pane.totalViews++;
+
+          // a new ComponentRef has been created
+          // set the ComponentRef's instance to this ViewController
+          viewCtrl.setInstance(componentRef.instance);
+
+          // remember the ElementRef to the content that was just created
+          viewCtrl.viewElementRef(componentRef.location);
+
+          // get the NavController's container for navbars, which is
+          // the place this NavController will add each ViewController's navbar
+          let navbarContainerRef = pane.navbarContainerRef;
+
+          // get this ViewController's navbar TemplateRef, which may not
+          // exist if the ViewController's template didn't have an <ion-navbar *navbar>
+          let navbarTemplateRef = viewCtrl.getNavbarTemplateRef();
+
+          // create the navbar view if the pane has a navbar container, and the
+          // ViewController's instance has a navbar TemplateRef to go to inside of it
+          if (navbarContainerRef && navbarTemplateRef) {
+            let navbarView = navbarContainerRef.createEmbeddedView(navbarTemplateRef, -1);
+
+            viewCtrl.disposals.push(() => {
+              let index = navbarContainerRef.indexOf(navbarView);
+              if (index > -1) {
+                navbarContainerRef.remove(index);
+              }
+            });
+          }
+
+          done();
+        });
+
       });
     }
   }
@@ -273,7 +278,7 @@ export class Nav extends NavController {
 
     } else {
       // create a new nav pane
-      this._loader.loadNextToLocation(Pane, this.anchorElementRef(), this.getBindings(viewCtrl)).then(componentRef => {
+      this._loader.loadNextToLocation(Pane, this.anchorElementRef(), this.bindings).then(componentRef => {
 
         // get the pane reference
         pane = this.newPane;
@@ -352,17 +357,6 @@ export class Nav extends NavController {
 
 }
 
-/**
- * @private
- * TODO
- * @param  {TODO} elementBinder TODO
- * @param  {TODO} id            TODO
- * @return {TODO}               TODO
- */
-function isComponent(elementBinder, id) {
-  return (elementBinder && elementBinder.componentDirective && elementBinder.componentDirective.metadata.id == id);
-}
-
 /**
  * @private
  */
@@ -393,9 +387,9 @@ class NavBarAnchor {
 class ContentAnchor {
   constructor(
     @Host() @Inject(forwardRef(() => Pane)) pane: Pane,
-    viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef
+    elementRef: ElementRef
   ) {
-    pane.contentContainerRef = viewContainerRef;
+    pane.contentAnchorRef = elementRef;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
index aa21cadd6b..af5d190202 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
@@ -153,40 +153,44 @@ export class Tab extends NavController {
 
   loadContainer(componentType, hostProtoViewRef, viewCtrl, done) {
 
-    let viewComponentRef = this.createViewComponentRef(componentType, hostProtoViewRef, this.contentContainerRef, this.getBindings(viewCtrl));
-    viewCtrl.disposals.push(() => {
-      viewComponentRef.dispose();
-    });
-
-    // a new ComponentRef has been created
-    // set the ComponentRef's instance to this ViewController
-    viewCtrl.setInstance(viewComponentRef.instance);
-
-    // remember the ElementRef to the content that was just created
-    viewCtrl.viewElementRef(viewComponentRef.location);
-
-    // get the NavController's container for navbars, which is
-    // the place this NavController will add each ViewController's navbar
-    let navbarContainerRef = this.tabs.navbarContainerRef;
-
-    // get this ViewController's navbar TemplateRef, which may not
-    // exist if the ViewController's template didn't have an <ion-navbar *navbar>
-    let navbarTemplateRef = viewCtrl.getNavbarTemplateRef();
-
-    // create the navbar view if the pane has a navbar container, and the
-    // ViewController's instance has a navbar TemplateRef to go to inside of it
-    if (navbarContainerRef && navbarTemplateRef) {
-      let navbarView = navbarContainerRef.createEmbeddedView(navbarTemplateRef, -1);
+    this.loadNextToAnchor(componentType, this.contentAnchorRef, viewCtrl).then(componentRef => {
 
       viewCtrl.disposals.push(() => {
-        let index = navbarContainerRef.indexOf(navbarView);
-        if (index > -1) {
-          navbarContainerRef.remove(index);
-        }
+        componentRef.dispose();
       });
-    }
 
-    done();
+      // a new ComponentRef has been created
+      // set the ComponentRef's instance to this ViewController
+      viewCtrl.setInstance(componentRef.instance);
+
+      // remember the ElementRef to the content that was just created
+      viewCtrl.viewElementRef(componentRef.location);
+
+      // get the NavController's container for navbars, which is
+      // the place this NavController will add each ViewController's navbar
+      let navbarContainerRef = this.tabs.navbarContainerRef;
+
+      // get this ViewController's navbar TemplateRef, which may not
+      // exist if the ViewController's template didn't have an <ion-navbar *navbar>
+      let navbarTemplateRef = viewCtrl.getNavbarTemplateRef();
+
+      // create the navbar view if the pane has a navbar container, and the
+      // ViewController's instance has a navbar TemplateRef to go to inside of it
+      if (navbarContainerRef && navbarTemplateRef) {
+        let navbarView = navbarContainerRef.createEmbeddedView(navbarTemplateRef, -1);
+
+        viewCtrl.disposals.push(() => {
+          let index = navbarContainerRef.indexOf(navbarView);
+          if (index > -1) {
+            navbarContainerRef.remove(index);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      done();
+
+    });
+
   }
 
 }
@@ -194,10 +198,7 @@ export class Tab extends NavController {
 
 @Directive({selector: 'template[content-anchor]'})
 class TabContentAnchor {
-  constructor(
-    @Host() tab: Tab,
-    viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef
-  ) {
-    tab.contentContainerRef = viewContainerRef;
+  constructor(@Host() tab: Tab, elementRef: ElementRef) {
+    tab.contentAnchorRef = elementRef;
   }
 }