diff --git a/ionic/components/text-input/test/form-inputs/index.ts b/ionic/components/text-input/test/form-inputs/index.ts
index 9d55a29d72..213ba4d867 100644
--- a/ionic/components/text-input/test/form-inputs/index.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/text-input/test/form-inputs/index.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@ class E2EApp {
 
     this.login = {};
 
+    this.user = {
+      username: 'asdf',
+      password: '82'
+    };
+
     this.submitted = false;
   }
 
-  submit(ev) {
-    console.log("Submitted", this.loginForm.value);
+  submit(ev, value) {
+    console.log("Submitted", value);
     this.submitted = true;
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/text-input/test/form-inputs/main.html b/ionic/components/text-input/test/form-inputs/main.html
index 73cf6f005b..f2314420a2 100644
--- a/ionic/components/text-input/test/form-inputs/main.html
+++ b/ionic/components/text-input/test/form-inputs/main.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <ion-content>
 
-  <form (ng-submit)="submit($event)" [ngFormModel]="loginForm" #mf="ngForm" novalidate>
+  <form [ngFormModel]="loginForm" #mf="ngForm" novalidate>
 
     <ion-list>
       <ion-input>
@@ -36,24 +36,40 @@
         <textarea [(ngModel)]="login.comments" ngControl="comments" placeholder="Required" required>Comment value</textarea>
       </ion-input>
 
-      <ion-item [hidden]="submitted == false || mf.form.valid">
-        <p danger>Form is Invalid</p>
-      </ion-item>
+      <div padding-left padding-right>
+        <button block (click)="submit($event, login)">Login</button>
+      </div>
+      <div padding-left>
+        <b>Valid form?:</b> {{ mf.form.valid }}<br>
+        <b>Submitted form?:</b> {{ submitted }}<br>
+        <b>Email:</b> {{ login.email }}<br>
+        <b>Username:</b> {{ login.username }}<br>
+        <b>Password:</b> {{ login.password }}<br>
+        <b>Comments:</b> {{ login.comments }}
+      </div>
     </ion-list>
+  </form>
 
-    <div padding>
-      <button block type="submit">Login</button>
-    </div>
-
-    <div [hidden]="submitted == false" padding-left>
-      <b>Valid form?:</b> {{ mf.form.valid }}<br>
-      <b>Submitted form?:</b> {{ submitted }}<br>
-      <b>Email:</b> {{ login.email }}<br>
-      <b>Username:</b> {{ login.username }}<br>
-      <b>Password:</b> {{ login.password }}<br>
-      <b>Comments:</b> {{ login.comments }}
-    </div>
-
+  <form (ngSubmit)="submit($event, user)" #lf="ngForm">
+    <ion-list>
+      <ion-input floating-label>
+        <ion-label>Username</ion-label>
+        <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="user.username" ngControl="username" required>
+      </ion-input>
+      <ion-input floating-label>
+        <ion-label>Password</ion-label>
+        <input type="password" [(ngModel)]="user.password" ngControl="password" required>
+      </ion-input>
+      <div padding-left padding-right>
+        <button block type="submit">Login</button>
+      </div>
+      <div padding-left>
+        <b>Valid form?:</b> {{ lf.form.valid }}<br>
+        <b>Submitted form?:</b> {{ submitted }}<br>
+        <b>Username:</b> {{ user.username }}<br>
+        <b>Password:</b> {{ user.password }}<br>
+      </div>
+    </ion-list>
   </form>
 
 </ion-content>
diff --git a/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.ts b/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.ts
index 66507c478d..b8241ef79d 100644
--- a/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.ts
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ export class TextInputElement {
     if (ngControl) this.ngControl = ngControl;
   }
 
-  ngOnInit() {
+  ngAfterContentChecked() {
+    console.log("Value", this.ngControl.value);
     if (this.ngControl) this.value = this.ngControl.value;
     this.wrapper && this.wrapper.hasValue(this.value);
   }