diff --git a/ionic/components/app/app.js b/ionic/components/app/app.js
index 94c539d4b7..4f02d00b4f 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/app.js
+++ b/ionic/components/app/app.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class IonicApp {
                                       context,
                                       injector);
 
-        hostViewRef.elementRef = new ElementRef(hostViewRef, 0);
+        hostViewRef.elementRef = new ElementRef(hostViewRef, 0, viewMngr._renderer);
         hostViewRef.instance = viewMngr.getComponent(hostViewRef.elementRef);
 
         hostViewRef.dispose = () => {
diff --git a/ionic/config/annotations.js b/ionic/config/annotations.js
index 3479ef1d1d..a2575e0e52 100644
--- a/ionic/config/annotations.js
+++ b/ionic/config/annotations.js
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ export class IonicComponent extends Component {
 }
 
 function appendModeConfig(ComponentType) {
+  if (!ComponentType) {
+    return {};
+  }
   if (typeof ComponentType === 'object') {
     return ComponentType;
   }