diff --git a/ionic/components/slides/test/basic/index.ts b/ionic/components/slides/test/basic/index.ts
index a67d426058..f52423b989 100644
--- a/ionic/components/slides/test/basic/index.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/slides/test/basic/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import {App, IonicApp} from 'ionic/ionic';
-
+import {Http} from 'angular2/http';
 
 @App({
   templateUrl: 'main.html'
 })
 class MyApp {
-  constructor(private app: IonicApp) {
+  constructor(app: IonicApp, http: Http) {
+    this.app = app;
+    this.http = http;
+
     this.extraOptions = {
       loop: true
     };
@@ -17,14 +20,14 @@ class MyApp {
 
     let baseUrl = 'https://api.flickr.com/services/rest/';
 
-    // TODO: update to use angular2's HTTP Service
-    Http.get(baseUrl + '?method=flickr.groups.pools.getPhotos&group_id=1463451@N25&safe_search=1&api_key=' + FLICKR_API_KEY + '&jsoncallback=JSON_CALLBACK&format=json&tags=' + tags, {
-      method: 'jsonp'
-    }).then((val) => {
-      this.images = val.photos.photo.slice(0, 20);
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        this.slider.update();
-      });
+    this.http.get(baseUrl + '?method=flickr.groups.pools.getPhotos&group_id=1463451@N25&safe_search=1&api_key='
+                  + FLICKR_API_KEY + '&nojsoncallback=1&format=json&tags=' + tags)
+       .map(res => res.json())
+      .subscribe(data => {
+        this.images = data.photos.photo.slice(0, 20);
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          this.slider.update();
+        });
     }, (err) => {
       alert('Unable to load images');
       console.error(err);