diff --git a/ionic/components/app/test/sink/index.js b/ionic/components/app/test/sink/index.js
index 3ebd56340e..bde66e9807 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/test/sink/index.js
+++ b/ionic/components/app/test/sink/index.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import {Descendant} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/visibility';
 import {View} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view';
 import {Query} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/di';
 
-console.log(Query, QueryList);
-
 import {Ionic, Nav, ViewContainer, Aside, List, Item, Content} from 'ionic/ionic';
 
 import {ButtonPage} from './pages/button'
@@ -23,19 +21,17 @@ import {SlidePage} from './pages/slides'
 import {ActionMenuPage} from './pages/action-menu'
 import {ModalPage} from './pages/modal'
 
-console.log('Loaded', Nav, NgFor, NgIf, Aside, List, ViewContainer, Item, Content);
+console.log('Loaded', Nav, NgFor, NgIf, Aside, List, Item, Content);
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ion-view',
 })
 @View({
   templateUrl: 'main.html',
-  directives: [Nav, NgFor, NgIf, Aside, List, ViewContainer, Item, Content]
+  directives: [Nav, NgFor, NgIf, Aside, List, Item, Content]
 })
 class IonicApp {
   constructor(elementRef: ElementRef) {//, @Query(Aside) nav: QueryList) {//, @Descendant() aside: Aside) {
-    Ionic.setRootElementRef(elementRef);
-
     this.components = [
       { title: 'Navigation', component: NavPage },
       { title: 'Buttons', component: ButtonPage },
@@ -58,11 +54,8 @@ class IonicApp {
 
   openPage(aside, component) {
     aside.close();
-    window.nav.clear().then(() => {
-      window.nav.push(component.component, {}, {
-        animate: false
-      });
-    })
+
+    window.nav.setItems([component.component]);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.js b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.js
index 43bb4960e6..235117189c 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.js
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ export class NavController {
     this._nav = nav;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set the history stack to match the list of component items.
+   */
+  setItems(items) {
+    return this._nav.setItems(items);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Clear the history stack.
    */
diff --git a/ionic/components/view/view-controller.js b/ionic/components/view/view-controller.js
index bce8f67cf3..9f5fa178e5 100644
--- a/ionic/components/view/view-controller.js
+++ b/ionic/components/view/view-controller.js
@@ -417,6 +417,34 @@ export class ViewController {
     return this.items.length;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set the item stack to reflect the given component classes.
+   */
+  setItems(components) {
+    // Pop all of the current items
+    this.clear();
+
+
+    // Then, change the root
+
+    let leavingItem = this.getActive() || new ViewItem();
+    leavingItem.shouldDestroy = true;
+    leavingItem.shouldCache = false;
+    leavingItem.willUnload();
+
+    this.transitionComplete();
+
+    for(let c of components) {
+      this.push(c, {
+        animate: false
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Pops off all the trailing items, but leaves the root.
+   * To change the root, call setRoot with the root component.
+   */
   clear() {
     let pops = [];
     for (let item of this.items) {