diff --git a/ionic/components/app/test/yerk/index.js b/ionic/components/app/test/yerk/index.js
index 040596b0cd..f0530ee4fc 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/test/yerk/index.js
+++ b/ionic/components/app/test/yerk/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {Component} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations';
 
-import {IonicView} from 'ionic/ionic';
+import {IonicView, NavController} from 'ionic/ionic';
 
 
 @Component({ selector: 'ion-app' })
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ class IonicApp {
       '<ion-title>Home</ion-title>' +
     '</ion-navbar>' +
     '<ion-content class="padding">' +
+      'home' +
     '</ion-content>'
 })
 class HomeTabPage {
   constructor(nav: NavController) {
     this.nav = nav;
-    console.log('Initi');
   }
   push() {
   }
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class HomeTabPage {
       '<ion-title>Peek</ion-title>' +
     '</ion-navbar>' +
     '<ion-content class="padding">' +
+      'peek' +
     '</ion-content>'
 })
 class PeekTabPage {
diff --git a/ionic/components/app/test/yerk/tabs.html b/ionic/components/app/test/yerk/tabs.html
index dcfa59e2e9..6ffc951457 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/test/yerk/tabs.html
+++ b/ionic/components/app/test/yerk/tabs.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <ion-tabs id="tabs">
-  <ion-tab tab-title="Home" tab-icon="ion-earth" [initial]="homeTab"></ion-tab>
-  <ion-tab tab-title="Home" tab-icon="ion-earth" [initial]="peekTab"></ion-tab>
+  <ion-tab tab-title="Home" tab-icon="ion-earth" [root]="homeTab"></ion-tab>
+  <ion-tab tab-title="Peek" tab-icon="ion-ios-glasses" [root]="peekTab"></ion-tab>
 </ion-tabs>
 <!--
 <ion-tab tab-title="Home" tab-icon="ion-earth"></ion-tab>
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.js b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.js
index 87a1f20de9..e4ba7b4906 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.js
+++ b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {Content} from '../content/content';
 @Component({
   selector: 'ion-tab',
   properties: [
-    'initial',
+    'root',
     'tabTitle',
     'tabIcon'
   ],
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ export class Tab extends ViewController {
   }
 
   load(callback) {
-    if (!this._loaded && this.initial) {
+    if (!this._loaded && this.root) {
       let opts = {
         animate: false,
         navbar: false
       };
-      this.push(this.initial, null, opts).then(() => {
+      this.push(this.root, null, opts).then(() => {
         callback && callback();
       });
       this._loaded = true;
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/test/advanced/main.html b/ionic/components/tabs/test/advanced/main.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 94cd0153aa..0000000000
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/test/advanced/main.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-
-<ion-nav [initial]="initial"></ion-nav>