diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav.js b/ionic/components/nav/nav.js
index bbe64dd329..55825974f8 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav.js
@@ -8,22 +8,15 @@ import {DynamicComponentLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/dynamic_compone
 import {Injector} from 'angular2/di';
 
 import {ViewController} from '../view/view-controller';
-import {IonicComponent} from '../../config/component';
 
 
-@Component({
+@Directive({
   selector: 'ion-nav',
   properties: [
     'initial'
   ],
   lifecycle: [onInit]
 })
-@View({
-  template: `
-    <template pane-anchor></template>
-  `,
-  directives: [NavPaneAnchor]
-})
 export class Nav extends ViewController {
 
   constructor(
@@ -34,9 +27,7 @@ export class Nav extends ViewController {
     injector: Injector
   ) {
     super(viewController, compiler, elementRef, loader, injector);
-
-    this.domElement = elementRef.domElement;
-    this.config = Nav.config.invoke(this);
+    this.panes.setAnchor(elementRef);
   }
 
   onInit() {
@@ -44,14 +35,3 @@ export class Nav extends ViewController {
   }
 
 }
-new IonicComponent(Nav, {});
-
-
-@Directive({
-  selector: 'template[pane-anchor]'
-})
-class NavPaneAnchor {
-  constructor(@Parent() nav: Nav, elementRef: ElementRef) {
-    nav.panes.setAnchor(elementRef);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/pane.js b/ionic/components/nav/pane.js
index 7d151f6e53..5569ef1a42 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/pane.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/pane.js
@@ -92,9 +92,12 @@ export class PaneController {
 
 }
 
-
-
-@Component({selector:'ion-pane'})
+@Component({
+  selector:'ion-pane',
+  hostAttributes: {
+    'class': 'nav nav-ios'
+  }
+})
 @View({
   template: `
     <template pane-anchor></template>
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ class Pane {
     this.sections = {};
     nav.panes.add(this);
   }
+
   addSection(sectionName, instance) {
     this.sections[sectionName] = instance;
   }
diff --git a/ionic/components/view/view-item.js b/ionic/components/view/view-item.js
index 9190989ea3..b9287945ff 100644
--- a/ionic/components/view/view-item.js
+++ b/ionic/components/view/view-item.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class ViewItem {
   constructor(viewController, ComponentClass, params = {}) {
     this.viewController = viewController;
     this.ComponentClass = ComponentClass;
-    this.params = new NavParams(this.params);
+    this.params = new NavParams(params);
     this.instance = null;
     this.state = 0;