diff --git a/src/components/app/test/cordova/index.ts b/src/components/app/test/cordova/index.ts
index 6f47fb5689..682c8bf329 100644
--- a/src/components/app/test/cordova/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/app/test/cordova/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
 import {Component} from '@angular/core';
 import {ionicBootstrap, NavController, Modal, ViewController} from '../../../../../src';
+import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
 
 
+@Injectable()
+export class SomeData {
+  constructor() {}
+
+  getData() {
+    return "SomeData";
+  }
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class OtherData {
+  constructor() {}
+
+  getData() {
+    return "OtherData";
+  }
+}
+
 @Component({
   template: `
   <ion-toolbar>
@@ -37,7 +56,10 @@ class Page1 {
   page2 = Page2;
   sort: string = 'all';
 
-  constructor(private nav: NavController) {}
+  constructor(private nav: NavController, private someData: SomeData, private otherData: OtherData) {
+    console.log("Got some data from", someData.getData());
+    console.log("Got some data from", otherData.getData());
+  }
 
   goToTabs() {
     this.nav.push(TabsPage);
@@ -119,6 +141,6 @@ class E2EApp {
   root = Page1;
 }
 
-ionicBootstrap(E2EApp, null, {
+ionicBootstrap(E2EApp, [SomeData, OtherData], {
   statusbarPadding: true
 });
diff --git a/src/config/bootstrap.ts b/src/config/bootstrap.ts
index 7b8f664f64..25a645b90b 100644
--- a/src/config/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/src/config/bootstrap.ts
@@ -56,13 +56,11 @@ export function ionicPostBootstrap(ngComponentRef: ComponentRef<any>): Component
   return ngComponentRef;
 }
 
-
 export function ionicProviders(customProviders?: Array<any>, config?: any): any[] {
-  // add custom providers to Ionic's dev
   let directives = IONIC_DIRECTIVES;
-  if (customProviders) {
-    directives.push(customProviders);
-  }
+
+  // add custom providers to Ionic's app
+  customProviders = isPresent(customProviders) ? customProviders : [];
 
   // create an instance of Config
   if (!(config instanceof Config)) {
@@ -109,6 +107,7 @@ export function ionicProviders(customProviders?: Array<any>, config?: any): any[
     ROUTER_PROVIDERS,
     provide(LocationStrategy, {useClass: HashLocationStrategy}),
     HTTP_PROVIDERS,
+    customProviders
   ];
 }