diff --git a/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.ts b/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.ts
index 679ec9d1fd..c116534eb6 100644
--- a/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {Component, Directive, Attribute, forwardRef, Host, Optional, ElementRef, Renderer} from 'angular2/core';
-import {NgIf} from 'angular2/common';
+import {NgIf, NgControl} from 'angular2/common';
 
 import {NavController} from '../nav/nav-controller';
 import {Config} from '../../config/config';
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ export class TextInput {
  */
 @Directive({
   selector: 'textarea,input[type=text],input[type=password],input[type=number],input[type=search],input[type=email],input[type=url],input[type=tel],input[type=date],input[type=datetime],input[type=datetime-local],input[type=week],input[type=time]',
-  inputs: ['value', 'ngModel'],
+  inputs: ['value'],
   host: {
     '(focus)': 'focusChange(true)',
     '(blur)': 'focusChange(false)',
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ export class TextInputElement {
     elementRef: ElementRef,
     renderer: Renderer,
     @Optional() wrapper: TextInput,
+    @Optional() ngControl: NgControl
   ) {
     this.type = type;
     this.elementRef = elementRef;
@@ -486,10 +487,13 @@ export class TextInputElement {
       wrapper.registerInput(this);
     }
 
+    if (ngControl) this.ngControl = ngControl;
   }
 
-  ngOnInit(){
-    this.wrapper && this.wrapper.hasValue(this.ngModel);
+  ngAfterContentChecked() {
+    if (this.ngControl) console.log("Value", this.ngControl.value);
+    if (this.ngControl) this.value = this.ngControl.value;
+    this.wrapper && this.wrapper.hasValue(this.value);
   }
 
   focusChange(changed) {