diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js
index c956c35b48..f612bd4110 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {Component, Directive} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations';
 import {View} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view';
 
-import {NavController, NavbarTemplate, Navbar, NavPush, Content} from 'ionic/ionic';
+import {Routable, NavController, NavbarTemplate, Navbar, NavPush, Content} from 'ionic/ionic';
 import {SecondPage} from './second-page';
 
 
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export class FirstPage {
     this.nav = nav;
     this.val = Math.round(Math.random() * 8999) + 1000;
 
+    FirstPage.router.invoke(this);
+
     this.pushPage = SecondPage;
     this.pushData = {
       id: 420
@@ -81,3 +83,7 @@ export class FirstPage {
     this.nav.push(SecondPage, { id: 8675309, myData: [1,2,3,4] }, { animation: 'ios' });
   }
 }
+
+new Routable(FirstPage, {
+  url: '/first-page'
+})
diff --git a/ionic/routing/router.js b/ionic/routing/router.js
index 675f6944b8..c6b4a9005e 100644
--- a/ionic/routing/router.js
+++ b/ionic/routing/router.js
@@ -158,7 +158,13 @@ export class Routable {
     this.componentClass = componentClass;
     this.routeInfo = routeInfo;
 
-    componentClass._route = this;
+    console.log('New routable', componentClass, routeInfo);
+
+    componentClass.router = this;
+  }
+  invoke(componentInstance) {
+    console.log('Routable invoke', componentInstance);
+    Router.emit(this.routeInfo.url);
   }
 }