diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js
index d78d282823..11716406cd 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-import {Component, Directive} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations';
+import {Component, Directive, onInit} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations';
 import {View} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view';
-import {ObservableWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
 
 import {Routable, Router, NavController, NavbarTemplate, Navbar, NavPush, Content} from 'ionic/ionic';
 import {SecondPage} from './second-page';
 
-
-@Component({selector: 'ion-view'})
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ion-view',
+  lifecycle: [onInit]
+})
 @View({
   template: '' +
     '<ion-navbar *navbar>' +
@@ -36,22 +37,18 @@ export class FirstPage {
     this.nav = nav;
     this.val = Math.round(Math.random() * 8999) + 1000;
 
-    this.router = FirstPage.router.invoke(this);
 
     this.pushPage = SecondPage;
     this.pushData = {
       id: 420
     }
+  }
 
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      console.log(this._viewDidEnter);
-      ObservableWrapper.subscribe(this._viewDidEnter, () => {
-        console.log('ENTERRRRR');
-      });
-    });
+  onInit() {
   }
 
   viewLoaded() {
+    this.router = FirstPage.router.invoke(this);
     console.log('viewLoaded first page');
   }
 
@@ -61,7 +58,6 @@ export class FirstPage {
 
   viewDidEnter() {
     console.log('viewDidEnter first page');
-    Router.emit(this.router.routeInfo.url);
   }
 
   viewWillLeave() {
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/second-page.js b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/second-page.js
index b00b536033..b7f6e54252 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/second-page.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/second-page.js
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ export class SecondPage {
     this.params = params;
     this.val = Math.round(Math.random() * 8999) + 1000;
 
-    this.router = SecondPage.router.invoke(this);
 
     console.log('Second page params:', params);
   }
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ export class SecondPage {
 
   viewLoaded() {
     console.log('viewLoaded second page');
+    this.router = SecondPage.router.invoke(this);
   }
 
   viewWillEnter() {
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ export class SecondPage {
 
   viewDidEnter() {
     console.log('viewDidEnter second page');
-    Router.emit(this.router.routeInfo.url);
   }
 
   viewWillLeave() {
diff --git a/ionic/components/view/view-item.js b/ionic/components/view/view-item.js
index 7fa8ba16bb..9f5dc9ed82 100644
--- a/ionic/components/view/view-item.js
+++ b/ionic/components/view/view-item.js
@@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ export class ViewItem {
 
   setInstance(instance) {
     this.instance = instance;
+    this.instance._viewItem = this;
 
     this.instance._viewDidEnter = new EventEmitter('viewDidEnter');
+    this.instance._viewWillEnter = new EventEmitter('viewWillEnter');
   }
 
   cache() {
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ export class ViewItem {
   */
   willEnter() {
     this.instance && this.instance.viewWillEnter && this.instance.viewWillEnter();
+    this.instance && this.instance._viewWillEnter.next();
   }
 
   /*
diff --git a/ionic/routing/router.js b/ionic/routing/router.js
index 911b2428f9..8f36c72d2d 100644
--- a/ionic/routing/router.js
+++ b/ionic/routing/router.js
@@ -159,12 +159,19 @@ export class Routable {
     this.componentClass = componentClass;
     this.routeInfo = routeInfo;
 
-    console.log('New routable', componentClass, routeInfo);
+    //console.log('New routable', componentClass, routeInfo);
 
     componentClass.router = this;
   }
   invoke(componentInstance) {
-    console.log('Routable invoke', componentInstance);
+    // Called on viewLoaded
+
+    // Bind some lifecycle events
+    componentInstance._viewWillEnter.observer({
+      next: () => {
+        Router.emit(this.routeInfo.url);
+      }
+    });
 
     return this;
   }