diff --git a/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicTabBar.js b/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicTabBar.js
index 14d1eb1e75..17423a64ad 100644
--- a/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicTabBar.js
+++ b/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicTabBar.js
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ function($scope, $ionicViewService, $rootScope, $element) {
 }])
 
 // Generic controller directive
-.directive('ionTab', ['$rootScope', '$animate', '$ionicBind', '$compile', '$ionicViewService', function($rootScope, $animate, $ionicBind, $compile, $ionicViewService) {
+.directive('ionTab', ['$rootScope', '$animate', '$ionicBind', '$compile', '$ionicViewService', 
+function($rootScope, $animate, $ionicBind, $compile, $ionicViewService) {
 
   //Returns ' key="value"' if value exists
   function attrStr(k,v) {
@@ -154,10 +155,17 @@ function($scope, $ionicViewService, $rootScope, $element) {
     restrict: 'E',
     require: ['^ionTabs', 'ionTab'],
     replace: true,
-    transclude: 'element',
     controller: '$ionicTab',
     scope: true,
-    compile: function(element, attr, transclude) {
+    compile: function(element, attr) {
+      //Do we have a navView?
+      var navView = element[0].querySelector('ion-nav-view') || 
+        element[0].querySelector('data-ion-nav-view');
+      var navViewName = navView && navView.getAttribute('name');
+
+      //Remove the contents of the element so we can compile them later, if tab is selected
+      var tabContent = angular.element('<div class="pane">')
+        .append( element.contents().remove() );
       return function link($scope, $element, $attr, ctrls) {
         var childScope, childElement, tabNavElement;
           tabsCtrl = ctrls[0],
@@ -174,6 +182,19 @@ function($scope, $ionicViewService, $rootScope, $element) {
           href: '@',
         });
 
+        tabsCtrl.add($scope);
+        $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
+          tabsCtrl.remove($scope);
+          tabNavElement.isolateScope().$destroy();
+          tabNavElement.remove();
+        });
+
+        if (navViewName) {
+          $scope.navViewName = navViewName;
+          $scope.$on('$stateChangeSuccess', selectTabIfMatchesState);
+          selectTabIfMatchesState();
+        }
+
         tabNavElement = angular.element(
           '<ion-tab-nav' +
           attrStr('title', attr.title) +
@@ -188,13 +209,6 @@ function($scope, $ionicViewService, $rootScope, $element) {
         tabNavElement.data('$ionTabController', tabCtrl);
         tabsCtrl.$tabsElement.append($compile(tabNavElement)($scope));
 
-        tabsCtrl.add($scope);
-        $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
-          tabsCtrl.remove($scope);
-          tabNavElement.isolateScope().$destroy();
-          tabNavElement.remove();
-        });
-
         $scope.$watch('$tabSelected', function(value) {
           if (!value) {
             $scope.$broadcast('tab.hidden', $scope);
@@ -205,26 +219,13 @@ function($scope, $ionicViewService, $rootScope, $element) {
           childElement = null;
           if (value) {
             childScope = $scope.$new();
-            transclude(childScope, function(clone) {
-              //remove title attr to stop hover annoyance!
-              clone[0].removeAttribute('title');
-              $animate.enter(clone, tabsCtrl.$element);
-              clone.addClass('pane');
-              childElement = clone;
-            });
+            childElement = tabContent.clone();
+            $animate.enter(childElement, tabsCtrl.$element);
+            $compile(childElement)(childScope);
             $scope.$broadcast('tab.shown', $scope);
           }
         });
 
-        transclude($scope, function(clone) {
-          var navView = clone[0].querySelector('ion-nav-view');
-          if (navView) {
-            $scope.navViewName = navView.getAttribute('name');
-            selectTabIfMatchesState();
-            $scope.$on('$stateChangeSuccess', selectTabIfMatchesState);
-          }
-        });
-
         function selectTabIfMatchesState() {
           // this tab's ui-view is the current one, go to it!
           if ($ionicViewService.isCurrentStateNavView($scope.navViewName)) {
diff --git a/js/ext/angular/test/directive/ionicTabBar.unit.js b/js/ext/angular/test/directive/ionicTabBar.unit.js
index 4a4cd28bd7..ded0991fed 100644
--- a/js/ext/angular/test/directive/ionicTabBar.unit.js
+++ b/js/ext/angular/test/directive/ionicTabBar.unit.js
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ describe('tabs', function() {
     beforeEach(module('ionic'));
     var tabsCtrl, tabsEl, scope;
     function setup(attrs, content) {
-      inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $injector) {
+      inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
         tabsEl = angular.element('<ion-tabs><ion-tab '+(attrs||'')+'>'+(content||'')+'</ion-tab></ion-tabs>');
 
         $compile(tabsEl)($rootScope.$new());
@@ -256,6 +256,19 @@ describe('tabs', function() {
         spyOn(tabsCtrl, 'remove');
       });
     }
+    
+    it('should not initially compile content until selected', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
+      var el = $compile('<ion-tabs>' +
+        '<ion-tab></ion-tab>' +
+        '<ion-tab><div ng-init="$root.elephant = \'banana\'"></div></ion-tab>' +
+      '</ion-tabs>')($rootScope);
+      $rootScope.$apply();
+      expect($rootScope.elephant).toBeUndefined();
+      el.controller('ionTabs').select(1);
+      $rootScope.$apply();
+      expect($rootScope.elephant).toBe('banana');
+    }));
+
 
     it('should add itself to tabsCtrl and remove on $destroy', function() {
       var el = setup();
@@ -292,26 +305,28 @@ describe('tabs', function() {
       expect(tabsCtrl.tabs[0].navViewName).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
-    it('should set navViewName and select when necessary if a child nav-view', inject(function($ionicViewService, $rootScope) {
-      var isCurrent = false;
-      spyOn($ionicViewService, 'isCurrentStateNavView').andCallFake(function(name) {
-        return isCurrent;
-      });
+    angular.forEach(['ion-nav-view', 'data-ion-nav-view'], function(directive) {
+      it('should set navViewName and select when necessary if a child '+directive, inject(function($ionicViewService, $rootScope) {
+        var isCurrent = false;
+        spyOn($ionicViewService, 'isCurrentStateNavView').andCallFake(function(name) {
+          return isCurrent;
+        });
 
-      setup('', '<ion-nav-view name="banana"></ion-nav-view>');
-      spyOn(tabsCtrl, 'select');
-      var tab = tabsCtrl.tabs[0];
+        setup('', '<' + directive + ' name="banana"></' + directive + '>');
+        spyOn(tabsCtrl, 'select');
+        var tab = tabsCtrl.tabs[0];
 
-      expect(tab.navViewName).toBe('banana');
-      expect($ionicViewService.isCurrentStateNavView).toHaveBeenCalledWith('banana');
+        expect(tab.navViewName).toBe('banana');
+        expect($ionicViewService.isCurrentStateNavView).toHaveBeenCalledWith('banana');
 
-      $ionicViewService.isCurrentStateNavView.reset();
-      isCurrent = true;
-      $rootScope.$broadcast('$stateChangeSuccess');
+        $ionicViewService.isCurrentStateNavView.reset();
+        isCurrent = true;
+        $rootScope.$broadcast('$stateChangeSuccess');
 
-      expect($ionicViewService.isCurrentStateNavView).toHaveBeenCalledWith('banana');
-      expect(tabsCtrl.select).toHaveBeenCalledWith(tab);
-    }));
+        expect($ionicViewService.isCurrentStateNavView).toHaveBeenCalledWith('banana');
+        expect(tabsCtrl.select).toHaveBeenCalledWith(tab);
+      }));
+    });
 
     it('should transclude on $tabSelected=true', function() {
       setup('', '<div class="inside-content"></div>');