diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav-item.js b/ionic/components/nav/nav-item.js
index a0dad27f89..047e4e4baf 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav-item.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav-item.js
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ export class NavItem {
     this.Class = data.Class;
     this._item = data;
 
-    util.extend(this.params, data.params);
+    if(data.parms) {
+      util.extend(this.params, data.params);
+    }
 
     this._loader.loadIntoExistingLocation(data.Class, this._elementRef).then(instance => {
       this.instance = instance
diff --git a/ionic/routing/router.js b/ionic/routing/router.js
index 2f2fbfb31d..c45883421b 100644
--- a/ionic/routing/router.js
+++ b/ionic/routing/router.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export class Router {
 
       if(routeParams !== false) {
         route.exec(this.buildRouteParams(routeParams));
+        this.emit(route.url)
         return
       }
     }
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ export class Router {
     return this.noMatch();
   }
 
+  emit(path) {
+    window.location.hash = path
+  }
+
   buildRouteParams(routeParams) {
     routeParams._route = {
       path: window.location.hash.slice(1)
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@ export class Router {
       if((routeParams = route.match(path)) !== false) {
         console.log('OTHERWISE: route matched:', route.url);
         route.exec(routeParams)
+        this.emit(route.url)
       }
     }
   }