diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
index b8194b546a..b6c2e2580c 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
     config: Config,
     keyboard: Keyboard,
     elementRef: ElementRef,
+    anchorName: string,
     compiler: Compiler,
     viewManager: AppViewManager,
     zone: NgZone,
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
     this.app = app;
     this.config = config;
     this.keyboard = keyboard;
+    this._anchorName = anchorName;
 
     this._compiler = compiler;
     this._viewManager = viewManager;
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
     this._sbEnabled = config.get('swipeBackEnabled') || false;
     this._sbThreshold = config.get('swipeBackThreshold') || 40;
 
+    this.initZIndex = 10;
     this.id = ++ctrlIds;
     this._ids = -1;
 
@@ -484,7 +487,7 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
    */
   setViews(components, opts = {}) {
     console.warn('setViews() deprecated, use setPages() instead');
-    this.setPages(components, opts);
+    return this.setPages(components, opts);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -906,7 +909,10 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
         provide(NavParams, {useValue: viewCtrl.params})
       ]));
 
-      let location = this._viewManager.getNamedElementInComponentView(this.elementRef, 'contents');
+      let location = this.elementRef;
+      if (this._anchorName) {
+        location = this._viewManager.getNamedElementInComponentView(location, this._anchorName);
+      }
 
       let viewContainer = this._viewManager.getViewContainer(location);
       let hostViewRef =
@@ -973,7 +979,7 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
     let enteringPageRef = enteringView && enteringView.pageRef();
     if (enteringPageRef) {
       if (!leavingView || !leavingView.isLoaded()) {
-        enteringView.zIndex = 10;
+        enteringView.zIndex = this.initZIndex;
 
       } else if (direction === 'back') {
         // moving back
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
index 92259c920c..110922a74e 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class Nav extends NavController {
     renderer: Renderer,
     cd: ChangeDetectorRef
   ) {
-    super(hostNavCtrl, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, compiler, viewManager, zone, renderer, cd);
+    super(hostNavCtrl, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, 'contents', compiler, viewManager, zone, renderer, cd);
 
     if (viewCtrl) {
       // an ion-nav can also act as an ion-page within a parent ion-nav
diff --git a/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts b/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts
index a5336dc3aa..bb708d182f 100644
--- a/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {NavController} from '../nav/nav-controller';
  */
 @Component({
   selector: 'ion-overlay',
-  template: '<template #contents></template>'
+  template: ''
 })
 export class OverlayNav extends NavController {
 
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ export class OverlayNav extends NavController {
     renderer: Renderer,
     cd: ChangeDetectorRef
   ) {
-    super(null, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, compiler, viewManager, zone, renderer, cd);
+    super(null, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, null, compiler, viewManager, zone, renderer, cd);
 
     if (overlayCtrl.anchor) {
       throw ('An app should only have one <ion-overlay></ion-overlay>');
     }
 
+    this.initZIndex = 1000;
     overlayCtrl.nav = this;
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
index 6fe3f1a5e0..fa79f20d95 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class Tab extends NavController {
     cd: ChangeDetectorRef
   ) {
     // A Tab is a NavController for its child pages
-    super(parentTabs, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, compiler, viewManager, zone, renderer, cd);
+    super(parentTabs, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, 'contents', compiler, viewManager, zone, renderer, cd);
 
     this._isInitial = parentTabs.add(this);