diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav-base.js b/ionic/components/nav/nav-base.js
index 36aa9fe1c5..75890c844e 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav-base.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav-base.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ const CACHED_STATE = 'cached';
 
 export class NavBase {
 
-  constructor() {
+  constructor(loader, injector) {
+    this.loader = loader;
+    this.injector = injector;
     this.items = [];
     this.navCtrl = new NavController(this);
   }
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav-item.js b/ionic/components/nav/nav-item.js
index 50a48339b1..7f403002c8 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav-item.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav-item.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class NavItem {
       bind(NavItem).toValue(this)
     ]);
 
-    this.nav.loader.loadNextToExistingLocation(this.Class, this.nav.contentAnchor.elementRef, injector).then((componentRef) => {
+    this.nav.loader.loadNextToExistingLocation(this.Class, this.nav.contentElementRef, injector).then((componentRef) => {
 
       // content
       this.component = componentRef;
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ export class NavItem {
       this.domElement.classList.add('nav-item');
       this.domElement.setAttribute('data-nav-item-id', this.id);
 
+      let context = this.nav.contentElementRef
+
       for (let i = 0; i < this.headers.length; i++) {
-        this.createHeader(this.headers[i], injector);
+        this.createHeader(this.headers[i], context, injector);
       }
 
       resolve();
@@ -52,11 +54,10 @@ export class NavItem {
     return promise;
   }
 
-  createHeader(toolbarProtoView, injector) {
-    let vc = this.nav.headerAnchor.viewContainerRef;
+  createHeader(toolbarProtoView, context, injector) {
+    let vc = this.nav.headerContainerRef;
 
     let atIndex = -1;
-    let context = this.nav.headerAnchor.elementRef;
 
     let view = vc.create(toolbarProtoView, atIndex, context, injector);
   }
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav.js b/ionic/components/nav/nav.js
index e9cccd1ffa..405e04e0c0 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav.js
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import {ToolbarContainer} from 'ionic/components/toolbar/toolbar';
   <section class="nav-item-container">
     <content-anchor></content-anchor>
   </section>
-  <footer>
-  </footer>
   `,
   directives: [HeaderAnchor, ContentAnchor]
 })
@@ -34,14 +32,9 @@ export class Nav extends NavBase {
 
   constructor(
     loader: DynamicComponentLoader,
-    elementRef: ElementRef,
     injector: Injector
   ) {
-    super();
-    this.loader = loader;
-    this.viewManager = loader._viewManager;
-    this.elementRef = elementRef;
-    this.injector = injector;
+    super(loader, injector);
   }
 
 }
@@ -51,11 +44,8 @@ export class Nav extends NavBase {
   selector: 'header-anchor'
 })
 class HeaderAnchor {
-  constructor(@Ancestor() nav: Nav, elementRef: ElementRef, viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef) {
-    nav.headerAnchor = {
-      elementRef: elementRef,
-      viewContainerRef: viewContainerRef
-    };
+  constructor(@Ancestor() nav: Nav, viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef) {
+    nav.headerContainerRef = viewContainerRef;
   }
 }
 
@@ -64,10 +54,7 @@ class HeaderAnchor {
   selector: 'content-anchor'
 })
 class ContentAnchor {
-  constructor(@Ancestor() nav: Nav, elementRef: ElementRef, viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef) {
-    nav.contentAnchor = {
-      elementRef: elementRef,
-      viewContainerRef: viewContainerRef
-    };
+  constructor(@Ancestor() nav: Nav, elementRef: ElementRef) {
+    nav.contentElementRef = elementRef;
   }
 }