diff --git a/js/angular/directive/slides.js b/js/angular/directive/slides.js
index 6d5c4fa803e..61623623af0 100644
--- a/js/angular/directive/slides.js
+++ b/js/angular/directive/slides.js
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ function($animate, $timeout) {
     restrict: 'E',
     transclude: true,
     scope: {
-      options: '='
+      options: '=',
+      slider: '='
     },
     template: '<div class="swiper-container">' +
       '<div class="swiper-wrapper" ng-transclude>' +
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ function($animate, $timeout) {
         var slider = new ionic.views.Swiper($element.children()[0], newOptions);
 
         _this.__slider = slider;
+        $scope.slider = _this.__slider;
 
         $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
           slider.destroy();
diff --git a/test/html/slides.html b/test/html/slides.html
index 18151d75680..45c69c8178e 100644
--- a/test/html/slides.html
+++ b/test/html/slides.html
@@ -16,19 +16,36 @@
       <ion-title>Hello</ion-title>
     </ion-header-bar>
     <ion-content class="padding">
-      <ion-slides options="options">
+      <ion-slides options="options" slider="data.slider">
         <ion-slide-page>
-          <h2>Journey to HD 219134 b</h2>
-          <p>
-            This app will prepare you for your journey through the galaxy
-            to HD 219134 b, an exoplanet 21 lightyears away from our home on Earth.
-          </p>
-          <p>
-            <img src="exoplanet.jpg" style="max-width: 100%" />
-          </p>
-          <div style="text-align: center">
-            <small style="font-style: italic">An artist's rendering of your new home.</small>
-          </div>
+          <ion-content>
+            <h2>Journey to HD 219134 b</h2>
+            <p>
+              This app will prepare you for your journey through the galaxy
+              to HD 219134 b, an exoplanet 21 lightyears away from our home on Earth.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              <img src="exoplanet.jpg" style="max-width: 100%" />
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              <img src="exoplanet.jpg" style="max-width: 100%" />
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              <img src="exoplanet.jpg" style="max-width: 100%" />
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              <img src="exoplanet.jpg" style="max-width: 100%" />
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              <img src="exoplanet.jpg" style="max-width: 100%" />
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              <img src="exoplanet.jpg" style="max-width: 100%" />
+            </p>
+            <div style="text-align: center">
+              <small style="font-style: italic">An artist's rendering of your new home.</small>
+            </div>
+          </ion-content>
         </ion-slide-page>
         <ion-slide-page>
           <h2>Before launch</h2>
@@ -98,10 +115,21 @@ <h2>Life on HD 219134 b</h2>
   </ion-pane>
   <script>
     angular.module('slidesTest', ['ionic'])
-    .controller('MyCtrl', ['$scope', '$interval', function($scope, $interval) {
+    .controller('MyCtrl', ['$scope', '$interval', '$timeout', function($scope, $interval, $timeout) {
       $scope.options = {
         loop: true
       }
+
+      $scope.data = {};
+
+      $scope.$watch('data.slider', function(nv, ov) {
+        $scope.slider = $scope.data.slider;
+      })
+
+      $timeout(function() {
+        //$scope.slider.slideNext();
+      }, 1000)
+
       /*
       $scope.extraSlides = [];
       var i = 0;