diff --git a/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts b/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts
index 28a9ed0e36..fa74ea0408 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ export class NavigationService {
   constructor(private http: Http, private location: LocationService, private logger: Logger) { }
 
   private fetchNavigation(): Observable<NavigationViews> {
-    const response = this.http.get(navigationPath)
+    const navigationViews = this.http.get(navigationPath)
              .map(res => res.json() as NavigationViews)
              .publishLast();
-    response.connect();
-    return response;
+    navigationViews.connect();
+    return navigationViews;
   }
 
   private getActiveNodes() {