diff --git a/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.spec.ts
index 104a4fe821..dc423c7ea5 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.spec.ts
@@ -135,12 +135,11 @@ describe('NavigationService', () => {
 
       const backend = injector.get(ConnectionBackend);
       backend.connectionsArray[0].mockRespond(createResponse({
-        ['__versionInfo']: { raw: '4.0.0' }
+        __versionInfo: { raw: '4.0.0' }
       }));
     });
 
     it('should extract the version info', () => {
-      const backend = injector.get(ConnectionBackend);
       expect(versionInfo).toEqual({ raw: '4.0.0' });
     });
   });
diff --git a/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts b/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts
index 3b7db011af..d08c0ac62e 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/navigation/navigation.service.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import { LocationService } from 'app/shared/location.service';
 import { NavigationNode } from './navigation-node';
 export { NavigationNode } from './navigation-node';
 
-export type NavigationResponse = {'__versionInfo': VersionInfo } & { [name: string]: NavigationNode[] };
+
+export type NavigationResponse = {__versionInfo: VersionInfo } & { [name: string]: NavigationNode[]|VersionInfo };
 
 export interface NavigationViews {
   [name: string]: NavigationNode[];
@@ -86,12 +87,12 @@ export class NavigationService {
   }
 
   private getVersionInfo(navigationInfo: Observable<NavigationResponse>) {
-    const versionInfo = navigationInfo.map(response => response['__versionInfo']).publishReplay(1);
+    const versionInfo = navigationInfo.map(response => response.__versionInfo).publishReplay(1);
     versionInfo.connect();
     return versionInfo;
   }
 
-  private getNavigationViews(navigationInfo: Observable<NavigationResponse>) {
+  private getNavigationViews(navigationInfo: Observable<NavigationResponse>): Observable<NavigationViews> {
     const navigationViews = navigationInfo.map(response => unpluck(response, '__versionInfo')).publishReplay(1);
     navigationViews.connect();
     return navigationViews;