diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.html b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.html
index d942f4a4776d..b6931b538a2c 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.html
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <h1>
-  <%= htmlComponentName %> works!
+  {{title}}
 </h1>
diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.spec.ts b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.spec.ts
index c6e239e92044..8876b42a7631 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.spec.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.spec.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ import { <%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent } from '../app/<%= htmlComponentName
 
 beforeEachProviders(() => [<%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent]);
 
-describe('App: <%= jsComponentName %>', () => {  
-  it('should create the app', inject([<%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent], (app: <%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent) => { 
-    expect(app).toBeTruthy(); 
-  })); 
-});
+describe('App: <%= jsComponentName %>', () => {
+  it('should create the app', inject([<%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent], (app: <%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent) => {
+    expect(app).toBeTruthy();
+  }));
 
+  it('should have as title \'<%= htmlComponentName %> works!\'', inject([<%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent], (app: <%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent) => {
+    expect(app.title).toEqual('<%= htmlComponentName %> works!');
+  }));
+});
diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.ts b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.ts
index 02d4e738237b..e13dd7851985 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ import { Component } from 'angular2/core';
   styleUrls: ['<%= dasherizedModuleName %>.component.<%= styleExt %>']
 })
 export class <%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent {
+  title = '<%= htmlComponentName %> works!';
 }