diff --git a/dist/angular-component.js b/dist/angular-component.js
index a4d36f6..04ee825 100755
--- a/dist/angular-component.js
+++ b/dist/angular-component.js
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
 
         return {
           controller: options.controller || angular.noop,
-          controllerAs: identifierForController(options.controller) || options.controllerAs || name,
+          controllerAs: identifierForController(options.controller) || options.controllerAs || '$ctrl',
           template: makeInjectable(
             !options.template && !options.templateUrl ? '' : options.template
           ),
           templateUrl: makeInjectable(options.templateUrl),
           transclude: options.transclude === undefined ? true : options.transclude,
-          scope: (options.isolate === false ? true : (options.bindings || {})),
+          scope: {},
           bindToController: !!options.bindings,
           restrict: options.restrict || 'E'
         };
diff --git a/dist/angular-component.min.js b/dist/angular-component.min.js
index 8ed4380..aeace54 100755
--- a/dist/angular-component.min.js
+++ b/dist/angular-component.min.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /*! angular-component v0.0.2 | (c) 2016 @toddmotto | https://github.com/toddmotto/angular-component */
-!function(){function t(t,n){if(n&&"string"==typeof n)return n;if("string"==typeof t){var e=/^(\S+)(\s+as\s+(\w+))?$/.exec(t);if(e)return e[3]}}function n(){function n(n,e){function o(r){function o(t){return angular.isFunction(t)?function(n,e){return r.invoke(t,this,{$element:n,$attrs:e})}:t}return{controller:e.controller||angular.noop,controllerAs:t(e.controller)||e.controllerAs||n,template:o(e.template||e.templateUrl?e.template:""),templateUrl:o(e.templateUrl),transclude:void 0===e.transclude?!0:e.transclude,scope:e.isolate===!1?!0:e.bindings||{},bindToController:!!e.bindings,restrict:e.restrict||"E"}}return e.$canActivate&&(o.$canActivate=e.$canActivate),e.$routeConfig&&(o.$routeConfig=e.$routeConfig),o.$inject=["$injector"],r.directive(n,o)}var r=e.apply(this,arguments);return r.component?r:(r.component=n,r)}var e=angular.module;angular.module=n}();
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+!function(){function t(t,n){if(n&&"string"==typeof n)return n;if("string"==typeof t){var e=/^(\S+)(\s+as\s+(\w+))?$/.exec(t);if(e)return e[3]}}function n(){function n(n,e){function o(n){function r(t){return angular.isFunction(t)?function(e,r){return n.invoke(t,this,{$element:e,$attrs:r})}:t}return{controller:e.controller||angular.noop,controllerAs:t(e.controller)||e.controllerAs||"$ctrl",template:r(e.template||e.templateUrl?e.template:""),templateUrl:r(e.templateUrl),transclude:void 0===e.transclude?!0:e.transclude,scope:{},bindToController:!!e.bindings,restrict:e.restrict||"E"}}return e.$canActivate&&(o.$canActivate=e.$canActivate),e.$routeConfig&&(o.$routeConfig=e.$routeConfig),o.$inject=["$injector"],r.directive(n,o)}var r=e.apply(this,arguments);return r.component?r:(r.component=n,r)}var e=angular.module;angular.module=n}();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/angular-component.js b/src/angular-component.js
index 1fecaae..35aba80 100755
--- a/src/angular-component.js
+++ b/src/angular-component.js
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
 
         return {
           controller: options.controller || angular.noop,
-          controllerAs: identifierForController(options.controller) || options.controllerAs || name,
+          controllerAs: identifierForController(options.controller) || options.controllerAs || '$ctrl',
           template: makeInjectable(
             !options.template && !options.templateUrl ? '' : options.template
           ),
           templateUrl: makeInjectable(options.templateUrl),
           transclude: options.transclude === undefined ? true : options.transclude,
-          scope: (options.isolate === false ? true : (options.bindings || {})),
+          scope: {},
           bindToController: !!options.bindings,
           restrict: options.restrict || 'E'
         };