diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNComponentPresenter.m b/lib/ios/RNNComponentPresenter.m
index 1a0b9a8ced2..5d75613ae95 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNComponentPresenter.m
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNComponentPresenter.m
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ - (void)removeTitleComponentIfNeeded:(RNNNavigationOptions *)options {
 }
 
 - (void)renderComponents:(RNNNavigationOptions *)options perform:(RNNReactViewReadyCompletionBlock)readyBlock {
-	[self setCustomNavigationTitleView:options perform:readyBlock];
+    RNNNavigationOptions *withDefault = [options withDefault:[self defaultOptions]];
+	[self setCustomNavigationTitleView:withDefault perform:readyBlock];
 }
 
 - (void)setCustomNavigationTitleView:(RNNNavigationOptions *)options perform:(RNNReactViewReadyCompletionBlock)readyBlock {
diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNComponentViewController.m b/lib/ios/RNNComponentViewController.m
index 5d98fd81652..40c6e5d5b5e 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNComponentViewController.m
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNComponentViewController.m
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ - (void)bindViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController {
 }
 
 - (void)setDefaultOptions:(RNNNavigationOptions *)defaultOptions {
+    _defaultOptions = defaultOptions;
 	[_presenter setDefaultOptions:defaultOptions];
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNStackPresenter.m b/lib/ios/RNNStackPresenter.m
index 4bf3203c7aa..d3e595de69c 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNStackPresenter.m
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNStackPresenter.m
@@ -198,14 +198,15 @@ - (void)setCustomNavigationBarView:(RNNNavigationOptions *)options perform:(RNNR
 }
 
 - (void)setCustomNavigationComponentBackground:(RNNNavigationOptions *)options perform:(RNNReactViewReadyCompletionBlock)readyBlock {
+    RNNNavigationOptions *withDefault = [options withDefault:[self defaultOptions]];
 	RNNStackController* stack = self.boundViewController;
-	if (![options.topBar.background.component.waitForRender getWithDefaultValue:NO] && readyBlock) {
+	if (![withDefault.topBar.background.component.waitForRender getWithDefaultValue:NO] && readyBlock) {
 		readyBlock();
 		readyBlock = nil;
 	}
-	if (options.topBar.background.component.name.hasValue) {
+	if (withDefault.topBar.background.component.name.hasValue) {
 		NSString* currentChildComponentId = [stack getCurrentChild].layoutInfo.componentId;
-		RNNReactView *reactView = [_componentRegistry createComponentIfNotExists:options.topBar.background.component parentComponentId:currentChildComponentId reactViewReadyBlock:readyBlock];
+		RNNReactView *reactView = [_componentRegistry createComponentIfNotExists:withDefault.topBar.background.component parentComponentId:currentChildComponentId reactViewReadyBlock:readyBlock];
 		_customTopBarBackgroundReactView = reactView;
 		
 	} else {
diff --git a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNComponentPresenterTest.m b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNComponentPresenterTest.m
index 9cb4db0e50b..ec49043e941 100644
--- a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNComponentPresenterTest.m
+++ b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNComponentPresenterTest.m
@@ -161,11 +161,34 @@ - (void)testRenderComponentsCreateReactViewWithBoundComponentId {
 	RNNComponentViewController* boundViewController = [RNNComponentViewController new];
 	RNNLayoutInfo* layoutInfo = [self createLayoutInfoWithComponentId:@"componentId"];
 	boundViewController.layoutInfo = layoutInfo;
+	boundViewController.defaultOptions = [[RNNNavigationOptions alloc] initEmptyOptions];
 	[self.uut boundViewController:boundViewController];
 	
-	self.options.topBar.title.component = [[RNNComponentOptions alloc] initWithDict:@{@"name": @"titleComponent"}];
+	self.options.topBar.title.component = [[RNNComponentOptions alloc] initWithDict:@{@"name": @"titleComponent", @"componentId": @"id"}];
 	
-	[[(id)self.componentRegistry expect] createComponentIfNotExists:self.options.topBar.title.component parentComponentId:self.uut.boundComponentId reactViewReadyBlock:[OCMArg any]];
+	[[(id)self.componentRegistry expect] createComponentIfNotExists:[OCMArg checkWithBlock:^BOOL(RNNComponentOptions* options) {
+		return [options.name.get isEqual:@"titleComponent"] &&
+		[options.componentId.get isEqual:@"id"];
+	}] parentComponentId:self.uut.boundComponentId reactViewReadyBlock:[OCMArg any]];
+	[self.uut renderComponents:self.options perform:nil];
+	[(id)self.componentRegistry verify];
+	
+	
+	XCTAssertEqual(self.uut.boundComponentId, @"componentId");
+}
+
+- (void)testRenderComponentsCreateReactViewFromDefaultOptions {
+	RNNComponentViewController* boundViewController = [RNNComponentViewController new];
+	boundViewController.layoutInfo = [self createLayoutInfoWithComponentId:@"componentId"];
+	self.uut.defaultOptions = [[RNNNavigationOptions alloc] initEmptyOptions];
+	[self.uut boundViewController:boundViewController];
+	
+	self.uut.defaultOptions.topBar.title.component = [[RNNComponentOptions alloc] initWithDict:@{@"name": @"titleComponent", @"componentId": @"id"}];
+	
+	[[(id)self.componentRegistry expect] createComponentIfNotExists:[OCMArg checkWithBlock:^BOOL(RNNComponentOptions* options) {
+		return [options.name.get isEqual:@"titleComponent"] &&
+		[options.componentId.get isEqual:@"id"];
+	}] parentComponentId:self.uut.boundComponentId reactViewReadyBlock:[OCMArg any]];
 	[self.uut renderComponents:self.options perform:nil];
 	[(id)self.componentRegistry verify];