diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
index 8a304828c1..168ff4cc15 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class BaseException extends Error {
   constructor(message?: string) {
     super(message);
     this.message = message;
-    this.stack = (<any>new Error()).stack;
+    this.stack = (<any>new Error(message)).stack;
   }
 
   toString(): string { return this.message; }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/parser/parser_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/parser/parser_spec.ts
index 048e15370b..dd3f640a83 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/parser/parser_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/parser/parser_spec.ts
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ export function main() {
         expect(bindings).toEqual([]);
       });
 
-      it('should parse a string without a value', () => {
+      iit('should parse a string without a value', () => {
         var bindings = parseTemplateBindings('a');
         expect(keys(bindings)).toEqual(['a']);
       });