diff --git a/components/sb-item-body.ts b/components/sb-item-body.ts
index 396e6a8..856cd38 100644
--- a/components/sb-item-body.ts
+++ b/components/sb-item-body.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {Component, ElementRef, Renderer, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
 })
 export class SBItemBody {
 
-    @ViewChild('body') bodyEl: ElementRef;
+    @ViewChild('body', {static: false}) bodyEl: ElementRef;
 
     constructor(private renderer: Renderer) {}
     
diff --git a/components/sb-item.ts b/components/sb-item.ts
index dce52b6..89359b1 100644
--- a/components/sb-item.ts
+++ b/components/sb-item.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class SBItem {
     @Input() public collapsed: boolean = true;
     @Output() onToggled =  new EventEmitter();
 
-    @ContentChild(SBItemBody) body: SBItemBody;
+    @ContentChild(SBItemBody, {static: false}) body: SBItemBody;
 
     constructor(@Inject(forwardRef(() => SqueezeBox)) squeezebox: SqueezeBox) {
         this.squeezebox = squeezebox;