diff --git a/scoop/src/main/java/com/lyft/scoop/ViewController.java b/scoop/src/main/java/com/lyft/scoop/ViewController.java
index 0698a2b..47f9ed0 100644
--- a/scoop/src/main/java/com/lyft/scoop/ViewController.java
+++ b/scoop/src/main/java/com/lyft/scoop/ViewController.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 public abstract class ViewController {
 
+    static final int VIEW_CONTROLLER_TAG = 0x80000001;
+
     private boolean isDetaching = false;
     private boolean attached;
     private Scoop scoop;
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ public abstract class ViewController {
 
     final void attach(View view) {
         this.view = view;
+        Scoop.viewBinder.bind(this, view);
+        view.setTag(VIEW_CONTROLLER_TAG, this);
         onAttach();
         this.attached = true;
         if (this.isDetaching) {
@@ -28,6 +32,8 @@ final void detach(View view) {
         this.isDetaching = true;
         if(this.attached) {
             onDetach();
+            view.setTag(VIEW_CONTROLLER_TAG, null);
+            Scoop.viewBinder.unbind(this);
             this.view = null;
             this.attached = false;
             this.isDetaching = false;
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ void setScoop(Scoop scoop) {
 
     static ViewController fromView(View view) {
         if (view != null) {
-            ViewController viewController = (ViewController) view.getTag(ViewControllerInflater.VIEW_CONTROLLER_TAG);
+            ViewController viewController = (ViewController) view.getTag(VIEW_CONTROLLER_TAG);
             return viewController;
         }
 
diff --git a/scoop/src/main/java/com/lyft/scoop/ViewControllerInflater.java b/scoop/src/main/java/com/lyft/scoop/ViewControllerInflater.java
index 1253a91..0556903 100644
--- a/scoop/src/main/java/com/lyft/scoop/ViewControllerInflater.java
+++ b/scoop/src/main/java/com/lyft/scoop/ViewControllerInflater.java
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 public class ViewControllerInflater {
 
-    static final int VIEW_CONTROLLER_TAG = 0x80000001;
-
     protected ViewController createViewController(Scoop scoop, Class<? extends ViewController> clazz) {
         try {
             return clazz.newInstance();
@@ -32,16 +30,13 @@ private static void bindViewControllerToView(final View view, final ViewControll
         final View.OnAttachStateChangeListener viewAttachListener = new View.OnAttachStateChangeListener() {
             @Override
             public void onViewAttachedToWindow(View v) {
-                Scoop.viewBinder.bind(viewController, v);
                 viewController.attach(view);
-                view.setTag(VIEW_CONTROLLER_TAG, viewController);
+
             }
 
             @Override
             public void onViewDetachedFromWindow(View v) {
                 viewController.detach(view);
-                view.setTag(VIEW_CONTROLLER_TAG, null);
-                Scoop.viewBinder.unbind(viewController);
             }
         };