diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift
index 7ac663d6..6883dd9b 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift
@@ -345,7 +345,11 @@ open class SubNavManagerController: ViewController, MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol,
     }
     
     @objc public func getAccessibilityElements() -> [Any]? {
-        [tabs]
+        //forcing lazy view load to have accessibility elements available in time for the accessibility manager
+        guard let navigationControllerView = subNavigationController.view else {
+            return [tabs]
+        }
+        return [tabs, navigationControllerView]
     }
 
     open override func observeForResponseJSONUpdates() {