diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/Container.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/Container.swift
index a2e34a49..42a53848 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/Container.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/Container.swift
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class ContainerHelper: NSObject {
 }
 
 open class Container: View, ContainerProtocol {
-    var view: UIView?
+    public var view: UIView?
     let containerHelper = ContainerHelper()
     var containerModel: ContainerModelProtocol? {
         get { return model as? ContainerModelProtocol }
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/ContainerProtocol.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/ContainerProtocol.swift
index 8079ca24..10bac27c 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/ContainerProtocol.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/ContainerProtocol.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import Foundation
 
 public protocol ContainerProtocol {
+    var view: UIView? { get set }
     func alignHorizontal(_ alignment: UIStackView.Alignment)
     func alignVertical(_ alignment: UIStackView.Alignment)
     func constrainView(_ view: UIView)
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Organisms/Stack.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Organisms/Stack.swift
index 572c772f..f67f7a0e 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Organisms/Stack.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Organisms/Stack.swift
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ open class Stack<T>: Container where T: StackModelProtocol {
                 
         let spacing = model.spacing ?? stackModel.spacing
         if let container = view as? ContainerProtocol {
-            let verticalAlignment = (model as? ContainerModelProtocol)?.verticalAlignment ?? (view as? MVMCoreUIViewConstrainingProtocol)?.verticalAlignment?() ?? (model.percent == nil && stackModel.axis == .vertical ? .fill : (stackModel.axis == .vertical ? .leading : .center))
-            let horizontalAlignment = (model as? ContainerModelProtocol)?.horizontalAlignment ?? (view as? MVMCoreUIViewConstrainingProtocol)?.horizontalAlignment?() ?? (stackModel.axis == .vertical || model.percent == nil ? .fill : .leading)
+            let verticalAlignment = (model as? ContainerModelProtocol)?.verticalAlignment ?? (container.view as? MVMCoreUIViewConstrainingProtocol)?.verticalAlignment?() ?? (model.percent == nil && stackModel.axis == .vertical ? .fill : (stackModel.axis == .vertical ? .leading : .center))
+            let horizontalAlignment = (model as? ContainerModelProtocol)?.horizontalAlignment ?? (container.view as? MVMCoreUIViewConstrainingProtocol)?.horizontalAlignment?() ?? (stackModel.axis == .vertical || model.percent == nil ? .fill : .leading)
                 container.alignHorizontal(horizontalAlignment)
                 container.alignVertical(verticalAlignment)
         }