diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
index 52d63f84..2566deba 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import UIKit
     }
     
     /// Set if this page is containted in a manager.
-    public var manager: (UIViewController & MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol)?
+    public weak var manager: (UIViewController & MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol)?
     
     /// A temporary iVar backer for delegateObject() until we change the protocol
     public lazy var delegateObjectIVar: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject = {
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/NavigationController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/NavigationController.swift
index eb378b08..0e16b577 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/NavigationController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/NavigationController.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import UIKit
 
 @objcMembers open class NavigationController: UINavigationController, MVMCoreViewManagerViewControllerProtocol {
     public var separatorView: Line?
-    public var manager: (UIViewController & MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol)?
+    public weak var manager: (UIViewController & MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol)?
 
     /// Getter for the main navigation controller
     public static func navigationController() -> Self? {