diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
index 6e1b35ff..6a585dab 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
@@ -94,9 +94,10 @@ import UIKit
             try parsePageJSON()
             MVMCoreDispatchUtility.performBlock(onMainThread: {
                 self.handleNewDataAndUpdateUI()
-                // If the screen is showing, can update the navigation controller.
-                if MVMCoreUIUtility.getCurrentVisibleController() == self.manager ?? self {
-                    self.setNavigationController()
+                
+                // Update navigation bar if showing.
+                if MVMCoreUIUtility.getCurrentVisibleController() == self {
+                    self.setNavigationBar()
                 }
             })
         } catch {
@@ -168,12 +169,6 @@ import UIKit
 
     /// Processes any new data. Called after the page is loaded the first time and on response updates for this page,
     open func handleNewData() {
-        // TODO: remove legacy. Temporary, convert legacy to navigation model.
-        if pageModel?.navigationBar == nil {
-            let navigationItem = createDefaultLegacyNavigationModel()
-            pageModel?.navigationBar = navigationItem
-        }
-        
         if formValidator == nil {
             let rules = pageModel?.formRules
             formValidator = FormValidator(rules)
@@ -182,20 +177,43 @@ import UIKit
         if let backgroundColor = pageModel?.backgroundColor {
             view.backgroundColor = backgroundColor.uiColor
         }
+        
+        // Sets up the navigation item based on the data.
+        setNavigationItem()
     }
     
     // MARK: - Navigation Item (Move to model base)
-    open func setNavigationController() {
+    
+    open func getNavigationModel() -> NavigationItemModelProtocol? {
+        // TODO: remove legacy. Temporary, convert legacy to navigation model.
+        if pageModel?.navigationBar == nil {
+            let navigationItem = createDefaultLegacyNavigationModel()
+            pageModel?.navigationBar = navigationItem
+        }
+        return pageModel?.navigationBar
+    }
+    
+    /// Sets the navigation item for this view controller.
+    open func setNavigationItem() {
+        guard let navigationItemModel = getNavigationModel(),
+            let navigationController = navigationController else { return }
+        
+        // We additionally want our left items
+        navigationItem.leftItemsSupplementBackButton = true
+        
+        // Utilize helper function to set the navigation item state.
+        NavigationController.setNavigationItem(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: self)
+    }
+    
+    /// Sets the appearance of the navigation bar based on the model.
+    open func setNavigationBar() {
         let viewController = manager ?? self
-        guard let navigationItemModel = pageModel?.navigationBar,
+        guard let navigationItemModel = getNavigationModel(),
             let navigationController = viewController.navigationController else {
             MVMCoreUISession.sharedGlobal()?.splitViewController?.parent?.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
             return
         }
         
-        // We additionally want our left items
-        navigationItem.leftItemsSupplementBackButton = true
-        
         // Utilize helper function to set the split view and navigation item state.
         MVMCoreUISplitViewController.setSplitViewController(for: viewController, navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, leftPanelAccessible: isMasterInitiallyAccessible(), rightPanelAccessible: isSupportInitiallyAccessible(), progress: bottomProgress() ?? 0)
     }
@@ -308,7 +326,7 @@ import UIKit
     
     open func pageShown() {
         // Update the navigation bar ui when view is appearing.
-        setNavigationController()
+        setNavigationBar()
         
         // Update tab if needed.
         updateTabBar()
@@ -425,7 +443,7 @@ import UIKit
     
     // Reset the navigation state.
     public func splitViewDidReset() {
-        setNavigationController()
+        setNavigationBar()
     }
     
     // MARK: - UITextFieldDelegate (Check if this is still needed)
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/NavigationController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/NavigationController.swift
index 12d70634..a412728b 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/NavigationController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/NavigationController.swift
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ import UIKit
         return navigationController
     }
     
+    /// Convenience function for setting the navigation item.
+    public static func setNavigationItem(navigationController: UINavigationController, navigationItemModel: NavigationItemModelProtocol, viewController: UIViewController) {
+        viewController.navigationItem.title = navigationItemModel.title
+        viewController.navigationItem.accessibilityLabel = navigationItemModel.title
+        viewController.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = (navigationItemModel.backButton != nil)
+        setNavigationButtons(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: viewController)
+    }
+    
     /// Convenience function for setting the navigation buttons.
     public static func setNavigationButtons(navigationController: UINavigationController, navigationItemModel: NavigationItemModelProtocol, viewController: UIViewController) {
         let delegate = (viewController as? MVMCoreViewControllerProtocol)?.delegateObject?() as? MVMCoreUIDelegateObject
@@ -68,11 +76,7 @@ import UIKit
     }
     
     /// Convenience function for setting the navigation bar ui, except for the buttons.
-    public static func setNavigationUI(navigationController: UINavigationController, navigationItemModel: NavigationItemModelProtocol, viewController: UIViewController) {
-        viewController.navigationItem.title = navigationItemModel.title
-        viewController.navigationItem.accessibilityLabel = navigationItemModel.title
-        viewController.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = (navigationItemModel.backButton != nil)
-        
+    public static func setNavigationBarUI(navigationController: UINavigationController, navigationItemModel: NavigationItemModelProtocol, viewController: UIViewController) {
         navigationController.setNavigationBarHidden(navigationItemModel.hidden, animated: true)
         navigationController.navigationBar.barTintColor = navigationItemModel.backgroundColor?.uiColor ?? .white
         
@@ -88,17 +92,19 @@ import UIKit
         }
     }
     
-    /// Convenience function for setting navigation bar with model.
-    public static func set(navigationController: UINavigationController, navigationItemModel: NavigationItemModelProtocol, viewController: UIViewController) {
-        setNavigationUI(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: viewController)
-        setNavigationButtons(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: viewController)
-    }
-    
     /// Convenience setter for legacy files
-    public static func set(navigationController: UINavigationController, navigationJSON: [String: Any], viewController: UIViewController) throws {
+    public static func setNavigationItem(navigationController: UINavigationController, navigationJSON: [String: Any], viewController: UIViewController) throws {
         guard let barModel = try MoleculeObjectMapping.shared()?.getMoleculeModelForJSON(navigationJSON) as? (MoleculeModelProtocol & NavigationItemModelProtocol) else {
             throw ModelRegistry.Error.decoderOther(message: "Model not a bar model")
         }
-        set(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: barModel, viewController: viewController)
+        setNavigationItem(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: barModel, viewController: viewController)
+    }
+    
+    /// Convenience setter for legacy files
+    public static func setNavigationBarUI(navigationController: UINavigationController, navigationJSON: [String: Any], viewController: UIViewController) throws {
+        guard let barModel = try MoleculeObjectMapping.shared()?.getMoleculeModelForJSON(navigationJSON) as? (MoleculeModelProtocol & NavigationItemModelProtocol) else {
+            throw ModelRegistry.Error.decoderOther(message: "Model not a bar model")
+        }
+        setNavigationBarUI(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: barModel, viewController: viewController)
     }
 }
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController+Extension.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController+Extension.swift
index bfbe19ac..059723a6 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController+Extension.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Containers/SplitViewController/MVMCoreUISplitViewController+Extension.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public extension MVMCoreUISplitViewController {
         guard let splitView = MVMCoreUISplitViewController.main(),
             navigationController == splitView.navigationController,
             navigationController.topViewController == viewController else {
-                NavigationController.set(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: viewController)
+                NavigationController.setNavigationBarUI(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: viewController)
                 return
         }
         splitView.set(for: viewController, navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, leftPanelAccessible: leftPanelAccessible, rightPanelAccessible: rightPanelAccessible, progress: progress)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public extension MVMCoreUISplitViewController {
         // Setup the panels.
         setupPanels()
 
-        NavigationController.setNavigationUI(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: viewController)
+        NavigationController.setNavigationBarUI(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: viewController)
         
         setLeftPanelIsAccessible(leftPanelAccessible ?? leftPanelIsAccessible, for: viewController, updateNavigationButtons: false)
         setRightPanelIsAccessible(rightPanelAccessible ?? rightPanelIsAccessible, for: viewController, updateNavigationButtons: false)
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public extension MVMCoreUISplitViewController {
         guard let splitView = MVMCoreUISplitViewController.main(),
             navigationController == splitView.navigationController,
             navigationController.topViewController == viewController else {
-                NavigationController.set(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: viewController)
+                NavigationController.setNavigationBarUI(navigationController: navigationController, navigationItemModel: navigationItemModel, viewController: viewController)
                 return
         }
         let progress = progress?.floatValue