diff --git a/app/server-control/controllers/kvm-controller.html b/app/server-control/controllers/kvm-controller.html
index 40e4d97..2b30c99 100644
--- a/app/server-control/controllers/kvm-controller.html
+++ b/app/server-control/controllers/kvm-controller.html
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-<div id="noVNC_container">
-    <div id="noVNC_status_bar">
-        <div id="noVNC_left_dummy_elem"></div>
-    </div>
-</div>
+<kvm-console></kvm-console>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/server-control/controllers/kvm-controller.js b/app/server-control/controllers/kvm-controller.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a43f169..0000000
--- a/app/server-control/controllers/kvm-controller.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Controller for KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
- *
- * @module app/serverControl
- * @exports kvmController
- * @name kvmController
- */
-
-import RFB from '@novnc/novnc/core/rfb.js';
-
-window.angular && (function(angular) {
-  'use strict';
-
-  angular.module('app.serverControl').controller('kvmController', [
-    '$scope', '$location', '$log',
-    function($scope, $location, $log) {
-      var rfb;
-
-      $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
-        if (rfb) {
-          rfb.disconnect();
-        }
-      });
-
-      function sendCtrlAltDel() {
-        rfb.sendCtrlAltDel();
-        return false;
-      };
-
-      function connected(e) {
-        $log.debug('RFB Connected');
-      }
-      function disconnected(e) {
-        $log.debug('RFB disconnected');
-      }
-
-      var host = $location.host();
-      var port = $location.port();
-      var target =
-          angular.element(document.querySelector('#noVNC_container'))[0];
-
-      try {
-        rfb = new RFB(target, 'wss://' + host + ':' + port + '/kvm/0', {});
-
-        rfb.addEventListener('connect', connected);
-        rfb.addEventListener('disconnect', disconnected);
-      } catch (exc) {
-        $log.error(exc);
-        updateState(
-            null, 'fatal', null, 'Unable to create RFB client -- ' + exc);
-        return;  // don't continue trying to connect
-      };
-    }
-  ]);
-})(angular);
diff --git a/app/server-control/directives/kvm-console.html b/app/server-control/directives/kvm-console.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40e4d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/server-control/directives/kvm-console.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div id="noVNC_container">
+    <div id="noVNC_status_bar">
+        <div id="noVNC_left_dummy_elem"></div>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/server-control/directives/kvm-console.js b/app/server-control/directives/kvm-console.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..224e5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/server-control/directives/kvm-console.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ * Directive for KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
+ *
+ * @module app/serverControl
+ * @exports kvmConsole
+ * @name kvmConsole
+ */
+
+import RFB from '@novnc/novnc/core/rfb.js';
+
+window.angular && (function(angular) {
+  'use strict';
+
+  angular.module('app.serverControl').directive('kvmConsole', [
+    '$log', '$location',
+    function($log, $location) {
+      return {
+        restrict: 'E', template: require('./kvm-console.html'),
+            link: function(scope, element) {
+              var rfb;
+
+              element.on('$destroy', function() {
+                if (rfb) {
+                  rfb.disconnect();
+                }
+              });
+
+              function sendCtrlAltDel() {
+                rfb.sendCtrlAltDel();
+                return false;
+              };
+
+              function connected(e) {
+                $log.debug('RFB Connected');
+              }
+              function disconnected(e) {
+                $log.debug('RFB disconnected');
+              }
+
+              var host = $location.host();
+              var port = $location.port();
+              var target = element[0].firstElementChild;
+              try {
+                rfb = new RFB(
+                    target, 'wss://' + host + ':' + port + '/kvm/0', {});
+
+                rfb.addEventListener('connect', connected);
+                rfb.addEventListener('disconnect', disconnected);
+              } catch (exc) {
+                $log.error(exc);
+                updateState(
+                    null, 'fatal', null,
+                    'Unable to create RFB client -- ' + exc);
+                return;  // don't continue trying to connect
+              };
+            }
+      }
+    }
+  ]);
+})(window.angular);
diff --git a/app/server-control/index.js b/app/server-control/index.js
index 8bf03b4..8b8b215 100644
--- a/app/server-control/index.js
+++ b/app/server-control/index.js
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
               })
               .when('/server-control/kvm', {
                 'template': require('./controllers/kvm-controller.html'),
-                'controller': 'kvmController',
                 authenticated: true
               })
               .when('/server-control/virtual-media', {