diff --git a/src/Caliburn.Micro.Platform/Platforms/uap/AppManifestHelper.cs b/src/Caliburn.Micro.Platform/Platforms/uap/AppManifestHelper.cs
index 0546bdab..e87eaf4b 100644
--- a/src/Caliburn.Micro.Platform/Platforms/uap/AppManifestHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Caliburn.Micro.Platform/Platforms/uap/AppManifestHelper.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//
+//
 // Copyright (c) 2012 Tim Heuer
 //
 // Licensed under the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) (the "License");
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ public async static Task<VisualElement> GetManifestVisualElementsAsync()
                                          SmallLogoUri = new Uri(string.Format("ms-appx:///{0}", vel.Attribute("Square30x30Logo").Value.Replace(@"\", @"/"))),
                                          BackgroundColorAsString = vel.Attribute("BackgroundColor").Value
                                      }).FirstOrDefault();
-            
-            if (visualElementNode == null) 
+
+            if (visualElementNode == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException("Could not parse the VisualElements from the app manifest.");
 
             return visualElementNode;
@@ -94,23 +94,17 @@ private static Windows.UI.Color ToColor(string hexValue)
                 throw new ArgumentException("This does not appear to be a proper hex color number");
             }
 
-            byte a = 255;
-            byte r = 255;
-            byte g = 255;
-            byte b = 255;
-
-            int startPosition = 0;
+            bool isEightCharactersLong = hexValue.Length == 8;
+            // if the string is 8 characters it includes the a part
+            int startPosition = isEightCharactersLong ? 2 : 0;
 
             // the case where alpha is provided
-            if (hexValue.Length == 8)
-            {
-                a = byte.Parse(hexValue.Substring(0, 2), NumberStyles.HexNumber);
-                startPosition = 2;
-            }
 
-            r = byte.Parse(hexValue.Substring(startPosition, 2), NumberStyles.HexNumber);
-            g = byte.Parse(hexValue.Substring(startPosition + 2, 2), NumberStyles.HexNumber);
-            b = byte.Parse(hexValue.Substring(startPosition + 4, 2), NumberStyles.HexNumber);
+            byte a = isEightCharactersLong ? byte.Parse(hexValue.Substring(0, 2), NumberStyles.HexNumber) : (byte)255;
+
+            byte r = byte.Parse(hexValue.Substring(startPosition, 2), NumberStyles.HexNumber);
+            byte g = byte.Parse(hexValue.Substring(startPosition + 2, 2), NumberStyles.HexNumber);
+            byte b = byte.Parse(hexValue.Substring(startPosition + 4, 2), NumberStyles.HexNumber);
 
             return Windows.UI.Color.FromArgb(a, r, g, b);
         }
diff --git a/src/Caliburn.Micro.Platform/Platforms/uap/FrameAdapter.cs b/src/Caliburn.Micro.Platform/Platforms/uap/FrameAdapter.cs
index 6d16a42d..44022a03 100644
--- a/src/Caliburn.Micro.Platform/Platforms/uap/FrameAdapter.cs
+++ b/src/Caliburn.Micro.Platform/Platforms/uap/FrameAdapter.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ public class FrameAdapter : INavigationService, IDisposable
         private static readonly ILog Log = LogManager.GetLog(typeof(FrameAdapter));
         private const string FrameStateKey = "FrameState";
         private const string ParameterKey = "ParameterKey";
-
         private readonly Frame frame;
         private readonly bool treatViewAsLoaded;
         private event NavigatingCancelEventHandler ExternalNavigatingHandler = delegate { };
@@ -50,16 +49,19 @@ public FrameAdapter(Frame frame, bool treatViewAsLoaded = false)
             this.frame = frame;
             this.treatViewAsLoaded = treatViewAsLoaded;
 
+#if WINDOWS_UWP
+            navigationManager = SystemNavigationManager.GetForCurrentView();
+#endif
+            AddEventHandlers();
+        }
+
+        // add evenhandlers for navigating and navigated events
+        private void AddEventHandlers()
+        {
             this.frame.Navigating += OnNavigating;
             this.frame.Navigated += OnNavigated;
 
 #if WINDOWS_UWP
-
-            // This could leak memory if we're creating and destorying navigation services regularly.
-            // Another unlikely scenario though
-
-            navigationManager = SystemNavigationManager.GetForCurrentView();
-
             navigationManager.BackRequested += OnBackRequested;
 #endif
         }