Tab Menus don't work when I move to another page

ionic-v1
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I have an app that has tab menus at the bottom but also have a back button after you are navigating from the first page. The issue is, I get to the first page after logging in and the first tab is highlighted, then I choose an option that is on that first page. The back button is then present and my first tab is still highlighted (on this 2nd page) but if I push the first tab again nothing happens, the only way I can get back to the first page is by pushing the back button. Obviously I want to be able to push the tab icon again and return to the first page, any thoughts?

Here is the relavent code from my router:

.state('app', {
            url: '/app',
            abstract: true,
            templateUrl: 'templates/menu.html',
            controller: 'LoginController',
            cache: false
        })
.state('app.subscriptions', {
            url: '/subscriptions',
            views: {
                'menuContent': {
                    templateUrl: 'templates/subscriptions.html',
                    controller: 'SubsController'
                }
            }
        })

        .state('app.single-sub', {
            url: '/subscriptions/:sID',
            //abstract: true,
            views: {
                'menuContent': {
                    templateUrl: 'templates/single-sub.html',
                    controller: 'SubsController'
                }
            }

        })

and here is my abstract menus view:

<ion-nav-bar class="bar-custom" align-title="center">
  <!-- Add Back Button Directive -->
  <ion-nav-back-button>
  </ion-nav-back-button>

</ion-nav-bar>
<ion-nav-view name="menuContent">
  <ion-tabs class="tabs-stable tabs-icon-top" ng-class="{'tabs-item-hide': hideTabs}">
    <ion-tab title="Home" icon="ion-home" ui-sref="app.subscriptions">
      <ion-nav-view name="home"></ion-nav-view>
    </ion-tab>
    <ion-tab title="Feed" icon="ion-ios-paper" ui-sref="app.headlines">
      <ion-nav-view name="feed"></ion-nav-view>
    </ion-tab>
    <ion-tab title="Saved" icon="ion-bookmark" ui-sref="app.saved-posts">
      <ion-nav-view name="saved"></ion-nav-view>
    </ion-tab>
    <ion-tab title="Account" icon="ion-gear-a" ui-sref="app.accounts">
      <ion-nav-view name="account"></ion-nav-view>
    </ion-tab>
    <ion-tab title="More" icon="ion-ios-more" ui-sref="app.more">
      <ion-nav-view name="more"></ion-nav-view>
    </ion-tab>
  </ion-tabs>
</ion-nav-view>