diff --git a/sky/engine/core/dart/hooks.dart b/sky/engine/core/dart/hooks.dart
index 490544a7c312cf601f60d4fe4173ebd103687c79..29666739c8ae2b4872ea34eb3be2eb934d0da76e 100644
--- a/sky/engine/core/dart/hooks.dart
+++ b/sky/engine/core/dart/hooks.dart
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ void _updateLocale(String languageCode, String countryCode) {
 }
 
 void _pushRoute(String route) {
-  assert(window.defaultRouteName == null);
-  window.defaultRouteName = route;
+  assert(window._defaultRouteName == null);
+  window._defaultRouteName = route;
   // TODO(abarth): If we ever start calling _pushRoute other than before main,
   // we should add a change notification callback.
 }
diff --git a/sky/engine/core/dart/window.dart b/sky/engine/core/dart/window.dart
index bd71e39915a7e0b6c322694da6379ac679aee05b..5166e5eddae737faa16984d283c2b2be3330936e 100644
--- a/sky/engine/core/dart/window.dart
+++ b/sky/engine/core/dart/window.dart
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ class Window {
 
   /// The number of pixels on each side of the display rectangle into which the
   /// application can render, but over which the operating system will likely
-  /// place system UI (such as the Android system notification area).
+  /// place system UI (such as the Android system notification area), or which
+  /// might be rendered outside of the physical display (e.g. overscan regions
+  /// on television screens).
   WindowPadding get padding => _padding;
   WindowPadding _padding;
 
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@ class Window {
 
   /// The route or path that the operating system requested when the application
   /// was launched.
-  String defaultRouteName;
+  String get defaultRouteName => _defaultRouteName;
+  String _defaultRouteName;
 
   /// A callback that is invoked when the operating system requests that the
   /// application goes "back" one step in its history. For example, on Android