diff --git a/apps/angular/59-content-projection-defer/src/app/expandable-card.ts b/apps/angular/59-content-projection-defer/src/app/expandable-card.ts
index 8f446ed80..4e10900b3 100644
--- a/apps/angular/59-content-projection-defer/src/app/expandable-card.ts
+++ b/apps/angular/59-content-projection-defer/src/app/expandable-card.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, signal } from '@angular/core';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, model } from '@angular/core';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-expandable-card',
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, signal } from '@angular/core';
   },
 })
 export class ExpandableCard {
-  public isExpanded = signal(false);
+  public isExpanded = model(false);
 }
diff --git a/apps/angular/59-content-projection-defer/src/app/page-2.ts b/apps/angular/59-content-projection-defer/src/app/page-2.ts
index 5665466d8..359ca102c 100644
--- a/apps/angular/59-content-projection-defer/src/app/page-2.ts
+++ b/apps/angular/59-content-projection-defer/src/app/page-2.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { httpResource } from '@angular/common/http';
 import {
   ChangeDetectionStrategy,
   Component,
+  resource,
   ResourceStatus,
+  signal,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { ExpandableCard } from './expandable-card';
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ interface Post {
   selector: 'app-page-2',
   template: `
     page2
-    <app-expandable-card>
+    <app-expandable-card [(isExpanded)]="toLoad">
       <div title>Load Post</div>
       <div>
         @if (postResource.isLoading()) {
@@ -36,8 +37,15 @@ interface Post {
   imports: [ExpandableCard],
 })
 export class Page2 {
-  public postResource = httpResource<Post[]>(
-    'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts',
-  );
+  toLoad = signal(false);
+  postResource = resource({
+    request: () => ({ loading: this.toLoad() }),
+    loader: async ({ request }) => {
+      if (!request.loading) return;
+      const res = await fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts');
+      if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Failed to load posts');
+      return await res.json();
+    },
+  });
   protected readonly ResourceStatus = ResourceStatus;
 }