diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/ImageShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/ImageShadowNode.java
index 14b470b7..72b92702 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/ImageShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/ImageShadowNode.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import com.facebook.imagepipeline.request.ImageRequestBuilder;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
+import com.facebook.react.views.imagehelper.ImageSource;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public class ImageShadowNode extends RenderableShadowNode {
     private String mY;
     private String mW;
     private String mH;
-    private Uri mUri;
+    private String uriString;
     private float mImageRatio;
     private String mAlign;
     private int mMeetOrSlice;
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public class ImageShadowNode extends RenderableShadowNode {
     @ReactProp(name = "src")
     public void setSrc(@Nullable ReadableMap src) {
         if (src != null) {
-            String uriString = src.getString("uri");
+            uriString = src.getString("uri");
 
             if (uriString == null || uriString.isEmpty()) {
                 //TODO: give warning about this
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ public class ImageShadowNode extends RenderableShadowNode {
             } else {
                 mImageRatio = 0f;
             }
-            mUri = Uri.parse(uriString);
         }
     }
 
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ public class ImageShadowNode extends RenderableShadowNode {
     @Override
     public void draw(final Canvas canvas, final Paint paint, final float opacity) {
         if (!mLoading.get()) {
-            final ImageRequest request = ImageRequestBuilder.newBuilderWithSource(mUri).build();
+            final ImageSource imageSource = new ImageSource(getThemedContext(), uriString);
+
+            final ImageRequest request = ImageRequestBuilder.newBuilderWithSource(imageSource.getUri()).build();
             if (Fresco.getImagePipeline().isInBitmapMemoryCache(request)) {
                 tryRender(request, canvas, paint, opacity * mOpacity);
             } else {
@@ -137,7 +139,9 @@ public class ImageShadowNode extends RenderableShadowNode {
                                  public void onNewResultImpl(Bitmap bitmap) {
                                      mLoading.set(false);
                                      SvgViewShadowNode shadowNode = getSvgShadowNode();
-                                     shadowNode.markUpdated();
+                                     if(shadowNode != null) {
+                                         shadowNode.markUpdated();
+                                     }
                                  }
 
                                  @Override
diff --git a/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.h b/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.h
index 377d4074..303bdd29 100644
--- a/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.h
+++ b/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.h
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
+#import <React/RCTBridge.h>
 #import "RNSVGRenderable.h"
 #import "RNSVGVBMOS.h"
 
 @interface RNSVGImage : RNSVGRenderable
 
+@property (nonatomic, weak) RCTBridge *bridge;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) id src;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSString* x;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSString* y;
diff --git a/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.m b/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.m
index 97ac9f62..3ccaa895 100644
--- a/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.m
+++ b/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.m
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #import "RNSVGImage.h"
 #import "RCTConvert+RNSVG.h"
 #import <React/RCTImageSource.h>
+#import <React/RCTImageView.h>
+#import <React/RCTImageLoader.h>
+#import <React/RCTImageViewManager.h>
 #import <React/RCTLog.h>
 #import "RNSVGViewBox.h"
 
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@
 {
     CGImageRef _image;
     CGFloat _imageRatio;
+    RCTImageLoaderCancellationBlock _reloadImageCancellationBlock;
 }
 
 - (void)setSrc:(id)src
@@ -32,8 +36,18 @@
         _imageRatio = 0.0;
     }
     
-    _image = CGImageRetain([RCTConvert CGImage:src]);
-    [self invalidate];
+    RCTImageLoaderCancellationBlock previousCancellationBlock = _reloadImageCancellationBlock;
+    if (previousCancellationBlock) {
+        previousCancellationBlock();
+        _reloadImageCancellationBlock = nil;
+    }
+    
+    _reloadImageCancellationBlock = [self.bridge.imageLoader loadImageWithURLRequest:[RCTConvert NSURLRequest:src] callback:^(NSError *error, UIImage *image) {
+        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+            _image = CGImageRetain(image.CGImage);
+            [self invalidate];
+        });
+    }];
 }
 
 - (void)setX:(NSString *)x
diff --git a/ios/ViewManagers/RNSVGImageManager.m b/ios/ViewManagers/RNSVGImageManager.m
index 8df08ae8..5f965e3a 100644
--- a/ios/ViewManagers/RNSVGImageManager.m
+++ b/ios/ViewManagers/RNSVGImageManager.m
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 
 - (RNSVGRenderable *)node
 {
-    return [RNSVGImage new];
+    RNSVGImage *svgImage = [RNSVGImage new];
+    svgImage.bridge = self.bridge;
+    
+    return svgImage;
 }
 
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(x, NSString)