diff --git a/ios/RNSVGRenderable.h b/ios/RNSVGRenderable.h
index 0d77e393..c4c9c094 100644
--- a/ios/RNSVGRenderable.h
+++ b/ios/RNSVGRenderable.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 @property (nonatomic, assign) CGFloat strokeMiterlimit;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) RNSVGCGFloatArray strokeDasharray;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) CGFloat strokeDashoffset;
-@property (nonatomic, assign) CGPathRef hitArea;
 @property (nonatomic, copy) NSArray<NSString *> *propList;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray<NSString *> *attributeList;
 
@@ -39,5 +38,6 @@
 - (CGFloat)getHeightRelatedValue:(NSString *)string;
 - (RNSVGPercentageConverter *)getWidthConverter;
 - (RNSVGPercentageConverter *)getHeightConverter;
+- (void)setHitArea:(CGPathRef)path;
 
 @end
diff --git a/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m b/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m
index 20f5fb67..b6a1216b 100644
--- a/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m
+++ b/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     CGRect _contextBoundingBox;
     CGRect _renderBoundingBox;
     BOOL _fillEvenodd;
+    CGPathRef _hitArea;
 }
 
 - (id)init
@@ -132,17 +133,6 @@
     _strokeDashoffset = strokeDashoffset;
 }
 
-- (void)setHitArea:(CGPathRef)hitArea
-{
-    if (hitArea == _hitArea) {
-        return;
-    }
-    
-    [self invalidate];
-    CGPathRelease(_hitArea);
-    _hitArea = CGPathRetain(hitArea);
-}
-
 - (void)setPropList:(NSArray<NSString *> *)propList
 {
     if (propList == _propList) {
@@ -175,6 +165,7 @@
     CGContextRestoreGState(context);
 }
 
+
 - (void)renderLayerTo:(CGContextRef)context
 {
     BOOL shouldStroke = self.stroke && self.strokeWidth;
@@ -184,21 +175,7 @@
     }
     
     CGPathRef path = [self getPath:context];
-    
-    if ([self getSvgView].responsible) {
-        // Add path to hitArea
-        CGMutablePathRef hitArea = CGPathCreateMutableCopy(path);
-        
-        if (self.stroke && self.strokeWidth) {
-            // Add stroke to hitArea
-            CGPathRef strokePath = CGPathCreateCopyByStrokingPath(hitArea, nil, self.strokeWidth, self.strokeLinecap, self.strokeLinejoin, self.strokeMiterlimit);
-            CGPathAddPath(hitArea, nil, strokePath);
-            CGPathRelease(strokePath);
-        }
-        
-        self.hitArea = CFAutorelease(CGPathCreateCopy(hitArea));
-        CGPathRelease(hitArea);
-    }
+    [self setHitArea:path];
     
     if (self.opacity == 0) {
         return;
@@ -261,6 +238,25 @@
     CGContextDrawPath(context, mode);
 }
 
+- (void)setHitArea:(CGPathRef)path
+{
+    CGPathRelease(_hitArea);
+    if ([self getSvgView].responsible) {
+        // Add path to hitArea
+        CGMutablePathRef hitArea = CGPathCreateMutableCopy(path);
+        
+        if (self.stroke && self.strokeWidth) {
+            // Add stroke to hitArea
+            CGPathRef strokePath = CGPathCreateCopyByStrokingPath(hitArea, nil, self.strokeWidth, self.strokeLinecap, self.strokeLinejoin, self.strokeMiterlimit);
+            CGPathAddPath(hitArea, nil, strokePath);
+            CGPathRelease(strokePath);
+        }
+        
+        _hitArea = CGPathRetain(CGPathCreateCopy(hitArea));
+        CGPathRelease(hitArea);
+    }
+
+}
 
 // hitTest delagate
 - (UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
@@ -278,7 +274,7 @@
     }
     
     CGAffineTransform matrix = CGAffineTransformConcat(self.matrix, transform);
-    CGPathRef hitArea = CGPathCreateCopyByTransformingPath(self.hitArea, &matrix);
+    CGPathRef hitArea = CGPathCreateCopyByTransformingPath(_hitArea, &matrix);
     BOOL contains = CGPathContainsPoint(hitArea, nil, point, NO);
     CGPathRelease(hitArea);
     
diff --git a/ios/Text/RNSVGTSpan.m b/ios/Text/RNSVGTSpan.m
index 471c22ac..1536d3dd 100644
--- a/ios/Text/RNSVGTSpan.m
+++ b/ios/Text/RNSVGTSpan.m
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
     
     NSString *text = self.content;
     if (!text) {
-        return [super getPath:context];
+        return [self getGroupPath:context];
     }
     
-    [self initialTextPath];
+    [self setupTextPath];
     [self setContextBoundingBox:CGContextGetClipBoundingBox(context)];
     
     CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@
     // append spacing
     text = [text stringByAppendingString:@" "];
     
+    [self pushGlyphContext];
     CTFontRef font = [self getFontFromContext];
+    
     // Create a dictionary for this font
     CFDictionaryRef attributes = (__bridge CFDictionaryRef)@{
                                                              (NSString *)kCTFontAttributeName: (__bridge id)font,
@@ -67,20 +69,20 @@
     CGMutablePathRef linePath = [self getLinePath:line];
     CGAffineTransform offset = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0, _bezierTransformer ? 0 : CTFontGetSize(font) * 1.1);
     CGPathAddPath(path, &offset, linePath);
-
+    
+    _cache = CGPathRetain(CGPathCreateCopy(path));
+    [self popGlyphContext];
+    
     // clean up
     CFRelease(attrString);
     CFRelease(line);
     CGPathRelease(linePath);
     
-    _cache = CGPathRetain(CGPathCreateCopy(path));
-    
     return (CGPathRef)CFAutorelease(path);
 }
 
 - (CGMutablePathRef)getLinePath:(CTLineRef)line
 {
-    [self pushGlyphContext];
     CTRunRef run = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(CTLineGetGlyphRuns(line), 0);
 
     CFIndex runGlyphCount = CTRunGetGlyphCount(run);
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@
     for(CFIndex i = 0; i < runGlyphCount; i++) {
         CGPathRef letter = CTFontCreatePathForGlyph(runFont, glyphs[i], nil);
         
-        glyphPoint = [self getGlyphPointFromContext:positions[i] glyphWidth:CGPathGetBoundingBox(letter).size.width];
+        glyphPoint = [self getGlyphPointFromContext:positions[i] glyphWidth:CGRectGetWidth(CGPathGetBoundingBox(letter))];
         
         CGAffineTransform textPathTransform = [self getTextPathTransform:glyphPoint.x];
 
@@ -121,11 +123,10 @@
         CGPathRelease(letter);
     }
     
-    [self popGlyphContext];
     return path;
 }
 
-- (void)initialTextPath
+- (void)setupTextPath
 {
     __block RNSVGBezierTransformer *bezierTransformer;
     [self traverseTextSuperviews:^(__kindof RNSVGText *node) {
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@
         }
         return YES;
     }];
-
+    
     _bezierTransformer = bezierTransformer;
 }
 
diff --git a/ios/Text/RNSVGText.h b/ios/Text/RNSVGText.h
index fe775915..45d3e0c9 100644
--- a/ios/Text/RNSVGText.h
+++ b/ios/Text/RNSVGText.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 - (RNSVGText *)getTextRoot;
 - (void)releaseCachedPath;
+- (CGPathRef)getGroupPath:(CGContextRef)context;
 
 - (RNSVGGlyphContext *)getGlyphContext;
 - (void)pushGlyphContext;
diff --git a/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m b/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m
index 6e5bbddd..32338c40 100644
--- a/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m
+++ b/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m
@@ -26,12 +26,9 @@
 
 - (void)renderLayerTo:(CGContextRef)context
 {
-    [self setContextBoundingBox:CGContextGetClipBoundingBox(context)];
-    _glyphContext = [[RNSVGGlyphContext alloc] initWithConverters:[self getWidthConverter]
-                                                  heightConverter:[self getHeightConverter]];
-    
     [self clip:context];
     CGContextSaveGState(context);
+    [self setupGlyphContext:context];
     CGAffineTransform transform = [self getAlignTransform:context];
     CGContextConcatCTM(context, transform);
     [self renderGroupTo:context];
@@ -39,6 +36,14 @@
     CGContextRestoreGState(context);
 }
 
+- (void)setupGlyphContext:(CGContextRef)context
+{
+    [self setContextBoundingBox:CGContextGetClipBoundingBox(context)];
+    _glyphContext = [[RNSVGGlyphContext alloc] initWithConverters:[self getWidthConverter]
+                                                  heightConverter:[self getHeightConverter]];
+}
+
+// release the cached CGPathRef for RNSVGTSpan
 - (void)releaseCachedPath
 {
     [self traverseSubviews:^BOOL(__kindof RNSVGNode *node) {
@@ -48,14 +53,22 @@
     }];
 }
 
-- (CGPathRef)getPath:(CGContextRef)context
+- (CGPathRef)getGroupPath:(CGContextRef)context
 {
     [self pushGlyphContext];
     CGPathRef groupPath = [super getPath:context];
     [self popGlyphContext];
     
+    return groupPath;
+}
+
+- (CGPathRef)getPath:(CGContextRef)context
+{
+    [self setupGlyphContext:context];
+    CGPathRef groupPath = [self getGroupPath:context];
     CGAffineTransform transform = [self getAlignTransform:context path:groupPath];
     CGPathRef transformedPath = CGPathCreateCopyByTransformingPath(groupPath, &transform);
+    [self releaseCachedPath];
     
     return transformedPath;
 }
@@ -69,7 +82,7 @@
 
 - (CGAffineTransform)getAlignTransform:(CGContextRef)context
 {
-    return [self getAlignTransform:context path:[self getPath:context]];
+    return [self getAlignTransform:context path:[self getGroupPath:context]];
 }
 
 - (CGAffineTransform)getAlignTransform:(CGContextRef)context path:(CGPathRef)path
diff --git a/ios/Text/RNSVGTextPath.m b/ios/Text/RNSVGTextPath.m
index c97314db..9b9a1fd1 100644
--- a/ios/Text/RNSVGTextPath.m
+++ b/ios/Text/RNSVGTextPath.m
@@ -34,4 +34,19 @@
                                                                   startOffset:startOffset];
 }
 
+- (CGPathRef)getPath:(CGContextRef)context
+{
+    return [self getGroupPath:context];
+}
+
+- (void)pushGlyphContext
+{
+    // TextPath do not affect the glyphContext
+}
+
+- (void)popGlyphContext
+{
+    // TextPath do not affect the glyphContext
+}
+
 @end