diff --git a/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.m b/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.m
index efd87231..30b6b06b 100644
--- a/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.m
+++ b/ios/Elements/RNSVGImage.m
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@
 {
     CGRect rect = [self getRect:context];
     // add hit area
-    self.hitArea = CGPathCreateWithRect(rect, nil);
+    CGPathRef hitArea = CGPathCreateWithRect(rect, nil);
+    [self setHitArea:hitArea];
+    CGPathRelease(hitArea);
     [self clip:context];
     
     CGContextSaveGState(context);
diff --git a/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m b/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m
index e7c6b138..47bb921b 100644
--- a/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m
+++ b/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
             CGPathRelease(strokePath);
         }
         
-        _hitArea = CGPathRetain(CGPathCreateCopy(hitArea));
+        _hitArea = CGPathRetain(CFAutorelease(CGPathCreateCopy(hitArea)));
         CGPathRelease(hitArea);
     }
 
diff --git a/ios/Text/RNSVGTSpan.m b/ios/Text/RNSVGTSpan.m
index 1536d3dd..ee3f2b34 100644
--- a/ios/Text/RNSVGTSpan.m
+++ b/ios/Text/RNSVGTSpan.m
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
     _cache = nil;
 }
 
+- (void)dealloc
+{
+    CGPathRelease(_cache);
+}
+
 - (CGPathRef)getPath:(CGContextRef)context
 {
     if (_cache) {
@@ -69,14 +74,14 @@
     CGMutablePathRef linePath = [self getLinePath:line];
     CGAffineTransform offset = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0, _bezierTransformer ? 0 : CTFontGetSize(font) * 1.1);
     CGPathAddPath(path, &offset, linePath);
+    CGPathRelease(linePath);
     
-    _cache = CGPathRetain(CGPathCreateCopy(path));
+    _cache = CGPathRetain(CFAutorelease(CGPathCreateCopy(path)));
     [self popGlyphContext];
     
     // clean up
     CFRelease(attrString);
     CFRelease(line);
-    CGPathRelease(linePath);
     
     return (CGPathRef)CFAutorelease(path);
 }
diff --git a/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m b/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m
index 43f4411b..de9e7b0b 100644
--- a/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m
+++ b/ios/Text/RNSVGText.m
@@ -29,15 +29,18 @@
     [self clip:context];
     CGContextSaveGState(context);
     [self setupGlyphContext:context];
-    CGPathRef path = [self getPath:context];
     
+    CGPathRef path = [self getGroupPath:context];
     CGAffineTransform transform = [self getAlignTransform:context path:path];
     CGContextConcatCTM(context, transform);
-    
-    [self setHitArea:path];
     [self renderGroupTo:context];
     [self releaseCachedPath];
     CGContextRestoreGState(context);
+    
+    
+    CGPathRef transformedPath = CGPathCreateCopyByTransformingPath(path, &transform);
+    [self setHitArea:transformedPath];
+    CGPathRelease(transformedPath);
 }
 
 - (void)setupGlyphContext:(CGContextRef)context
@@ -71,10 +74,9 @@
     [self setupGlyphContext:context];
     CGPathRef groupPath = [self getGroupPath:context];
     CGAffineTransform transform = [self getAlignTransform:context path:groupPath];
-    CGPathRef transformedPath = CGPathCreateCopyByTransformingPath(groupPath, &transform);
     [self releaseCachedPath];
     
-    return transformedPath;
+    return (CGPathRef)CFAutorelease(CGPathCreateCopyByTransformingPath(groupPath, &transform));
 }
 
 - (void)renderGroupTo:(CGContextRef)context