diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableView.java
index d575faf2..0c0cc595 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableView.java
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ abstract public class RenderableView extends VirtualView {
     public float strokeMiterlimit = 4;
     public float strokeDashoffset = 0;
 
-    public Paint.Cap strokeLinecap = Paint.Cap.ROUND;
-    public Paint.Join strokeLinejoin = Paint.Join.ROUND;
+    public Paint.Cap strokeLinecap = Paint.Cap.BUTT;
+    public Paint.Join strokeLinejoin = Paint.Join.MITER;
 
     public @Nullable ReadableArray fill;
     public float fillOpacity = 1;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualView.java
index 9c0b0c22..38bd0c21 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualView.java
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ abstract public class VirtualView extends ReactViewGroup {
                 FLog.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "RNSVG: Transform matrices must be of size 6");
             }
         } else {
-            mMatrix = null;
-            mInvMatrix = null;
-            mInvertible = false;
+            mMatrix.reset();
+            mInvMatrix.reset();
+            mInvertible = true;
         }
 
         super.invalidate();