diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bf3accb7ec72174927817cb7edf47d87cee7888..8f4ce7fb974596db2c3f6d985567c963972cf1a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,25 +27,25 @@ npm i --save gl-react-native
 **on Android:**
 
 1. `android/settings.gradle`:: Add the following snippet
-  ```gradle
-  include ':RNGL'
-  project(':RNGL').projectDir = file('../node_modules/gl-react-native/android')
-  ```
+```gradle
+include ':RNGL'
+project(':RNGL').projectDir = file('../node_modules/gl-react-native/android')
+```
 1. `android/app/build.gradle`: Add in dependencies block.
-  ```gradle
-  compile project(':RNGL')
-  ```
+```gradle
+compile project(':RNGL')
+```
 1. in your `MainActivity` (or equivalent):
-  ```java
-  import com.projectseptember.RNGL.RNGLPackage;
-  ...
-
-  mReactInstanceManager = ReactInstanceManager.builder()
-      .setApplication(getApplication())
-      ...
-      .addPackage(new MainReactPackage())
-      .addPackage(new RNGLPackage())
-      ...
-      .build();
-
-  ```
+```java
+import com.projectseptember.RNGL.RNGLPackage;
+...
+
+mReactInstanceManager = ReactInstanceManager.builder()
+    .setApplication(getApplication())
+    ...
+    .addPackage(new MainReactPackage())
+    .addPackage(new RNGLPackage())
+    ...
+    .build();
+
+```
diff --git a/ios/GLCanvas.m b/ios/GLCanvas.m
index a3fee68ae0cee164addf74d09d938e8108b0686a..551aea383b36c07742976717ab4bf0c9066653b1 100644
--- a/ios/GLCanvas.m
+++ b/ios/GLCanvas.m
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ NSArray* diff (NSArray* a, NSArray* b) {
   NSTimer *animationTimer;
 
   BOOL _needSync;
-  
+
   NSMutableArray *_captureConfigs;
   BOOL _captureScheduled;
 }
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-init)
     if (imgData) contentData[i] = imgData;
   }
   _contentData = contentData;
-  _deferredRendering = false;
   [self setNeedsDisplay];
   RCT_PROFILE_END_EVENT(0, @"gl", nil);
 }
@@ -406,14 +405,13 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-init)
     return;
   }
 
-  bool willRender = !_deferredRendering;
-
-  if ([_nbContentTextures intValue] > 0 && !_autoRedraw) {
+  BOOL needsDeferredRendering = [_nbContentTextures intValue] > 0 && !_autoRedraw;
+  if (needsDeferredRendering && !_deferredRendering) {
     _deferredRendering = true;
     [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(syncContentData) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
   }
-
-  if (willRender) {
+  else {
+    _deferredRendering = false;
     [self render];
     if (!_captureScheduled && [_captureConfigs count] > 0) {
       _captureScheduled = true;
@@ -426,24 +424,24 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-init)
 {
   _captureScheduled = false;
   if (!self.onGLCaptureFrame) return;
-  
+
   UIImage *frameImage = [self snapshot];
-  
+
   for (CaptureConfig *config in _captureConfigs) {
     id result;
     id error;
-    
+
     BOOL isPng = [config.type isEqualToString:@"png"];
     BOOL isJpeg = !isPng && ([config.type isEqualToString:@"jpeg"] || [config.type isEqualToString:@"jpg"]);
-    
+
     BOOL isBase64 = [config.format isEqualToString:@"base64"];
     BOOL isFile = !isBase64 && [config.format isEqualToString:@"file"];
-    
+
     NSData *frameData =
     isPng ? UIImagePNGRepresentation(frameImage) :
     isJpeg ? UIImageJPEGRepresentation(frameImage, [config.quality floatValue]) :
     nil;
-    
+
     if (!frameData) {
       error = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Unsupported capture type '%@'", config.type];
     }
@@ -463,14 +461,14 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-init)
     else {
       error = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Unsupported capture format '%@'", config.format];
     }
-    
+
     NSMutableDictionary *response = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
     response[@"config"] = [config dictionary];
     if (error) response[@"error"] = error;
     if (result) response[@"result"] = result;
     self.onGLCaptureFrame(response);
   }
-  
+
   _captureConfigs = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 53b806770fbaec887066ace78964224cfa0cb1d4..2a87423379b72c75fc44f830a25e089a3b6e88d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gl-react-native",
-  "version": "2.17.5",
+  "version": "2.17.8",
   "description": "OpenGL bindings for react-native to implement complex effects over images and components, in the descriptive VDOM paradigm",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",