diff --git a/src/components/CloudinaryComponent/CloudinaryComponent.js b/src/components/CloudinaryComponent/CloudinaryComponent.js
index a328d69..fedb4d7 100644
--- a/src/components/CloudinaryComponent/CloudinaryComponent.js
+++ b/src/components/CloudinaryComponent/CloudinaryComponent.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class CloudinaryComponent extends Component {
       if (child.type && child.type.exposesProps){
         options = CloudinaryComponent.normalizeOptions(child.props, child.context);
       }
-      let childOptions = this.getChildTransformations(child.props.children);
+      let childOptions = child.props && this.getChildTransformations(child.props.children);
       if(childOptions !== undefined && childOptions !== null){
         options.transformation = childOptions;
       }
diff --git a/test/VideoTest.js b/test/VideoTest.js
index 5794b6b..4205e50 100644
--- a/test/VideoTest.js
+++ b/test/VideoTest.js
@@ -34,4 +34,13 @@ describe('Video', () => {
         expect(tag.find('[type="video/webm"]').props().src).to.endWith('/q_70/l_text:verdana_30:webm!/dog.webm');
         expect(tag.find('[type="video/mp4"]').props().src).to.endWith('/q_70/l_text:verdana_30:mp4!/dog.mp4');
     });
+  
+    it('should support inner text', function () {
+        let tag = shallow(
+            <Video cloudName='demo' publicId='dog'>
+                Your browser does not support the video tag.
+            </Video>
+        );
+        expect(tag.type()).to.equal("video");
+    });
 });
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