diff --git a/lib/draggable.js b/lib/draggable.js
index 25d242c6..9e476cff 100644
--- a/lib/draggable.js
+++ b/lib/draggable.js
@@ -504,12 +504,13 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
       onStart: emptyFunction,
       onDrag: emptyFunction,
       onStop: emptyFunction,
-      onMouseDown: emptyFunction,
+      onMouseDown: emptyFunction
     };
   },
 
   getInitialState: function (props) {
     // Handle call from CWRP
+    var currentState = this.state;
     props = props || this.props;
     return {
       // Whether or not we are currently dragging.
@@ -521,9 +522,10 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
       // Current transform x and y.
       clientX: props.start.x, clientY: props.start.y,
 
-      // Can only determine if is SVG after mounted
-      isElementSVG: false
-
+      // Determines if the element is an svg or not. Default to false.
+      isElementSVG: currentState && currentState.isElementSVG !== undefined ?
+        currentState.isElementSVG :
+        false
     };
   },
 
@@ -682,7 +684,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     // If the item you are dragging already has a transform set, wrap it in a <span> so <Draggable>
     // has a clean slate.
     var transform = this.state.isElementSVG ? null :
-        createCSSTransform({
+      createCSSTransform({
           // Set left if horizontal drag is enabled
           x: canDragX(this) ?
             this.state.clientX :
@@ -695,6 +697,8 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         });
 
 
+    // This is primarily for IE as it ignores the CSS transform applied above
+    // and only respects the real transform attribute.
     var svgTransform = !this.state.isElementSVG ? null :
         createSVGTransform({
           // Set left if horizontal drag is enabled
diff --git a/specs/draggable.spec.js b/specs/draggable.spec.js
index 4dc5d8d4..8809750f 100644
--- a/specs/draggable.spec.js
+++ b/specs/draggable.spec.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ describe('react-draggable', function () {
 
       var style = node.getAttribute('style');
       expect(style.indexOf('transform: translate(100px, 100px);')).not.toEqual(-1);
-      
+
     });
 
     it('should detect if an element is instanceof SVGElement and set state.isElementSVG to true', function() {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('react-draggable', function () {
 
       var transform = node.getAttribute('transform');
       expect(transform.indexOf('translate(100,100)')).not.toEqual(-1);
-      
+
     });