diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers.js
index 48b69ff..7308c70 100644
--- a/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/helpers.js
@@ -4,7 +4,23 @@ export const animateScroll = (function () {
   let timeoutId;
   let resolvePrevious;
 
-  return function animateScroll (id, animate) {
+  return function animateScroll (id, targetId, animate) {
+    let targetElement = document.getElementById(targetId);
+    if (!targetElement) {
+      targetElement = 'scrollTop' in document.documentElement
+        ? document.documentElement
+        : document.body;
+    }
+
+    function getScrollTop () {
+      // like jQuery -> $('html, body').scrollTop
+      return targetElement.scrollTop;
+    }
+
+    function setScrollTop (position) {
+      targetElement.scrollTop = position;
+    }
+
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const element = id ? document.getElementById(id) : document.body;
 
@@ -12,6 +28,10 @@ export const animateScroll = (function () {
         return reject(`Cannot find element: #${id}`);
       }
 
+      function getOffsetTop () {
+        return element.getBoundingClientRect().top - targetElement.getBoundingClientRect().top + getScrollTop();
+      }
+
       const { offset, duration, easing } = animate;
       const start = getScrollTop();
       const to = getOffsetTop(element) + offset;
@@ -39,29 +59,14 @@ export const animateScroll = (function () {
       resolvePrevious = resolve;
       animateFn();
     });
-  }
+  };
 })();
 
 export function updateHistory (id) {
   id = '#' + id;
   if (history.pushState) {
     history.pushState(null, null, id);
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     location.hash = id;
   }
 }
-
-function getScrollTop () {
-  // like jQuery -> $('html, body').scrollTop
-  return document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
-}
-
-function setScrollTop (position) {
-  document.documentElement.scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop = position;
-}
-
-function getOffsetTop (element) {
-  const { top } = element.getBoundingClientRect();
-  return top + getScrollTop();
-}
diff --git a/src/scrollchor.jsx b/src/scrollchor.jsx
index c20c308..8f6a7c9 100644
--- a/src/scrollchor.jsx
+++ b/src/scrollchor.jsx
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ export default class Scrollchor extends React.Component {
     children: PropTypes.node
   }
 
+  static _normalizeId (id) {
+    return (id && id.replace(/^#/, '')) || ''
+  }
+
   static _stateHelper (props) {
     const {
       // default animate object
@@ -30,7 +34,8 @@ export default class Scrollchor extends React.Component {
       easing = easeOutQuad
     } = props.animate || {};
     return {
-      to: (props.to && props.to.replace(/^#/, '')) || '',
+      to: Scrollchor._normalizeId(props.to),
+      target: Scrollchor._normalizeId(props.target),
       animate: { offset, duration, easing },
       beforeAnimate: props.beforeAnimate || function () {},
       afterAnimate: props.afterAnimate || function () {},
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ export default class Scrollchor extends React.Component {
   _handleClick = (event) => {
     this.state.beforeAnimate(event);
     event && event.preventDefault();
-    animateScroll(this.state.to, this.state.animate)
+    animateScroll(this.state.to, this.state.target, this.state.animate)
       .then((id) => {
         if (id) {
           this.state.disableHistory || updateHistory(id);
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ export default class Scrollchor extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render () {
-    const { to, animate, beforeAnimate, afterAnimate, disableHistory, ...props } = this.props; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+    const { to, target, animate, beforeAnimate, afterAnimate, disableHistory, ...props } = this.props; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 
     return !this.props.children
       ? null