diff --git a/lib/ReactFitText.js b/lib/ReactFitText.js
index 6e2df1f..24228d5 100644
--- a/lib/ReactFitText.js
+++ b/lib/ReactFitText.js
@@ -14,6 +14,31 @@ var ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
 var ReactPropTypes = require('prop-types');
 var createClass = require('create-react-class');
 
+// Map from node to options
+const nodes = new Map();
+
+function updateElementStyle(element, options, width) {
+  element.style.fontSize = `${Math.min(Math.max(width / (options.compressor * 10), options.minFontSize), options.maxFontSize)}px`;
+}
+
+let updateQueued = false;
+
+function onBodyResize() {
+  updateQueued = true;
+  const widths = [];
+  nodes.forEach((options, element) => {
+    widths.push(element.offsetWidth);
+  });
+  let i = 0;
+  nodes.forEach((options, element) => {
+    updateElementStyle(element, options, widths[i]);
+    i += 1;
+  });
+}
+
+window.addEventListener("resize", onBodyResize);
+window.addEventListener("load", onBodyResize);
+
 module.exports = createClass({
   displayName: 'ReactFitText',
 
@@ -21,7 +46,7 @@ module.exports = createClass({
     children: ReactPropTypes.element.isRequired,
     compressor: ReactPropTypes.number,
     minFontSize: ReactPropTypes.number,
-    maxFontSize: ReactPropTypes.number
+    maxFontSize: ReactPropTypes.number,
   },
 
   getDefaultProps: function() {
@@ -32,35 +57,31 @@ module.exports = createClass({
     };
   },
 
-  componentDidMount: function() {
-    window.addEventListener("resize", this._onBodyResize);
-    window.addEventListener("load", this._onBodyResize);
-    this._onBodyResize();
+  componentWillMount: function() {
+    if (!updateQueued) {
+      window.requestAnimationFrame(onBodyResize);
+    }
   },
 
   componentWillUnmount: function() {
-    window.removeEventListener("resize", this._onBodyResize);
-    window.removeEventListener("load", this._onBodyResize);
+    if (this._childRef) {
+      nodes.delete(this._childRef);
+    }
   },
 
   componentDidUpdate: function() {
-    this._onBodyResize();
+    onBodyResize();
   },
 
-  _onBodyResize: function() {
-    var element = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this);
-    var width = element.offsetWidth;
-    element.style.fontSize = Math.max(
-                      Math.min((width / (this.props.compressor*10)),
-                                parseFloat(this.props.maxFontSize)),
-                      parseFloat(this.props.minFontSize)) + 'px';
-  },
   _renderChildren: function(){
     var _this = this;
 
     return React.Children.map(this.props.children, function (child) {
       return React.cloneElement(child, { ref: function ref(c) {
-        return _this._childRef = c;
+        if (c) {
+          nodes.set(c, _this.props);
+        }
+        _this._childRef = c;
       } });
     });
   },