diff --git a/Nasal/canvas/api.nas b/Nasal/canvas/api.nas
index 72794195b..ea67217fa 100644
--- a/Nasal/canvas/api.nas
+++ b/Nasal/canvas/api.nas
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ var Map = {
       controller = Map.df_controller;
     elsif (typeof(controller) != 'hash')
       controller = Map.Controller.get(controller);
-
+    
     if (controller == nil) {
       me.controller = nil;
     } else {
@@ -778,12 +778,6 @@ var Path = {
     me._last_coord = size(coords) - 1;
     return me;
   },
-  setDataSVG: func(svgPath)
-  {
-    me.reset();
-    me._node.setValues({'svg': svgPath});
-    return me;
-  },
   # Add a path segment
   addSegment: func(cmd, coords...)
   {
@@ -954,7 +948,7 @@ var Path = {
   },
 
   setColor: func me.setStroke(_getColor(arg)),
-  getColor: func me.getStroke(),
+  getColor: func me.getStroke(), 
 
   setColorFill: func me.setFill(_getColor(arg)),
   getColorFill: func me.getColorFill(),
diff --git a/Nasal/canvas/svg.nas b/Nasal/canvas/svg.nas
index 081c114a3..d7fe570a3 100644
--- a/Nasal/canvas/svg.nas
+++ b/Nasal/canvas/svg.nas
@@ -502,15 +502,13 @@ var parsesvg = func(group, path, options = nil)
     else if( name == "path" or name == "rect" )
     {
       pushElement('path', attr['id']);
-      var p = stack[-1];
 
       if( name == "rect" )
       {
-        p.set('rect/left', evalCSSNum(attr['x']));
-        p.set('rect/top', evalCSSNum(attr['y']));
-        p.set('rect/width', evalCSSNum(attr['width']));
-        p.set('rect/height', evalCSSNum(attr['height']));
-        
+        var width = evalCSSNum(attr['width']);
+        var height = evalCSSNum(attr['height']);
+        var x = evalCSSNum(attr['x']);
+        var y = evalCSSNum(attr['y']);
         var rx = attr['rx'];
         var ry = attr['ry'];
 
@@ -519,14 +517,15 @@ var parsesvg = func(group, path, options = nil)
         else if( rx == nil )
           rx = ry;
 
-       if( rx != nil ) {
-          p.set('border-radius[0]', rx);
-          p.set('border-radius[1]', ry);
-        }
-      } else {
-        p.setDataSVG(attr['d']);
-      }
+        var cfg = {};
+        if( rx != nil )
+          cfg["border-radius"] = [evalCSSNum(rx), evalCSSNum(ry)];
 
+        stack[-1].rect(x, y, width, height, cfg);
+      }
+      else
+        parsePath(attr['d']);
+      
       var fillOpacity = style['fill-opacity'];
       if( fillOpacity != nil)
         stack[-1].set('fill', style['fill'] ~ sprintf("%02x", int(style['fill-opacity']*255)));
@@ -535,13 +534,13 @@ var parsesvg = func(group, path, options = nil)
 
       var w = style['stroke-width'];
       stack[-1].setStrokeLineWidth( w != nil ? evalCSSNum(w) : 1 );
-
+      
       var strokeOpacity = style['stroke-opacity'];
       if(strokeOpacity != nil)
         stack[-1].set('stroke', (style['stroke']  ~ sprintf("%02x", int(style['stroke-opacity']*255))));
       else
         stack[-1].set('stroke', style['stroke'] or "none");
-
+      
       var linecap = style['stroke-linecap'];
       if( linecap != nil )
         stack[-1].setStrokeLineCap(style['stroke-linecap']);