diff --git a/lib/phantomscript.js b/lib/phantomscript.js
index 11a0b42d5..2fe422589 100644
--- a/lib/phantomscript.js
+++ b/lib/phantomscript.js
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ function executeInPage(data) {
   svg = document.querySelector('svg')
   svgValue = xmlSerializer.serializeToString(svg)
 
+  // make sure the entire view area is calculated before exiting
+  // this solves an issue where the svg is not done rendering when the image is created
+  svg.getBBox();
+
   //console.log(document.body.outerHTML);
 
   return svgValue