diff --git a/htmlToElement.js b/htmlToElement.js
index 5bcca40..f25bb2f 100644
--- a/htmlToElement.js
+++ b/htmlToElement.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import {StyleSheet, Text} from 'react-native';
+import {StyleSheet, Text, View} from 'react-native';
 import htmlparser from 'htmlparser2-without-node-native';
 import entities from 'entities';
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const defaultOpts = {
   bullet: '\u2022 ',
   TextComponent: Text,
   textComponentProps: null,
-  NodeComponent: Text,
+  NodeComponent: View,
   nodeComponentProps: null,
 };
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default function htmlToElement(rawHtml, customOpts = {}, done) {
 
       const {TextComponent} = opts;
 
-      if (node.type === 'text') {
+      if (node.type === 'text' || !node.children) {
         const defaultStyle = opts.textComponentProps ? opts.textComponentProps.style : null;
         const customStyle = inheritedStyle(parent);
 
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ export default function htmlToElement(rawHtml, customOpts = {}, done) {
             style={!node.parent ? styles[node.name] : null}
             onLongPress={linkLongPressHandler}
           >
-            {linebreakBefore}
+            {linebreakBefore && <Text>{linebreakBefore}</Text>}
             {listItemPrefix}
             {domToElement(node.children, node)}
-            {linebreakAfter}
+            {linebreakAfter && <Text>{linebreakAfter}</Text>}
           </NodeComponent>
         );
       }