diff --git a/trimesh/path/exchange/svg_io.py b/trimesh/path/exchange/svg_io.py
index 431c70013..c5e123bcc 100644
--- a/trimesh/path/exchange/svg_io.py
+++ b/trimesh/path/exchange/svg_io.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def element_transform(e, max_depth=10):
             ("{*}circle", "{*}rect", "{*}line", "{*}polyline", "{*}polygon")
         ):
             shapes.append(
-                (shape.tag.rsplit("}", 1)[-1], shape.attrib, element_transform(element))
+                (shape.tag.rsplit("}", 1)[-1], shape.attrib, element_transform(shape))
             )
 
         try: