diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c02c23..fc7e259 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,12 +66,14 @@ module.exports = HelloWorld;
 ```
 ## Available Props
 
-prop      | type                 | default value
-----------|----------------------|--------------
-`value`   | `string`             | `http://facebook.github.io/react-native/`
-`size`    | `number`             | `128`
-`bgColor` | `string` (CSS color) | `"#000"`
-`fgColor` | `string` (CSS color) | `"#FFF"`
+prop                | type                 | default value
+--------------------|----------------------|--------------
+`value`             | `string`             | `http://facebook.github.io/react-native/`
+`size`              | `number`             | `128`
+`bgColor`           | `string` (CSS color) | `"#000"`
+`fgColor`           | `string` (CSS color) | `"#FFF"`
+`errorCorrectLevel` | `number` (1, 0, 3, 2)| `"2"`
+
 
 <img src='qrcode.png' height = '256' width = '256'/>
 
diff --git a/lib/QRCode.js b/lib/QRCode.js
index 7471f47..d7fc0ba 100644
--- a/lib/QRCode.js
+++ b/lib/QRCode.js
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ var QRCode = createReactClass({
         fgColor: PropTypes.string,
         onLoad: PropTypes.func,
         onLoadEnd: PropTypes.func,
+        // possible values for error correction level
+        // same as qr.js
+        //  L (  7% ) : 1,
+        // 	M ( 15% ) : 0,
+        // 	Q ( 25% ) : 3,
+        // 	H ( 30% ) : 2
+        errorCorrectLevel: PropTypes.number
     },
 
     getDefaultProps: function() {
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@ var QRCode = createReactClass({
             size: 128,
             onLoad: () => {},
             onLoadEnd: () => {},
+            errorCorrectLevel: 2 // high error correction ( same as qr.js default ) 
         }
     },
 
@@ -91,6 +99,7 @@ var QRCode = createReactClass({
     render: function() {
         var size = this.props.size;
         var value = this.utf16to8(this.props.value);
+        var errorCorrectLevel = this.props.errorCorrectLevel;
         return (
             <View>
                 <Canvas
@@ -99,7 +108,7 @@ var QRCode = createReactClass({
                         value: this.props.value,
                         bgColor: this.props.bgColor,
                         fgColor: this.props.fgColor,
-                        cells: qr(value).modules,
+                        cells: qr(value, { errorCorrectLevel }).modules,
                     }}
                     render={renderCanvas}
                     onLoad={this.props.onLoad}