diff --git a/ios/RTNMarkdown.mm b/ios/RTNMarkdown.mm
index c54f45a..d0a7f30 100644
--- a/ios/RTNMarkdown.mm
+++ b/ios/RTNMarkdown.mm
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 #import "RTNMarkdown.h"
 #import "RTNMarkdownComponentProps.h"
 #import "RTNMarkdownFormatter.h"
+#import "RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView.h"
 #import "RTNMarkdownTextContentStorageDelegate.h"
 #import "RTNMarkdownTextLayoutManagerDelegate.h"
 #import "RTNMarkdownUITextView.h"
 
 #import <React/RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol.h>
+#import <React/RCTParagraphComponentView.h>
+#import <React/RCTTextInputComponentView.h>
 #import <React/RCTUITextView.h>
 
 #import <react/renderer/components/RTNMarkdownSpecs/ComponentDescriptors.h>
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ @interface RTNMarkdown () <RCTRTNMarkdownViewProtocol>
 @end
 
 @implementation RTNMarkdown {
-  UIView<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol> *_backedTextInputView;
+  UIView<RCTBackedTextInputViewProtocol> *_backedTextInputView; // s77rt TODO
   RTNMarkdownFormatter *_formatter;
   RTNMarkdownTextLayoutManagerDelegate<NSTextLayoutManagerDelegate>
       *_textLayoutManagerDelegate;
@@ -79,21 +82,29 @@ - (void)updateProps:(Props::Shared const &)props
 - (void)mountChildComponentView:
             (UIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childComponentView
                           index:(NSInteger)index {
-  _backedTextInputView =
-      [childComponentView valueForKey:@"_backedTextInputView"];
-
-  // Only UITextView (RCTUITextView) exposes a text layout manager
-  if ([_backedTextInputView isKindOfClass:[RCTUITextView class]]) {
-    object_setClass((RCTUITextView *)_backedTextInputView,
-                    objc_getClass("RTNMarkdownUITextView"));
-
-    NSTextLayoutManager *textLayoutManager =
-        ((RTNMarkdownUITextView *)_backedTextInputView).textLayoutManager;
-    NSTextContentStorage *textContentStorage =
-        (NSTextContentStorage *)(textLayoutManager.textContentManager);
-
-    textLayoutManager.delegate = _textLayoutManagerDelegate;
-    textContentStorage.delegate = _textContentStorageDelegate;
+  if ([childComponentView isKindOfClass:[RCTTextInputComponentView class]]) {
+    _backedTextInputView =
+        [childComponentView valueForKey:@"_backedTextInputView"];
+
+    // Only UITextView (RCTUITextView) exposes a text layout manager
+    if ([_backedTextInputView isKindOfClass:[RCTUITextView class]]) {
+      object_setClass((RCTUITextView *)_backedTextInputView,
+                      objc_getClass("RTNMarkdownUITextView"));
+
+      NSTextLayoutManager *textLayoutManager =
+          ((RTNMarkdownUITextView *)_backedTextInputView).textLayoutManager;
+      NSTextContentStorage *textContentStorage =
+          (NSTextContentStorage *)(textLayoutManager.textContentManager);
+
+      textLayoutManager.delegate = _textLayoutManagerDelegate;
+      textContentStorage.delegate = _textContentStorageDelegate;
+    }
+  } else if ([childComponentView
+                 isKindOfClass:[RCTParagraphComponentView class]]) {
+    object_setClass([childComponentView valueForKey:@"_textView"],
+                    objc_getClass("RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView"));
+
+    NSLog(@"this is a text");
   }
 
   [super mountChildComponentView:childComponentView index:index];
diff --git a/ios/RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView.h b/ios/RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3314ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#import <react/renderer/components/text/ParagraphComponentDescriptor.h>
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
+// Defined here but not exported. Redefine
+// https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/b028f842333445027f0a4d8c87b429aefcec7239/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm#L27C1-L35
+//
+// ParagraphTextView is an auxiliary view we set as contentView so the drawing
+// can happen on top of the layers manipulated by RCTViewComponentView (the
+// parent view)
+@interface RCTParagraphTextView : UIView
+
+@property(nonatomic)
+    facebook::react::ParagraphShadowNode::ConcreteState::Shared state;
+@property(nonatomic) facebook::react::ParagraphAttributes paragraphAttributes;
+@property(nonatomic) facebook::react::LayoutMetrics layoutMetrics;
+
+@end
+
+@interface RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView : RCTParagraphTextView
+@end
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/ios/RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView.mm b/ios/RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView.mm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bf51a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#import "RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView.h"
+
+@implementation RTNMarkdownParagraphTextView {
+  // DO NOT ADD IVARS.
+  // This class is used for ISA swizzling.
+}
+
+// s77rt should I move state overwritting to the component view?
+- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
+  NSLog(@"I got you!");
+
+  auto data = self.state->getData();
+
+  if (data.attributedString.getString().find("s77rt") == std::string::npos) {
+    auto fragment = facebook::react::AttributedString::Fragment{};
+    fragment.string = "s77rt";
+
+    data.attributedString.appendFragment(std::move(fragment));
+    self.state->updateState(std::move(data));
+
+    // updating the state will trigger another drawRect
+    return;
+  }
+
+  [super drawRect:rect];
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/js/MarkdownText/index.tsx b/js/MarkdownText/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8e35cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/MarkdownText/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import React, { useMemo, forwardRef } from "react";
+import type { ForwardedRef } from "react";
+import { Text } from "react-native";
+import RTNMarkdownNativeComponent from "../RTNMarkdownNativeComponent";
+import type { MarkdownTextProps } from "../types";
+import { processStyles } from "../utils";
+
+function MarkdownText(
+	{
+		markdownStyles: markdownStylesProp,
+		children,
+		...rest
+	}: MarkdownTextProps,
+	ref: ForwardedRef<Text>
+) {
+	const markdownStyles = useMemo(() => {
+		const styles = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(markdownStylesProp));
+		processStyles(styles);
+		return styles;
+	}, [markdownStylesProp]);
+
+	return (
+		<RTNMarkdownNativeComponent markdownStyles={markdownStyles}>
+			<Text ref={ref} {...rest}>
+				{children}
+			</Text>
+		</RTNMarkdownNativeComponent>
+	);
+}
+
+export default React.memo(forwardRef(MarkdownText));
diff --git a/js/MarkdownText/index.web.tsx b/js/MarkdownText/index.web.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee80a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/MarkdownText/index.web.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React, { forwardRef } from "react";
+import type { ForwardedRef } from "react";
+import { Text } from "react-native";
+import type { MarkdownTextProps } from "../types";
+
+function MarkdownText(
+	{
+		markdownStyles: markdownStylesProp,
+		children,
+		...rest
+	}: MarkdownTextProps,
+	ref: ForwardedRef<Text>
+) {
+	return (
+		<Text ref={ref} {...rest}>
+			{children}
+		</Text>
+	);
+}
+
+export default React.memo(forwardRef(MarkdownText));
diff --git a/js/index.tsx b/js/index.tsx
index ebac328..0b9a04b 100644
--- a/js/index.tsx
+++ b/js/index.tsx
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 export { default as MarkdownTextInput } from "./MarkdownTextInput";
-export type { MarkdownStyles, MarkdownTextInputProps } from "./types";
+export { default as MarkdownText } from "./MarkdownText";
+export type {
+	MarkdownStyles,
+	MarkdownTextInputProps,
+	MarkdownTextProps,
+} from "./types";
diff --git a/js/types.ts b/js/types.ts
index 7cf1eef..0682296 100644
--- a/js/types.ts
+++ b/js/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { TextInputProps, ColorValue } from "react-native";
+import type { TextInputProps, TextProps, ColorValue } from "react-native";
 
 type CommonStyle = {
 	backgroundColor?: ColorValue | undefined;
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ type MarkdownProps = {
 };
 
 type MarkdownTextInputProps = TextInputProps & MarkdownProps;
+type MarkdownTextProps = TextProps & MarkdownProps;
 
-export type { MarkdownStyles, MarkdownTextInputProps };
+export type { MarkdownStyles, MarkdownTextInputProps, MarkdownTextProps };