diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5cd7861..31d8a09 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "svg2roughjs",
-  "version": "2.3.1",
+  "version": "2.3.2",
   "description": "Leverages Rough.js to convert SVGs to a hand-drawn, sketchy representation",
   "author": "Fabian Schwarzkopf",
   "contributors": [
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index c053724..8c60207 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ export function parseStyleConfig(
   if (!isIdentityTransform(svgTransform)) {
     const m = svgTransform!.matrix
     const det = m.a * m.d - m.c * m.b
-    scaleFactor = Math.sqrt(det)
+    scaleFactor = Math.sqrt(Math.abs(det))
   }
 
   // incorporate the elements base opacity