diff --git a/Markdown.js b/Markdown.js
index 30d8ec8..a03506d 100644
--- a/Markdown.js
+++ b/Markdown.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-var React = require('react-native');
-var {
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import {
   View
-} = React;
-var _ = require('lodash');
-var SimpleMarkdown = require('simple-markdown');
+} from 'react-native';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import SimpleMarkdown from 'simple-markdown';
 
-var styles = {
+const styles = {
   view: {
   },
   codeBlock: {
@@ -116,17 +116,15 @@ var styles = {
 };
 
 
-var Markdown = React.createClass({
+class Markdown extends Component {
 
-  getDefaultProps: function() {
-    return {
-      style: styles
-    };
-  },
+  static defaultProps = {
+    style: styles
+  };
 
-  componentWillMount: function() {
-    var mergedStyles = _.merge({}, styles, this.props.style);
-    var rules = require('./rules')(mergedStyles);
+  componentWillMount() {
+    const mergedStyles = _.merge({}, styles, this.props.style);
+    let rules = require('./rules')(mergedStyles);
     rules = _.merge({}, SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules, rules);
 
     var parser = SimpleMarkdown.parserFor(rules);
@@ -135,15 +133,15 @@ var Markdown = React.createClass({
       return parser(blockSource, {inline: false});
     };
     this.renderer = SimpleMarkdown.reactFor(SimpleMarkdown.ruleOutput(rules, 'react'));
-  },
+  }
 
-  render: function() {
+  render() {
 
-    var child = _.isArray(this.props.children)
+    const child = _.isArray(this.props.children)
       ? this.props.children.join('') : this.props.children;
-    var tree = this.parse(child);
+    const tree = this.parse(child);
     return <View style={[styles.view, this.props.style.view]}>{this.renderer(tree)}</View>;
   }
-});
+}
 
-module.exports = Markdown;
+export default Markdown;
diff --git a/rules.js b/rules.js
index f1956d0..8f89cf0 100644
--- a/rules.js
+++ b/rules.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-var React = require('react-native');
+var React = require('react');
 var {
   Image,
   Text,
   View,
-} = React;
+} = require('react-native');
 var SimpleMarkdown = require('simple-markdown');
 var _ = require('lodash');