diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNCommandsHandler.m b/lib/ios/RNNCommandsHandler.m
index 4a88f5464bd..3f9a376bbd6 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNCommandsHandler.m
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNCommandsHandler.m
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ - (void)showModal:(NSDictionary*)layout commandId:(NSString *)commandId completi
 	UIViewController *newVc = [_controllerFactory createLayout:layout];
 	
 	[newVc renderTreeAndWait:[newVc.resolveOptions.animations.showModal.waitForRender getWithDefaultValue:NO] perform:^{
-		[_modalManager showModal:newVc animated:[newVc.getCurrentChild.resolveOptions.animations.showModal.enable getWithDefaultValue:YES] hasCustomAnimation:newVc.getCurrentChild.resolveOptions.animations.showModal.hasCustomAnimation completion:^(NSString *componentId) {
+		[_modalManager showModal:newVc animated:[newVc.resolveOptions.animations.showModal.enable getWithDefaultValue:YES] hasCustomAnimation:newVc.resolveOptions.animations.showModal.hasCustomAnimation completion:^(NSString *componentId) {
 			[_eventEmitter sendOnNavigationCommandCompletion:showModal commandId:commandId params:@{@"layout": layout}];
 			completion(newVc.layoutInfo.componentId);
 		}];
diff --git a/lib/ios/ReactNativeNavigationTests/RNNCommandsHandlerTest.m b/lib/ios/ReactNativeNavigationTests/RNNCommandsHandlerTest.m
index e9a21a5f8d8..957bf15aaf8 100644
--- a/lib/ios/ReactNativeNavigationTests/RNNCommandsHandlerTest.m
+++ b/lib/ios/ReactNativeNavigationTests/RNNCommandsHandlerTest.m
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ @implementation MockUINavigationController
 @interface RNNCommandsHandlerTest : XCTestCase
 
 @property (nonatomic, strong) RNNCommandsHandler* uut;
+@property (nonatomic, strong) id modalManager;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) RNNRootViewController* vc1;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) RNNRootViewController* vc2;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) RNNRootViewController* vc3;
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ - (void)setUp {
 	self.mainWindow = [OCMockObject partialMockForObject:[UIWindow new]];
 	self.eventEmmiter = [OCMockObject partialMockForObject:[RNNEventEmitter new]];
 	self.overlayManager = [OCMockObject partialMockForObject:[RNNOverlayManager new]];
+	self.modalManager = [OCMockObject partialMockForObject:[RNNModalManager new]];
 	self.controllerFactory = [OCMockObject partialMockForObject:[[RNNControllerFactory alloc] initWithRootViewCreator:nil eventEmitter:self.eventEmmiter store:nil componentRegistry:nil andBridge:nil]];
-	self.uut = [[RNNCommandsHandler alloc] initWithControllerFactory:self.controllerFactory eventEmitter:self.eventEmmiter stackManager:[RNNNavigationStackManager new] modalManager:[RNNModalManager new] overlayManager:self.overlayManager mainWindow:_mainWindow];
+	self.uut = [[RNNCommandsHandler alloc] initWithControllerFactory:self.controllerFactory eventEmitter:self.eventEmmiter stackManager:[RNNNavigationStackManager new] modalManager:self.modalManager overlayManager:self.overlayManager mainWindow:_mainWindow];
 	self.vc1 = [RNNRootViewController new];
 	self.vc2 = [RNNRootViewController new];
 	self.vc3 = [RNNRootViewController new];
@@ -313,4 +315,20 @@ - (void)testSetRoot_waitForRenderFalse {
 	[mockedVC verify];
 }
 
+- (void)testShowModal_shouldShowAnimated {
+	[self.uut setReadyToReceiveCommands:true];
+	self.vc1.options = [[RNNNavigationOptions alloc] initEmptyOptions];
+	self.vc1.options.animations.showModal.enable = [[Bool alloc] initWithBOOL:YES];
+	
+	id mockedVC = [OCMockObject partialMockForObject:self.vc1];
+	OCMStub([self.controllerFactory createLayout:[OCMArg any]]).andReturn(mockedVC);
+	
+	[[self.modalManager expect] showModal:mockedVC animated:YES hasCustomAnimation:NO completion:[OCMArg any]];
+	[self.uut showModal:@{} commandId:@"showModal" completion:^(NSString *componentId) {
+		
+	}];
+	[self.modalManager verify];
+}
+
+
 @end