diff --git a/SuperGridSectionList.js b/SuperGridSectionList.js
index f693db4..d66b445 100644
--- a/SuperGridSectionList.js
+++ b/SuperGridSectionList.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { View, Dimensions, ViewPropTypes, SectionList } from 'react-native';
 import { chunkArray } from './utils';
+import cloneDeep from 'lodash/cloneDeep';
 
 /**
  * This class is a modification on the main super grid class. It renders a vertical scrolling grid SectionList
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class SuperGridSectionList extends Component {
     const { itemsPerRow } = this.state;
 
     //Deep copy, so that re-renders and chunkArray functions don't affect the actual items object
-    let sectionsCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(sections)); 
+    let sectionsCopy = cloneDeep(sections); 
 
     for (sectionsPair of sectionsCopy){
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6631287..13882d6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-super-grid",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "2.3.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
         "js-yaml": "3.10.0",
         "json-stable-stringify": "1.0.1",
         "levn": "0.3.0",
-        "lodash": "4.17.4",
+        "lodash": "4.17.10",
         "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
         "natural-compare": "1.4.0",
         "optionator": "0.8.2",
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@
         "cli-cursor": "1.0.2",
         "cli-width": "2.2.0",
         "figures": "1.7.0",
-        "lodash": "4.17.4",
+        "lodash": "4.17.10",
         "readline2": "1.0.1",
         "run-async": "0.1.0",
         "rx-lite": "3.1.2",
@@ -1091,10 +1091,9 @@
       }
     },
     "lodash": {
-      "version": "4.17.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-eCA6TRwyiuHYbcpkYONptX9AVa4=",
-      "dev": true
+      "version": "4.17.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UejweD1pDoXu+AD825lWwp4ZGtSwgnpZxb3JDViD7StjQz+Nb/6l093lx4OQ0foGWNRoc19mWy7BzL+UAK2iVg=="
     },
     "lodash.cond": {
       "version": "4.5.2",
@@ -1611,7 +1610,7 @@
         "ajv": "4.11.8",
         "ajv-keywords": "1.5.1",
         "chalk": "1.1.3",
-        "lodash": "4.17.4",
+        "lodash": "4.17.10",
         "slice-ansi": "0.0.4",
         "string-width": "2.1.1"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd0a5d4..b8664f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^6.10.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "lodash": "^4.17.10",
     "prop-types": "^15.6.0"
   }
 }