diff --git a/lib/react/curses/nodes/component.rb b/lib/react/curses/nodes/component.rb
index 39480f0..ff9d807 100644
--- a/lib/react/curses/nodes/component.rb
+++ b/lib/react/curses/nodes/component.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module React
         end
 
         def draw
-          elem = instance.send :render
+          elem = instance.render
           Nodes.klass_for(elem).new(self, elem).draw
         end
       end