diff --git a/AnimatedBlurLabel/AnimatedBlurLabel.swift b/AnimatedBlurLabel/AnimatedBlurLabel.swift
index 298427e..3b8ddc3 100644
--- a/AnimatedBlurLabel/AnimatedBlurLabel.swift
+++ b/AnimatedBlurLabel/AnimatedBlurLabel.swift
@@ -13,17 +13,14 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
     
     var animationDuration : NSTimeInterval = 10.0
     var blurRadius : CGFloat = 30.0
-    
+    var isBlurred : Bool {
+        return !CFEqual(blurLayer1.contents, renderedTextImage?.CGImage)
+    }
+
     func setBlurred(blurred: Bool, animated: Bool, completion: ((finished : Bool) -> Void)?) {
-        if blurredImagesReady == false {
-            deferBlur(blurred, animated: animated, completion: completion)
-            prepareImages()
-            return
-        }
-        
-        if canRun() {
-            print("Start blurring ...")
-            if animated {
+        if animated {
+            if canRun() {
+                print("Start blurring ...")
                 setBlurred(!blurred)
                 if reverse == blurred { blurredImages = blurredImages.reverse() }
                 completionParameter = completion
@@ -31,11 +28,12 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
                 progress = 0.0
                 startDisplayLink()
             } else {
-                setBlurred(blurred)
-                callCompletion(completion, finished: true)
+                deferBlur(blurred, animated: animated, completion: completion)
+                prepareImages()
             }
         } else {
-            callCompletion(completion, finished: false)
+            setBlurred(blurred)
+            callCompletion(completion, finished: true)
         }
     }
     
@@ -55,6 +53,7 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
     private var completionParameter : ((finished: Bool) -> Void)?
     
     private var renderedTextImage : UIImage?
+    private var blurredTextImage : UIImage?
     private var attributedTextToRender: NSAttributedString?
     private var textToRender: String?
     
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
     }()
     
     private lazy var blurfilter : CIFilter = {
-       return CIFilter(name: "CIGaussianBlur")!
+        return CIFilter(name: "CIGaussianBlur")!
     }()
     private lazy var colorFilter : CIFilter = {
         let instance = CIFilter(name: "CIConstantColorGenerator")!
@@ -86,9 +85,12 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
     private var startTime : CFTimeInterval?
     private var progress : NSTimeInterval = 0.0
     
+    
+    // MARK: Label Attributes
+    
     override var textColor: UIColor! {
         didSet {
-            applyAttributesFromAttributedString()
+            resetAttributes()
         }
     }
     
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
         set(newValue) {
             attributedTextToRender = newValue
             textToRender = nil
-            applyAttributesFromAttributedString()
+            resetAttributes()
         }
         get {
             return attributedTextToRender
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
         set(newValue) {
             textToRender = newValue
             attributedTextToRender = nil
-            applyAttributesFromAttributedString()
+            resetAttributes()
         }
         get {
             return textToRender
@@ -116,66 +118,35 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
     
     override var textAlignment : NSTextAlignment {
         didSet {
-            applyAttributesFromAttributedString()
+            resetAttributes()
         }
     }
     
     override var font : UIFont! {
         didSet {
-            applyAttributesFromAttributedString()
+            resetAttributes()
         }
     }
     
     override var lineBreakMode : NSLineBreakMode {
         didSet {
-            applyAttributesFromAttributedString()
-        }
-    }
-    
-    private func hasAlignment(alignment: NSTextAlignment) -> Bool {
-        var hasAlignment = false
-        if let text = attributedTextToRender {
-            text.enumerateAttribute(NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, inRange: NSMakeRange(0, text.length), options: [], usingBlock: { value, _ , stop in
-                let paragraphStyle = value as? NSParagraphStyle
-                hasAlignment = paragraphStyle?.alignment == alignment
-                stop.memory = true
-            })
-        } else if let _ = textToRender {
-            hasAlignment = textAlignment == alignment
+            resetAttributes()
         }
-        return hasAlignment
-    }
-    
-    private func deferBlur(blurred: Bool, animated: Bool, completion: ((finished : Bool) -> Void)?) {
-        print("Defer blurring ...")
-        blurredParameter = blurred
-        animatedParameter = animated
-        completionParameter = completion
-    }
-    
-    private func canRun() -> Bool {
-        return blurredImagesReady && (completionParameter == nil || (completionParameter != nil && animatedParameter != nil && blurredParameter != nil))
     }
     
-    private func setBlurred(blurred: Bool) {
-        if blurred {
-            blurLayer1.contents = blurredImages[Int(blurredImages.count-1)].CGImage
-            blurLayer2.contents = blurredImages[Int(blurredImages.count-1)].CGImage
-        } else {
-            blurLayer1.contents = renderedTextImage?.CGImage
-            blurLayer2.contents = renderedTextImage?.CGImage
-        }
-    }
+
+    // MARK: Setup
     
-    private func callCompletion(completion: ((finished: Bool) -> Void)?, finished: Bool) {
-        print("Finished blurring: \(finished)")
-        self.blurredParameter = nil
-        self.animatedParameter = nil
-        if let completion = completion {
-            self.completionParameter = nil
-            completion(finished: finished)
-        }
+    override func awakeFromNib() {
+        super.awakeFromNib()
+        
+        layer.addSublayer(blurLayer1)
+        layer.addSublayer(blurLayer2)
+        
+        super.text = nil
+        super.textAlignment = .Center
     }
+
     
     private func setupBlurLayer() -> CALayer {
         let layer = CALayer()
@@ -186,6 +157,8 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
         return layer
     }
     
+    // MARK: Animation
+    
     private lazy var displayLink : CADisplayLink? = {
         var instance = CADisplayLink(target: self, selector: Selector("animateProgress:"))
         instance.paused = true
@@ -212,19 +185,21 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
             return
         }
         
-        let elapsedTime = CACurrentMediaTime() - startTime!
-        updateAppearance(elapsedTime)
-        startTime = CACurrentMediaTime();
+        if let startTime = startTime {
+            let elapsedTime = CACurrentMediaTime() - startTime
+            updateAppearance(elapsedTime)
+            self.startTime = CACurrentMediaTime();
+        }
     }
     
     private func updateAppearance(elapsedTime : CFTimeInterval?) {
         progress += elapsedTime!
-
+        
         let r = Double(progress / animationDuration)
         let blur = max(0, min(1, r)) * Double(numberOfStages)
         let blurIndex = Int(blur)
         let blurRemainder = blur - Double(blurIndex)
-
+        
         CATransaction.setDisableActions(true)
         blurLayer1.contents = blurredImages[blurIndex + 1].CGImage
         blurLayer2.contents = blurredImages[blurIndex + 2].CGImage
@@ -232,16 +207,14 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
         CATransaction.setDisableActions(false)
     }
     
-    override func awakeFromNib() {
-        super.awakeFromNib()
-
-        layer.addSublayer(blurLayer1)
-        layer.addSublayer(blurLayer2)
-
-        super.text = nil
-        super.textAlignment = .Center
+    deinit {
+        displayLink!.removeFromRunLoop(NSRunLoop.mainRunLoop(), forMode: NSRunLoopCommonModes)
+        displayLink = nil
     }
     
+    
+    // MARK: Layout
+    
     override func intrinsicContentSize() -> CGSize {
         if let renderedTextImage = renderedTextImage {
             return renderedTextImage.size
@@ -249,11 +222,69 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
         return CGSizeZero
     }
     
+    override func layoutSubviews() {
+        super.layoutSubviews()
+        
+        if CGRectEqualToRect(bounds, blurLayer1.bounds) == false {
+            resetAttributes()
+            
+            CATransaction.begin()
+            CATransaction.setDisableActions(true)
+            blurLayer1.frame = bounds
+            blurLayer2.frame = bounds
+            
+            // Text Alignment
+            if let renderedTextImage = renderedTextImage where hasAlignment(.Center) == false {
+                var newX = (bounds.size.width - renderedTextImage.size.width) / 2
+                newX = hasAlignment(.Right) ? newX : (newX * -1)
+                blurLayer1.frame = CGRectOffset(blurLayer1.frame, newX, 0)
+                blurLayer2.frame = CGRectOffset(blurLayer2.frame, newX, 0)
+            }
+            
+            CATransaction.setDisableActions(false)
+            CATransaction.commit()
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    // MARK: Text Rendering
+    
+    private func resetAttributes() {
+        print("Rerendering Text ...")
+        
+        blurredParameter = nil
+        animatedParameter = nil
+        completionParameter = nil
+        
+        var text : NSAttributedString?
+        if let attributedTextToRender = attributedTextToRender {
+            text = attributedTextToRender
+        } else if let textToRender = textToRender {
+            text = NSAttributedString(string: textToRender, attributes: defaultAttributes())
+        }
+        
+        let maxWidth = preferredMaxLayoutWidth > 0 ? preferredMaxLayoutWidth : bounds.size.width
+        let maxHeight = preferredMaxLayoutWidth > 0 ? UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.height : bounds.size.height
+        
+        renderedTextImage = text?.imageFromText(CGSizeMake(maxWidth, maxHeight))
+        if let renderedTextImage = renderedTextImage {
+            imageToBlur = CIImage(image: renderedTextImage)
+            blurredTextImage = applyBlurEffect(renderedTextImage, blurLevel: Double(blurRadius))
+        }
+        setBlurred(false)
+        blurredImagesReady = false
+        
+        invalidateIntrinsicContentSize()
+        layoutIfNeeded()
+    }
+    
+    
+    // MARK: Blurring
+    
     private func prepareImages() {
         if let renderedTextImage = renderedTextImage {
             blurredImagesReady = false
             blurredImages = [UIImage]()
-            imageToBlur = CIImage(image: renderedTextImage)
             
             let blurredImage = applyBlurEffect(renderedTextImage, blurLevel: 0)
             blurredImages.append(blurredImage)
@@ -283,57 +314,6 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
         }
     }
     
-    private func defaultAttributes() -> [String : AnyObject]? {
-        let paragraph = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
-        paragraph.lineBreakMode = lineBreakMode
-        paragraph.alignment = textAlignment
-        return [NSParagraphStyleAttributeName : paragraph, NSFontAttributeName : font, NSForegroundColorAttributeName : textColor, NSLigatureAttributeName : NSNumber(integer: 0), NSKernAttributeName : NSNumber(float: 0.0)]
-    }
-    
-    private func applyAttributesFromAttributedString() {
-        var text : NSAttributedString?
-        if let attributedTextToRender = attributedTextToRender {
-            text = attributedTextToRender
-        } else if let textToRender = textToRender {
-            text = NSAttributedString(string: textToRender, attributes: defaultAttributes())
-        }
-        
-        let maxWidth = preferredMaxLayoutWidth > 0 ? preferredMaxLayoutWidth : bounds.size.width
-        let maxHeight = preferredMaxLayoutWidth > 0 ? UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.height : bounds.size.height
-        
-        renderedTextImage = text?.imageFromText(CGSizeMake(maxWidth, maxHeight))
-        blurLayer1.contents = renderedTextImage?.CGImage
-        blurLayer2.contents = renderedTextImage?.CGImage
-        blurredImagesReady = false
-        
-        invalidateIntrinsicContentSize()
-        layoutIfNeeded()
-    }
-    
-    deinit {
-        displayLink!.removeFromRunLoop(NSRunLoop.mainRunLoop(), forMode: NSRunLoopCommonModes)
-        displayLink = nil
-    }
-    
-    override func layoutSubviews() {
-        super.layoutSubviews()
-        
-        CATransaction.begin()
-        CATransaction.setDisableActions(true)
-        blurLayer1.frame = bounds
-        blurLayer2.frame = bounds
-        
-        if let renderedTextImage = renderedTextImage where hasAlignment(.Center) == false {
-            var newX = (bounds.size.width - renderedTextImage.size.width) / 2
-            newX = hasAlignment(.Right) ? newX : (newX * -1)
-            blurLayer1.frame = CGRectOffset(blurLayer1.frame, newX, 0)
-            blurLayer2.frame = CGRectOffset(blurLayer2.frame, newX, 0)
-        }
-        
-        CATransaction.setDisableActions(false)
-        CATransaction.commit()
-    }
-    
     private func applyBlurEffect(image: UIImage, blurLevel: Double) -> UIImage {
         let resultImage : CIImage!
         if blurLevel > 0 {
@@ -343,7 +323,7 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
         } else {
             resultImage = CIImage(image: image)
         }
-
+        
         blendFilter.setValue(resultImage, forKey: kCIInputImageKey)
         blendFilter.setValue(inputBackgroundImage, forKey: kCIInputBackgroundImageKey)
         let blendOutput = blendFilter.outputImage!
@@ -352,6 +332,60 @@ class AnimatedBlurLabel : UILabel {
         let result = UIImage(CGImage: cgImage, scale: image.scale, orientation: UIImageOrientation.Up)
         return result
     }
+    
+    // MARK: Helper Methods
+    
+    private func defaultAttributes() -> [String : AnyObject]? {
+        let paragraph = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
+        paragraph.lineBreakMode = lineBreakMode
+        paragraph.alignment = textAlignment
+        return [NSParagraphStyleAttributeName : paragraph, NSFontAttributeName : font, NSForegroundColorAttributeName : textColor, NSLigatureAttributeName : NSNumber(integer: 0), NSKernAttributeName : NSNumber(float: 0.0)]
+    }
+    
+    private func hasAlignment(alignment: NSTextAlignment) -> Bool {
+        var hasAlignment = false
+        if let text = attributedTextToRender {
+            text.enumerateAttribute(NSParagraphStyleAttributeName, inRange: NSMakeRange(0, text.length), options: [], usingBlock: { value, _ , stop in
+                let paragraphStyle = value as? NSParagraphStyle
+                hasAlignment = paragraphStyle?.alignment == alignment
+                stop.memory = true
+            })
+        } else if let _ = textToRender {
+            hasAlignment = textAlignment == alignment
+        }
+        return hasAlignment
+    }
+    
+    private func deferBlur(blurred: Bool, animated: Bool, completion: ((finished : Bool) -> Void)?) {
+        print("Defer blurring ...")
+        blurredParameter = blurred
+        animatedParameter = animated
+        completionParameter = completion
+    }
+    
+    private func canRun() -> Bool {
+        return blurredImagesReady && (completionParameter == nil || (completionParameter != nil && animatedParameter != nil && blurredParameter != nil))
+    }
+    
+    private func setBlurred(blurred: Bool) {
+        if blurred {
+            blurLayer1.contents = blurredTextImage?.CGImage
+            blurLayer2.contents = blurredTextImage?.CGImage
+        } else {
+            blurLayer1.contents = renderedTextImage?.CGImage
+            blurLayer2.contents = renderedTextImage?.CGImage
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private func callCompletion(completion: ((finished: Bool) -> Void)?, finished: Bool) {
+        print("Finished blurring: \(finished)")
+        self.blurredParameter = nil
+        self.animatedParameter = nil
+        if let completion = completion {
+            self.completionParameter = nil
+            completion(finished: finished)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index f489f9a..a121c39 100644
--- a/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 		BF55093F1BBC70E6004ADB98 /* Main.storyboard in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BF55093D1BBC70E6004ADB98 /* Main.storyboard */; };
 		BF5509411BBC70E6004ADB98 /* Assets.xcassets in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BF5509401BBC70E6004ADB98 /* Assets.xcassets */; };
 		BF5509441BBC70E6004ADB98 /* LaunchScreen.storyboard in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BF5509421BBC70E6004ADB98 /* LaunchScreen.storyboard */; };
+		BF5B7DBA1BCD31F200CE4E57 /* UIKitExtensions.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BF5B7DB91BCD31F200CE4E57 /* UIKitExtensions.swift */; settings = {ASSET_TAGS = (); }; };
 /* End PBXBuildFile section */
 
 /* Begin PBXFileReference section */
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 		BF5509401BBC70E6004ADB98 /* Assets.xcassets */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = folder.assetcatalog; path = Assets.xcassets; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		BF5509431BBC70E6004ADB98 /* Base */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = file.storyboard; name = Base; path = Base.lproj/LaunchScreen.storyboard; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		BF5509451BBC70E6004ADB98 /* Info.plist */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.xml; path = Info.plist; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		BF5B7DB91BCD31F200CE4E57 /* UIKitExtensions.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = UIKitExtensions.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 /* End PBXFileReference section */
 
 /* Begin PBXFrameworksBuildPhase section */
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@
 			children = (
 				BF1B014D1BBEB8AB0027CABD /* AnimatedBlurLabel */,
 				BF5509391BBC70E6004ADB98 /* AppDelegate.swift */,
+				BF5B7DB91BCD31F200CE4E57 /* UIKitExtensions.swift */,
 				BF55093B1BBC70E6004ADB98 /* ViewController.swift */,
 				BF55093D1BBC70E6004ADB98 /* Main.storyboard */,
 				BF5509401BBC70E6004ADB98 /* Assets.xcassets */,
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@
 			files = (
 				BF55093C1BBC70E6004ADB98 /* ViewController.swift in Sources */,
 				BF1B014F1BBEB8AB0027CABD /* AnimatedBlurLabel.swift in Sources */,
+				BF5B7DBA1BCD31F200CE4E57 /* UIKitExtensions.swift in Sources */,
 				BF55093A1BBC70E6004ADB98 /* AppDelegate.swift in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
diff --git a/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo/UIKitExtensions.swift b/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo/UIKitExtensions.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e1d170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo/UIKitExtensions.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//
+//  UIKitExtensions.swift
+//  AnimatedBlurLabelDemo
+//
+//  Created by Mathias Köhnke on 13/10/15.
+//  Copyright © 2015 Mathias Köhnke. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+import UIKit
+
+extension UILabel {
+    
+    func setTitle(title: String?, subtitle: String?, alignment: NSTextAlignment = .Center) {
+        if let title = title, subtitle = subtitle {
+            let paragraph = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
+            paragraph.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.ByTruncatingTail
+            paragraph.alignment = alignment
+            let attributes = [NSParagraphStyleAttributeName : paragraph, NSForegroundColorAttributeName : textColor, NSFontAttributeName : UIFont.systemFontOfSize(14.0)]
+            
+            let string = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "\(title)\n\n\(subtitle)", attributes: attributes)
+            string.addAttribute(NSFontAttributeName, value: UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(48.0), range: NSMakeRange(0, title.characters.count))
+            
+            attributedText = string
+        }
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo/ViewController.swift b/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo/ViewController.swift
index ea95aad..256f767 100644
--- a/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo/ViewController.swift
+++ b/Example/AnimatedBlurLabelDemo/ViewController.swift
@@ -16,22 +16,9 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController {
         super.viewDidLoad()
         // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
         blurLabel.animationDuration = 1.0
+        blurLabel.setTitle("Title Title Title Title Title", subtitle: "Subtitle", alignment: .Left)
     }
 
-    override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
-        super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
-        
-        let paragraph = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
-        paragraph.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.ByTruncatingTail
-        paragraph.alignment = .Center
-        let attributes = [NSParagraphStyleAttributeName : paragraph, NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor.whiteColor()]
-        
-        let string = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Title\n\nSubtitle", attributes: attributes)
-        string.addAttribute(NSFontAttributeName, value: UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(48.0), range: NSMakeRange(0, 5))
-        string.addAttribute(NSFontAttributeName, value: UIFont.systemFontOfSize(14.0), range: NSMakeRange(7, 7))
-        blurLabel.attributedText = string
-    }
-    
     override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
         super.viewDidAppear(animated)
         blurLabel.setBlurred(true, animated: true) { finished in