diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
index 196a94af..00b19603 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ class _PathStringParser:
     def __init__(self, arguments, rules):
         self.args = []
         arguments = bytearray(arguments, "ascii")
+        self._strip_array(arguments)
         while arguments:
             for rule in rules:
                 self._rule_to_function_map[rule](arguments)