diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
index d140dd19..cf921085 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class SVGMobject(VMobject):
 
         super().__init__(**kwargs )
         self.init_svg_mobject()
+        self.ensure_positive_orientation()
 
         # Rather than passing style into super().__init__
         # do it after svg has been taken in
@@ -320,10 +321,6 @@ class VMobjectFromSVGPath(VMobject):
                 self.set_points(self.get_points_without_null_curves())
             # So triangulation doesn't get messed up
             self.subdivide_intersections()
-            # Always default to orienting outward, account
-            # for the fact that this will get flipped in SVG.__init__
-            if self.get_unit_normal()[2] > 0:
-                self.reverse_points()
             # Save for future use
             PATH_TO_POINTS[path_string] = self.get_points().copy()
         else:
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
index 2260fc2e..01304556 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
@@ -827,6 +827,12 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
             )
         return normal
 
+    def ensure_positive_orientation(self, recurse=True):
+        for mob in self.get_family(recurse):
+            if mob.get_unit_normal()[2] < 0:
+                mob.reverse_points()
+        return self
+
     # Alignment
     def align_points(self, vmobject: VMobject):
         winding = self._use_winding_fill and vmobject._use_winding_fill