diff --git a/Bar.js b/Bar.js
index f9116fa..4321c42 100644
--- a/Bar.js
+++ b/Bar.js
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ export default class ProgressBar extends Component {
     unfilledColor: PropTypes.string,
     width: PropTypes.number,
     useNativeDriver: PropTypes.bool,
-    animationOptions: PropTypes.shape({
-      animationFunction: PropTypes.oneOf([Animated.decay, Animated.timing, Animated.spring]),
-      config: PropTypes.object.isRequired
-    })
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react/forbid-prop-types
+    animationConfig: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+    animationType: PropTypes.oneOf(['decay', 'timing', 'spring']),
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
@@ -44,10 +43,8 @@ export default class ProgressBar extends Component {
     progress: 0,
     width: 150,
     useNativeDriver: false,
-    animationOptions: {
-      animationFunction: Animated.spring,
-      config: { bounciness: 0 }
-    }
+    animationConfig: { bounciness: 0 },
+    animationType: 'spring',
   };
 
   constructor(props) {
@@ -87,12 +84,12 @@ export default class ProgressBar extends Component {
       );
 
       if (props.animated) {
-        const { animationFunction, config } = this.props.animationOptions;
-        animationFunction(this.state.progress, {
-          ...config,
-          toValue: progress, 
-          useNativeDriver: props.useNativeDriver
-        }).start()          
+        const { animationType, animationConfig } = this.props;
+        Animated[animationType](this.state.progress, {
+          ...animationConfig,
+          toValue: progress,
+          useNativeDriver: props.useNativeDriver,
+        }).start();
       } else {
         this.state.progress.setValue(progress);
       }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19bfac2..ee932af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ All of the props under *Properties* in addition to the following:
 |**`height`**|Height of the progress bar. |`6`|
 |**`borderRadius`**|Rounding of corners, set to `0` to disable. |`4`|
 |**`useNativeDriver`**|Use native driver for the animations. |`false`|
-|**`animationOptions`**|Object with the following options||
-|**`animationOptions.animationFunction`**|Sets the animation function to animate the progress. Can be one of: Animated.decay, Animated.timing, Animated.spring|`Animated.spring`|
-|**`animationOptions.config`**|Sets the config that is passed into the `animationFunction`|`{ bounciness: 0 }`|
+|**`animationConfig`**|Config that is passed into the `Animated` function|`{ bounciness: 0 }`|
+|**`animationType`**|Animation type to animate the progress, one of: `decay`, `timing`, `spring`|`spring`|
 
 ### `Progress.Circle`