diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1174bdb0..f16634c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Leaflet Changelog
 
 ### Improvements
 
- * Improved `LatLng` constructor to be more tolerant (and throw descriptive error if latitude or longitude can't be interpreted as a number). [#136](https://github.com/CloudMade/Leaflet/issues/136)  
+ * Improved `LatLng` constructor to be more tolerant (and throw descriptive error if latitude or longitude can't be interpreted as a number). [#136](https://github.com/CloudMade/Leaflet/issues/136)
+ * Improved circles performance by not drawing them if they're off the clip region.  
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/dist/leaflet.js b/dist/leaflet.js
index 328bae6b..c0024782 100644
--- a/dist/leaflet.js
+++ b/dist/leaflet.js
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ L.Path=L.Browser.svg||!L.Browser.vml?L.Path:L.Path.extend({statics:{VML:!0,CLIP_
 this.options.fillColor||this.options.color,this._fill.opacity=this.options.fillOpacity},_updatePath:function(){this._container.style.display="none";this._path.v=this.getPathString()+" ";this._container.style.display=""}});L.Browser.canvas=function(){return!!document.createElement("canvas").getContext}();
 L.Path=L.Path.SVG&&!window.L_PREFER_CANVAS||!L.Browser.canvas?L.Path:L.Path.extend({statics:{CANVAS:!0,SVG:!1},options:{updateOnMoveEnd:!0},_initElements:function(){this._initRoot()},_initRoot:function(){var a=this._map._pathRoot,b=this._map._canvasCtx;if(!a)a=this._map._pathRoot=document.createElement("canvas"),b=this._map._canvasCtx=a.getContext("2d"),b.lineCap="round",b.lineJoin="round",this._map._panes.overlayPane.appendChild(a),this._map.on("moveend",this._updateCanvasViewport,this),this._updateCanvasViewport();
 this._ctx=b},_updateStyle:function(){if(this.options.stroke)this._ctx.lineWidth=this.options.weight,this._ctx.strokeStyle=this.options.color;if(this.options.fill)this._ctx.fillStyle=this.options.fillColor||this.options.color},_drawPath:function(){var a,b,c,d,e,f;this._ctx.beginPath();a=0;for(c=this._parts.length;a<c;a++){b=0;for(d=this._parts[a].length;b<d;b++)e=this._parts[a][b],f=(b===0?"move":"line")+"To",this._ctx[f](e.x,e.y);this instanceof L.Polygon&&this._ctx.closePath()}},_checkIfEmpty:function(){return!this._parts.length},
-_updatePath:function(){if(this._checkIfEmpty())console.log("not drawn");else{this._drawPath();this._ctx.save();this._updateStyle();var a=this.options.opacity,b=this.options.fillOpacity;if(this.options.fill){if(b<1)this._ctx.globalAlpha=b;this._ctx.fill()}if(this.options.stroke){if(a<1)this._ctx.globalAlpha=a;this._ctx.stroke()}this._ctx.restore()}},_updateCanvasViewport:function(){this._updateViewport();var a=this._map._pathViewport,b=a.min,a=a.max.subtract(b),c=this._map._pathRoot;L.DomUtil.setPosition(c,
-b);c.width=a.x;c.height=a.y;c.getContext("2d").translate(-b.x,-b.y)},_initEvents:function(){if(this.options.clickable)this._map.on("click",this._onClick,this)},_onClick:function(a){this._containsPoint(a.layerPoint)&&this.fire("click",a)}});L.Polyline=L.Path.extend({initialize:function(a,b){L.Path.prototype.initialize.call(this,b);this._latlngs=a},options:{smoothFactor:1,noClip:!1,updateOnMoveEnd:!0},projectLatlngs:function(){this._originalPoints=[];for(var a=0,b=this._latlngs.length;a<b;a++)this._originalPoints[a]=this._map.latLngToLayerPoint(this._latlngs[a])},getPathString:function(){for(var a=0,b=this._parts.length,c="";a<b;a++)c+=this._getPathPartStr(this._parts[a]);return c},getLatLngs:function(){return this._latlngs},setLatLngs:function(a){this._latlngs=
+_updatePath:function(){if(!this._checkIfEmpty()){this._drawPath();this._ctx.save();this._updateStyle();var a=this.options.opacity,b=this.options.fillOpacity;if(this.options.fill){if(b<1)this._ctx.globalAlpha=b;this._ctx.fill()}if(this.options.stroke){if(a<1)this._ctx.globalAlpha=a;this._ctx.stroke()}this._ctx.restore()}},_updateCanvasViewport:function(){this._updateViewport();var a=this._map._pathViewport,b=a.min,a=a.max.subtract(b),c=this._map._pathRoot;L.DomUtil.setPosition(c,b);c.width=a.x;c.height=
+a.y;c.getContext("2d").translate(-b.x,-b.y)},_initEvents:function(){if(this.options.clickable)this._map.on("click",this._onClick,this)},_onClick:function(a){this._containsPoint(a.layerPoint)&&this.fire("click",a)}});L.Polyline=L.Path.extend({initialize:function(a,b){L.Path.prototype.initialize.call(this,b);this._latlngs=a},options:{smoothFactor:1,noClip:!1,updateOnMoveEnd:!0},projectLatlngs:function(){this._originalPoints=[];for(var a=0,b=this._latlngs.length;a<b;a++)this._originalPoints[a]=this._map.latLngToLayerPoint(this._latlngs[a])},getPathString:function(){for(var a=0,b=this._parts.length,c="";a<b;a++)c+=this._getPathPartStr(this._parts[a]);return c},getLatLngs:function(){return this._latlngs},setLatLngs:function(a){this._latlngs=
 a;this._redraw();return this},addLatLng:function(a){this._latlngs.push(a);this._redraw();return this},spliceLatLngs:function(){var a=[].splice.apply(this._latlngs,arguments);this._redraw();return a},_getPathPartStr:function(a){for(var b=L.Path.VML,c=0,d=a.length,e="",f;c<d;c++)f=a[c],b&&f._round(),e+=(c?"L":"M")+f.x+" "+f.y;return e},_clipPoints:function(){var a=this._originalPoints,b=a.length,c,d,e;if(this.options.noClip)this._parts=[a];else{var f=this._parts=[],g=this._map._pathViewport,h=L.LineUtil;
 for(d=c=0;c<b-1;c++)if(e=h.clipSegment(a[c],a[c+1],g,c))if(f[d]=f[d]||[],f[d].push(e[0]),e[1]!=a[c+1]||c==b-2)f[d].push(e[1]),d++}},_simplifyPoints:function(){for(var a=this._parts,b=L.LineUtil,c=0,d=a.length;c<d;c++)a[c]=b.simplify(a[c],this.options.smoothFactor)},_updatePath:function(){this._clipPoints();this._simplifyPoints();L.Path.prototype._updatePath.call(this)}});L.Polyline.include(!L.Path.CANVAS?{}:{_containsPoint:function(a,b){var c,d,e,f,g,h,j=this.options.weight/2;L.Browser.touch&&(j+=10);c=0;for(f=this._parts.length;c<f;c++){h=this._parts[c];d=0;g=h.length;for(e=g-1;d<g;e=d++)if(b||d!==0)if(e=L.LineUtil.pointToSegmentDistance(a,h[e],h[d]),e<=j)return!0}return!1}});L.Polygon=L.Polyline.extend({options:{fill:!0},initialize:function(a,b){L.Polyline.prototype.initialize.call(this,a,b);if(a[0]instanceof Array)this._latlngs=a[0],this._holes=a.slice(1)},projectLatlngs:function(){L.Polyline.prototype.projectLatlngs.call(this);this._holePoints=[];if(this._holes)for(var a=0,b=this._holes.length;a<b;a++){this._holePoints[a]=[];for(var c=0,d=this._holes[a].length;c<d;c++)this._holePoints[a][c]=this._map.latLngToLayerPoint(this._holes[a][c])}},_clipPoints:function(){var a=
 [];this._parts=[this._originalPoints].concat(this._holePoints);if(!this.options.noClip){for(var b=0,c=this._parts.length;b<c;b++){var d=L.PolyUtil.clipPolygon(this._parts[b],this._map._pathViewport);d.length&&a.push(d)}this._parts=a}},_getPathPartStr:function(a){return L.Polyline.prototype._getPathPartStr.call(this,a)+(L.Browser.svg?"z":"x")}});L.Polygon.include(!L.Path.CANVAS?{}:{_containsPoint:function(a){var b=!1,c,d,e,f,g,h,j;if(L.Polyline.prototype._containsPoint.call(this,a,!0))return!0;f=0;for(h=this._parts.length;f<h;f++){c=this._parts[f];g=0;j=c.length;for(e=j-1;g<j;e=g++)d=c[g],e=c[e],d.y>a.y!=e.y>a.y&&a.x<(e.x-d.x)*(a.y-d.y)/(e.y-d.y)+d.x&&(b=!b)}return b}});(function(){function a(a){return L.FeatureGroup.extend({initialize:function(c,d){this._layers={};for(var e=0,f=c.length;e<f;e++)this.addLayer(new a(c[e],d))},setStyle:function(a){for(var b in this._layers)this._layers.hasOwnProperty(b)&&this._layers[b].setStyle&&this._layers[b].setStyle(a)}})}L.MultiPolyline=a(L.Polyline);L.MultiPolygon=a(L.Polygon)})();L.Circle=L.Path.extend({initialize:function(a,b,c){L.Path.prototype.initialize.call(this,c);this._latlng=a;this._mRadius=b},options:{fill:!0},setLatLng:function(a){this._latlng=a;this._redraw();return this},setRadius:function(a){this._mRadius=a;this._redraw();return this},projectLatlngs:function(){var a=this._map.options.scale(this._map._zoom);this._point=this._map.latLngToLayerPoint(this._latlng);this._radius=this._mRadius/40075017*a},getPathString:function(){var a=this._point,b=this._radius;if(this._checkIfEmpty())return"";
diff --git a/src/layer/vector/canvas/Path.Canvas.js b/src/layer/vector/canvas/Path.Canvas.js
index a6cff273..1739b471 100644
--- a/src/layer/vector/canvas/Path.Canvas.js
+++ b/src/layer/vector/canvas/Path.Canvas.js
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ L.Path = (L.Path.SVG && !window.L_PREFER_CANVAS) || !L.Browser.canvas ? L.Path :
 	},
 	
 	_updatePath: function() {
-		if (this._checkIfEmpty()) {
-			console.log('not drawn');
-			return;
-		}
+		if (this._checkIfEmpty()) { return; }
 		
 		this._drawPath();