diff --git a/src/path/Curve.js b/src/path/Curve.js
index 74c8fa54..69e01391 100644
--- a/src/path/Curve.js
+++ b/src/path/Curve.js
@@ -1899,34 +1899,26 @@ new function() { // Scope for intersection using bezier fat-line clipping
                 // If v2 is not provided, search for a self-intersection on v1.
                 return Curve._getSelfIntersection(v1, c1, locations, param);
             }
-            // Avoid checking curves if completely out of control bounds. As
-            // a little optimization, we can scale the handles with 0.75
-            // before calculating the control bounds and still be sure that
-            // the curve is fully contained.
+            // Avoid checking curves if completely out of control bounds.
             var epsilon = /*#=*/Numerical.EPSILON,
                 c1p1x = v1[0], c1p1y = v1[1],
+                c1h1x = v1[2], c1h1y = v1[3],
+                c1h2x = v1[4], c1h2y = v1[5],
                 c1p2x = v1[6], c1p2y = v1[7],
                 c2p1x = v2[0], c2p1y = v2[1],
+                c2h1x = v2[2], c2h1y = v2[3],
+                c2h2x = v2[4], c2h2y = v2[5],
                 c2p2x = v2[6], c2p2y = v2[7],
-                // 's' stands for scaled handles...
-                c1s1x = (3 * v1[2] + c1p1x) / 4,
-                c1s1y = (3 * v1[3] + c1p1y) / 4,
-                c1s2x = (3 * v1[4] + c1p2x) / 4,
-                c1s2y = (3 * v1[5] + c1p2y) / 4,
-                c2s1x = (3 * v2[2] + c2p1x) / 4,
-                c2s1y = (3 * v2[3] + c2p1y) / 4,
-                c2s2x = (3 * v2[4] + c2p2x) / 4,
-                c2s2y = (3 * v2[5] + c2p2y) / 4,
                 min = Math.min,
                 max = Math.max;
-            if (!(  max(c1p1x, c1s1x, c1s2x, c1p2x) + epsilon >
-                    min(c2p1x, c2s1x, c2s2x, c2p2x) &&
-                    min(c1p1x, c1s1x, c1s2x, c1p2x) - epsilon <
-                    max(c2p1x, c2s1x, c2s2x, c2p2x) &&
-                    max(c1p1y, c1s1y, c1s2y, c1p2y) + epsilon >
-                    min(c2p1y, c2s1y, c2s2y, c2p2y) &&
-                    min(c1p1y, c1s1y, c1s2y, c1p2y) - epsilon <
-                    max(c2p1y, c2s1y, c2s2y, c2p2y)))
+            if (!(  max(c1p1x, c1h1x, c1h2x, c1p2x) + epsilon >
+                    min(c2p1x, c2h1x, c2h2x, c2p2x) &&
+                    min(c1p1x, c1h1x, c1h2x, c1p2x) - epsilon <
+                    max(c2p1x, c2h1x, c2h2x, c2p2x) &&
+                    max(c1p1y, c1h1y, c1h2y, c1p2y) + epsilon >
+                    min(c2p1y, c2h1y, c2h2y, c2p2y) &&
+                    min(c1p1y, c1h1y, c1h2y, c1p2y) - epsilon <
+                    max(c2p1y, c2h1y, c2h2y, c2p2y)))
                 return locations;
             // Now detect and handle overlaps:
             var overlaps = Curve.getOverlaps(v1, v2);
diff --git a/test/tests/Path_Intersections.js b/test/tests/Path_Intersections.js
index a7eca7b3..a9f9ef4d 100644
--- a/test/tests/Path_Intersections.js
+++ b/test/tests/Path_Intersections.js
@@ -195,4 +195,26 @@ test('#1174', function() {
     testIntersection(path1.getIntersections(path2), [
         { point: { x: 20, y: 100 }, index: 1, time: 0.00004, crossing: true }
     ]);
-})
+});
+
+test('#1197', function() {
+    var path1 = new Path({
+        segments: [
+            [99, 106],
+            [99, 200]
+        ],
+        strokeColor: 'green'
+    });
+
+    var path2 = new Path({
+        segments: [
+            [100, 193, 0, 0, 0, -28],
+            [140, 106, -52, -12, 0, 0]
+        ],
+        strokeColor: 'red'
+    });
+    testIntersection(path1.getIntersections(path2), [
+        { point: { x: 99, y: 148.74959 }, index: 0, time: 0.46982, crossing: true },
+        { point: { x: 99, y: 167.82203 }, index: 0, time: 0.60674, crossing: true }
+    ]);
+});