diff --git a/docs/endpoints.rst b/docs/endpoints.rst
index 0eb8dcb..ef14aed 100644
--- a/docs/endpoints.rst
+++ b/docs/endpoints.rst
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ Static images
 
 * All the static image endpoints additionally support following query parameters:
 
-  * ``path`` - comma-separated ``lng,lat``, pipe-separated pairs
-
-    * e.g. ``5.9,45.8|5.9,47.8|10.5,47.8|10.5,45.8|5.9,45.8``
-    * can be provided multiple times
-    * or pass the path as per `Maptiler Cloud API <https://docs.maptiler.com/cloud/api/static-maps/>`_
-    * Match pattern: ((fill|stroke|width)\:[^\|]+\|)*((enc:.+)|((-?\d+\.?\d*,-?\d+\.?\d*\|)+(-?\d+\.?\d*,-?\d+\.?\d*)))
-
+  * ``path``
+    * can be provided multiple times  
+    * syntax
+      * comma-separated ``lng,lat``, pipe-separated pairs
+        * e.g. ``path=5.9,45.8|5.9,47.8|10.5,47.8|10.5,45.8|5.9,45.8``
+      *  Match pattern with options ``((fill|stroke|width)\:[^\|]+\|)*((enc:.+)|((-?\d+\.?\d*,-?\d+\.?\d*\|)+(-?\d+\.?\d*,-?\d+\.?\d*)))``
+        * e.g. ``path=stroke:yellow|width:2|fill:green|5.9,45.8|5.9,47.8|10.5,47.8|10.5,45.8|5.9,45.8`` or ``stroke:blue|enc:_p~iF~ps|U_ulLnnqC_mqNvxq`@``
+        * 'enc:' is specified in `Google Encoded Polyline Format <https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/utilities/polylinealgorithm>`. If used, the rest of the path parameter is considered to be part of the encoded polyline string -- do not specify the coordinate pairs.
   * ``latlng`` - indicates coordinates are in ``lat,lng`` order rather than the usual ``lng,lat``
   * ``fill`` - color to use as the fill (e.g. ``red``, ``rgba(255,255,255,0.5)``, ``#0000ff``)
   * ``stroke`` - color of the path stroke
diff --git a/src/serve_rendered.js b/src/serve_rendered.js
index ee0a5b7..fc9982f 100644
--- a/src/serve_rendered.js
+++ b/src/serve_rendered.js
@@ -162,21 +162,12 @@ const extractPathsFromQuery = (query, transformer) => {
         providedPath.includes('enc:') &&
         PATH_PATTERN.test(decodeURIComponent(providedPath))
       ) {
-        const encodedPaths = providedPath.split(',');
-        for (const path of encodedPaths) {
-          const line = path
-            .split('|')
-            .filter(
-              (x) =>
-                !x.startsWith('fill') &&
-                !x.startsWith('stroke') &&
-                !x.startsWith('width'),
-            )
-            .join('')
-            .replace('enc:', '');
-          const coords = polyline.decode(line).map(([lat, lng]) => [lng, lat]);
-          paths.push(coords);
-        }
+        // +4 because 'enc:' is 4 characters, everything after 'enc:' is considered to be part of the polyline
+        const encIndex = providedPath.indexOf('enc:') + 4;
+        const coords = polyline
+          .decode(providedPath.substring(encIndex))
+          .map(([lat, lng]) => [lng, lat]);
+        paths.push(coords);
       } else {
         // Iterate through paths, parse and validate them
         const currentPath = [];
@@ -520,8 +511,8 @@ const drawPath = (ctx, path, query, pathQuery, z) => {
     if ('stroke' in query) {
       ctx.strokeStyle = query.stroke;
     }
-    // Path Width gets higher priority
-    if (pathHasWidth) {
+    // Path Stroke gets higher priority
+    if (pathHasStroke) {
       ctx.strokeStyle = splitPaths
         .find((x) => x.startsWith('stroke:'))
         .replace('stroke:', '');
diff --git a/test/static.js b/test/static.js
index 547d673..302becb 100644
--- a/test/static.js
+++ b/test/static.js
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ describe('Static endpoints', function () {
           '?path=-10,-10|-20,-20',
         );
       });
+
+      describe('encoded path', function () {
+        testStatic(
+          prefix,
+          'auto/20x20',
+          'png',
+          200,
+          2,
+          /image\/png/,
+          '?path=' + decodeURIComponent('enc:{{biGwvyGoUi@s_A|{@'),
+        );
+      });
     });
 
     describe('invalid requests return 4xx', function () {