diff --git a/lib/jb/action_view_monkeys.rb b/lib/jb/action_view_monkeys.rb
index 718c34e..8c13377 100644
--- a/lib/jb/action_view_monkeys.rb
+++ b/lib/jb/action_view_monkeys.rb
@@ -40,15 +40,48 @@ module RenderCollectionExtension
     end
   end
 
+  # An alternative OutputFlow that holds each content in Hash/Array as-is
+  class RawOutputFlow
+    attr_reader :content
+
+    def initialize
+      @content = Hash.new
+    end
+
+    def get(key)
+      @content[key]
+    end
+
+    def set(key, value)
+      @content[key] = value.extend(Jb::PartialRenderer::StrongArray)
+    end
+
+    def append(key, value)
+      if @content[key].nil?
+        set(key, value)
+      elsif @content[key].respond_to?(:merge)
+        @content[key].merge(value)
+      else
+        @content[key].concat(value)
+      end
+    end
+    alias_method :append!, :append
+  end
+
   # A monkey-patch that converts non-partial result to a JSON String
   module TemplateRenderer
     module JSONizer
       def render_template(template, *)
-        template.respond_to?(:handler) && (template.handler == Jb::Handler) ? MultiJson.dump(super) : super
+        if template.respond_to?(:handler) && template.handler == Jb::Handler
+          @view.view_flow = RawOutputFlow.new unless @view.view_flow.is_a?(RawOutputFlow)
+          MultiJson.dump(super)
+        else
+          super
+        end
       end
     end
   end
 end
 
 ::ActionView::PartialRenderer.prepend ::Jb::PartialRenderer::JbTemplateDetector
-::ActionView::TemplateRenderer.prepend ::Jb::TemplateRenderer::JSONizer
+::ActionView::TemplateRenderer.prepend ::Jb::TemplateRenderer::JSONizer
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/dummy_app/app/views/layouts/application.json.jb b/test/dummy_app/app/views/layouts/application.json.jb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab1c1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dummy_app/app/views/layouts/application.json.jb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  metadata: 'metadata layout'
+}.merge(yield)
diff --git a/test/features/jb_test.rb b/test/features/jb_test.rb
index d9ebef0..2678931 100644
--- a/test/features/jb_test.rb
+++ b/test/features/jb_test.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class JbTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     assert_equal 'comment 1', json['comments'][0]['body']
     assert_equal 'comment 2', json['comments'][1]['body']
     assert_equal 'comment 3', json['comments'][2]['body']
+    assert_equal 'metadata layout', json['metadata']
   end
 
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ class JbTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
 
     assert_equal 'post 2', json['title']
     assert_equal [], json['comments']
+    assert_equal 'metadata layout', json['metadata']
   end
 
   test ':plain handler still works' do