diff --git a/config/initializers/rabl_init.rb b/config/initializers/rabl_init.rb
index f7be0c607..132a42144 100644
--- a/config/initializers/rabl_init.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/rabl_init.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Rabl.configure do |config|
+  config.json_engine       = Oj
   config.cache_all_output  = false
   config.cache_sources     = Rails.env.production?
   config.include_json_root = false