diff --git a/lib/podlet.js b/lib/podlet.js
index 0225ee33..87d8509a 100644
--- a/lib/podlet.js
+++ b/lib/podlet.js
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ export default class PodiumPodlet {
      */
     middleware() {
         return async (req, res, next) => {
-            const incoming = new HttpIncoming(req, res);
+            const incoming = new HttpIncoming(req, res, res.locals);
             // @ts-ignore
             incoming.url = new URL(
                 req.originalUrl,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28be3031..3dfdda54 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-import": "2.29.1",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "5.1.3",
     "express": "4.19.2",
+    "json-stringify-safe": "5.0.1",
     "prettier": "3.2.4",
     "semantic-release": "23.0.6",
     "tap": "18.7.2",
diff --git a/tests/podlet.js b/tests/podlet.js
index 4daf083d..99d6d148 100644
--- a/tests/podlet.js
+++ b/tests/podlet.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 
+/* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-expressions */
 /* eslint-disable max-classes-per-file */
 /* eslint-disable no-param-reassign */
 
 import { destinationObjectStream } from '@podium/test-utils';
 import { template, HttpIncoming, AssetJs, AssetCss } from '@podium/utils';
+import stringify from 'json-stringify-safe';
 import { join, dirname } from 'path';
 import Metrics from '@metrics/client';
 import tap from 'tap';
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ class FakeExpressServer {
         this.app.use(
             onRequest ||
                 ((req, res) => {
-                    res.status(200).json(res.locals);
+                    res.status(200).send(stringify(res.locals));
                 }),
         );
         this.server = undefined;
@@ -1303,6 +1305,24 @@ tap.test('.view() - append a custom wireframe document - should render developme
     await server.close();
 });
 
+tap.test('.view() - append a custom wireframe document - should render development output with custom wireframe document', async (t) => {
+    const options = { ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, development: true };
+
+    const podlet = new Podlet(options);
+    podlet.view((incoming, data) => `<div data-foo="${incoming.params.foo}">${data}</div>`);
+
+    const server = new FakeExpressServer(podlet, (req, res) => {
+        res.locals.foo = 'bar';
+        res.podiumSend('<h1>OK!</h1>');
+    });
+
+    await server.listen();
+    const result = await server.get({ raw: true });
+
+    t.equal(result.response, '<div data-foo="bar"><h1>OK!</h1></div>');
+    await server.close();
+});
+
 // #############################################
 // .metrics()
 // #############################################