diff --git a/src/Builder.php b/src/Builder.php
index 2569e2a..0783fba 100644
--- a/src/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Builder.php
@@ -168,10 +168,7 @@ public function render()
         $inLivewire = $chart['inLivewire'] ?? (class_exists('Livewire\\Livewire') ? \Livewire\Livewire::isLivewireRequest() : false);
         $view = ($inLivewire ? 'laravelchartjs::chart-template-livewire' : 'laravelchartjs::chart-template');
 
-        $optionsRaw = $chart['optionsRaw'] ?? null;
-        $optionsSimple = $chart['options'] ? $chart['options'] : null;
-        $options = $optionsRaw ? $optionsRaw : $optionsSimple;
-        $options = (is_string($options) ? json_decode($options) : $options);
+        $options = $chart['optionsRaw'] ?? json_encode($chart['options']);
 
         return view($view)->with([
             'datasets' => json_encode($chart['datasets']),
diff --git a/src/resources/views/chart-template-livewire.blade.php b/src/resources/views/chart-template-livewire.blade.php
index fe6b8f0..c509581 100644
--- a/src/resources/views/chart-template-livewire.blade.php
+++ b/src/resources/views/chart-template-livewire.blade.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div>
     <div
-        x-data="chart(@js($this->{$model}), @js($options))"
+        x-data="chart(@js($this->{$model}), {!! $options  !!})"
         wire:loading.class="opacity-50"
     >
         <canvas width="@js($size['width'])" height="@js($size['height'])" wire:ignore></canvas>
diff --git a/src/resources/views/chart-template.blade.php b/src/resources/views/chart-template.blade.php
index 64e953c..0319c23 100644
--- a/src/resources/views/chart-template.blade.php
+++ b/src/resources/views/chart-template.blade.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                     labels: {!! $labels !!},
                     datasets: {!! $datasets !!}
                 },
-                options: @js($options)
+                options: {!! $options !!}
             });
         })();
     });