diff --git a/lib/lotus/view/rendering/layout_registry.rb b/lib/lotus/view/rendering/layout_registry.rb
index 2c57652d..1efbbefc 100644
--- a/lib/lotus/view/rendering/layout_registry.rb
+++ b/lib/lotus/view/rendering/layout_registry.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def initialize(template)
       # @since 0.1.0
       #
       # @see Lotus::Layout::ClassMethods#registry
-      class LayoutRegistry < ::Hash
+      class LayoutRegistry
         # Initialize the registry
         #
         # @param view [Class] the view
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ class LayoutRegistry < ::Hash
         # @api private
         # @since 0.1.0
         def initialize(view)
-          super()
-
+          @registry = {}
           @view = view
           prepare!
         end
@@ -50,15 +49,15 @@ def initialize(view)
         # @api private
         # @since 0.1.0
         def resolve(context)
-          fetch(format(context)) { NullTemplate.new }
+          @registry.fetch(format(context)) { NullTemplate.new }
         end
 
         protected
         def prepare!
           templates.each do |template|
-            merge! template.format => template
+            @registry.merge! template.format => template
           end
-          self.any? or raise MissingTemplateLayoutError.new(@view)
+          @registry.any? or raise MissingTemplateLayoutError.new(@view)
         end
 
         def templates
diff --git a/lib/lotus/view/rendering/registry.rb b/lib/lotus/view/rendering/registry.rb
index c23e7b3d..38acf322 100644
--- a/lib/lotus/view/rendering/registry.rb
+++ b/lib/lotus/view/rendering/registry.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Registry < LayoutRegistry
         #
         # @see Lotus::View::Rendering#render
         def resolve(context)
-          view, template = fetch(format(context)) { self[DEFAULT_FORMAT] }
+          view, template = @registry.fetch(format(context)) { @registry[DEFAULT_FORMAT] }
           view.new(template, context)
         end
 
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ def prepare!
 
         def prepare_views!
           views.each do |view|
-            merge! view.format || DEFAULT_FORMAT => [ view, template_for(view) ]
+            @registry.merge! view.format || DEFAULT_FORMAT => [ view, template_for(view) ]
           end
         end
 
         def prepare_templates!
           templates.each do |template|
-            merge! template.format => [ view_for(template), template ]
+            @registry.merge! template.format => [ view_for(template), template ]
           end
         end