diff --git a/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestJsonValue.cpp b/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestJsonValue.cpp
index f68b1754..5d1ad085 100644
--- a/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestJsonValue.cpp
+++ b/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestJsonValue.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ UVaRestJsonValue::UVaRestJsonValue(const FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer)
 {
 }
 
+void UVaRestJsonValue::Reset()
+{
+	JsonVal = nullptr;
+}
+
 TSharedPtr<FJsonValue>& UVaRestJsonValue::GetRootValue()
 {
 	return JsonVal;
diff --git a/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestRequestJSON.cpp b/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestRequestJSON.cpp
index bf0e303d..f6a2f124 100644
--- a/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestRequestJSON.cpp
+++ b/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestRequestJSON.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "VaRestDefines.h"
 #include "VaRestJsonObject.h"
+#include "VaRestJsonValue.h"
 #include "VaRestLibrary.h"
 #include "VaRestSettings.h"
 
@@ -112,6 +113,15 @@ void UVaRestRequestJSON::ResetResponseData()
 		ResponseJsonObj = NewObject<UVaRestJsonObject>();
 	}
 
+	if (ResponseJsonValue != nullptr)
+	{
+		ResponseJsonValue->Reset();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		ResponseJsonValue = NewObject<UVaRestJsonValue>();
+	}
+
 	ResponseHeaders.Empty();
 	ResponseCode = -1;
 	ResponseSize = 0;
@@ -166,6 +176,12 @@ void UVaRestRequestJSON::SetResponseObject(UVaRestJsonObject* JsonObject)
 	ResponseJsonObj = JsonObject;
 }
 
+UVaRestJsonValue* UVaRestRequestJSON::GetResponseValue() const
+{
+	check(ResponseJsonValue);
+	return ResponseJsonValue;
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Response data access
 
@@ -500,11 +516,16 @@ void UVaRestRequestJSON::OnProcessRequestComplete(FHttpRequestPtr Request, FHttp
 	{
 		// Use default unreal one
 		const TSharedRef<TJsonReader<>> Reader = TJsonReaderFactory<>::Create(*Response->GetContentAsString());
-		TSharedPtr<FJsonObject> OutJsonObj;
-		if (FJsonSerializer::Deserialize(Reader, OutJsonObj))
+		TSharedPtr<FJsonValue> OutJsonValue;
+		if (FJsonSerializer::Deserialize(Reader, OutJsonValue))
 		{
-			ResponseJsonObj->SetRootObject(OutJsonObj.ToSharedRef());
+			ResponseJsonValue->SetRootValue(OutJsonValue);
 			ResponseSize = Response->GetContentLength();
+
+			if (ResponseJsonValue->GetType() == EVaJson::Object)
+			{
+				ResponseJsonObj->SetRootObject(ResponseJsonValue->GetRootValue()->AsObject());
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestSubsystem.cpp b/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestSubsystem.cpp
index 8527b8dd..e79653cc 100644
--- a/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestSubsystem.cpp
+++ b/Source/VaRest/Private/VaRestSubsystem.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 #include "Misc/FileHelper.h"
 #include "Misc/Paths.h"
+#include "Serialization/JsonReader.h"
+#include "Serialization/JsonSerializer.h"
 #include "Subsystems/SubsystemBlueprintLibrary.h"
 
 UVaRestSubsystem::UVaRestSubsystem()
@@ -164,6 +166,18 @@ UVaRestJsonValue* UVaRestSubsystem::ConstructJsonValue(const TSharedPtr<FJsonVal
 	return NewValue;
 }
 
+UVaRestJsonValue* UVaRestSubsystem::DecodeJson(const FString& JsonString)
+{
+	const TSharedRef<TJsonReader<>> Reader = TJsonReaderFactory<>::Create(*JsonString);
+	TSharedPtr<FJsonValue> OutJsonValue;
+	if (FJsonSerializer::Deserialize(Reader, OutJsonValue))
+	{
+		return ConstructJsonValue(OutJsonValue);
+	}
+
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
 class UVaRestJsonObject* UVaRestSubsystem::LoadJsonFromFile(const FString& Path, const bool bIsRelativeToContentDir)
 {
 	auto* Json = ConstructVaRestJsonObject();
diff --git a/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestJsonValue.h b/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestJsonValue.h
index ad2bb0e3..c5e5305c 100644
--- a/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestJsonValue.h
+++ b/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestJsonValue.h
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ class VAREST_API UVaRestJsonValue : public UObject
 {
 	GENERATED_UCLASS_BODY()
 
+public:
+	/** Reset all internal data */
+	UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, Category = "VaRest|Json")
+	void Reset();
+
 	/** Get the root Json value */
 	TSharedPtr<FJsonValue>& GetRootValue();
 
diff --git a/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestRequestJSON.h b/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestRequestJSON.h
index d74da2b3..8f39c06e 100644
--- a/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestRequestJSON.h
+++ b/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestRequestJSON.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "VaRestRequestJSON.generated.h"
 
+class UVaRestJsonValue;
 class UVaRestJsonObject;
 class UVaRestSettings;
 
@@ -157,6 +158,10 @@ class VAREST_API UVaRestRequestJSON : public UObject
 	UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, Category = "VaRest|Response")
 	void SetResponseObject(UVaRestJsonObject* JsonObject);
 
+	/** Get the Response Json value */
+	UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, Category = "VaRest|Response")
+	UVaRestJsonValue* GetResponseValue() const;
+
 	///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	// Request/response data access
 
@@ -297,6 +302,10 @@ class VAREST_API UVaRestRequestJSON : public UObject
 	UPROPERTY()
 	UVaRestJsonObject* ResponseJsonObj;
 
+	/** Response data stored as JSON value */
+	UPROPERTY()
+	UVaRestJsonValue* ResponseJsonValue;
+
 	/** Verb for making request (GET,POST,etc) */
 	EVaRestRequestVerb RequestVerb;
 
diff --git a/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestSubsystem.h b/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestSubsystem.h
index f4547975..9773e34f 100644
--- a/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestSubsystem.h
+++ b/Source/VaRest/Public/VaRestSubsystem.h
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ class VAREST_API UVaRestSubsystem : public UEngineSubsystem
 	/** Create new Json value from FJsonValue (to be used from VaRestJsonObject) */
 	UVaRestJsonValue* ConstructJsonValue(const TSharedPtr<FJsonValue>& InValue);
 
+	//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+	// Serialization
+
+public:
+	/** Construct Json value from string */
+	UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, Category = "VaRest|Subsystem")
+	UVaRestJsonValue* DecodeJson(const FString& JsonString);
+
 	//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	// File system integration