diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index a2a736e..122b939 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -12,12 +12,20 @@ Stipple = "4acbeb90-81a0-11ea-1966-bdaff8155998"
 [compat]
 DataFrames = "1"
 Genie = "5"
+PlotlyBase = "0.8.19"
 Requires = "1"
 Stipple = "0.23, 0.24, 0.25, 0.26, 0.27"
 julia = "1.6"
 
 [extras]
+PlotlyBase = "a03496cd-edff-5a9b-9e67-9cda94a718b5"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 
+[extensions]
+StipplePlotlyPlotlyBaseExt = "PlotlyBase"
+
 [targets]
-test = ["Test"]
+test = ["Test", "PlotlyBase"]
+
+[weakdeps]
+PlotlyBase = "a03496cd-edff-5a9b-9e67-9cda94a718b5"
diff --git a/ext/StipplePlotlyPlotlyBaseExt.jl b/ext/StipplePlotlyPlotlyBaseExt.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53043e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/StipplePlotlyPlotlyBaseExt.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+module StipplePlotlyPlotlyBaseExt
+
+using StipplePlotly
+using StipplePlotly.Stipple
+using StipplePlotly.Charts
+
+isdefined(Base, :get_extension) ? (using PlotlyBase) : (using ..PlotlyBase)
+
+Base.print(io::IO, a::Union{PlotlyBase.PlotConfig}) = print(io, Stipple.json(a))
+PlotlyBase.JSON.Writer.lower(json::Stipple.JSONText) = json.s
+
+function Base.Dict(p::PlotlyBase.Plot)
+    Dict(
+    :data => p.data,
+    :layout => p.layout,
+    :frames => p.frames,
+    :config => p.config
+    )
+end
+
+function PlotlyBase.Plot(d::AbstractDict)
+    sd = symbol_dict(d)
+    data = haskey(sd, :data) && ! isempty(sd[:data]) ? PlotlyBase.GenericTrace.(sd[:data]) : PlotlyBase.GenericTrace[]
+    layout = haskey(sd, :layout) ? PlotlyBase.Layout(sd[:layout]) : PlotlyBase.Layout()
+    frames = haskey(sd, :frames) && ! isempty(sd[:frames]) ? PlotlyBase.PlotlyFrame.(sd[:frames]) : PlotlyBase.PlotlyFrame[]
+    config = haskey(sd, :config) ? PlotlyBase.PlotConfig(; sd[:config]...) : PlotlyBase.PlotConfig()
+
+    PlotlyBase.Plot(data, layout, frames; config)
+end
+
+function stipple_parse(::Type{PlotlyBase.Plot}, d::AbstractDict)
+    PlotlyBase.Plot(d)
+end
+
+end
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diff --git a/src/Charts.jl b/src/Charts.jl
index 1f2c04b..60ed9bd 100644
--- a/src/Charts.jl
+++ b/src/Charts.jl
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ using .Layouts
 using .Layouts:optionals!
 
 import Genie.Renderer.Html: HTMLString, normal_element, register_normal_element
-using Requires
 
 export PlotLayout, PlotData, PlotAnnotation, Trace, plot, ErrorBar, Font, ColorBar, watchplot, watchplots
 export PlotLayoutGrid, PlotLayoutAxis
 export PlotConfig, PlotLayoutTitle, PlotLayoutLegend, PlotlyLine, PlotDataMarker
-export PlotlyEvents, PlotWithEvents, PBPlotWithEvents, PlotWithEventsReadOnly, PBPlotWithEventsReadOnly
+export PlotlyEvents, PlotWithEvents, PlotWithEventsReadOnly
 export plotdata
 
 const PLOT_TYPE_LINE = "scatter"
@@ -67,57 +66,20 @@ register_normal_element("plotly", context = @__MODULE__)
 
 function __init__()
   DEFAULT_CONFIG_TYPE[] = Charts.PlotConfig
+end
 
-  @require PlotlyBase = "a03496cd-edff-5a9b-9e67-9cda94a718b5" begin
-    DEFAULT_CONFIG_TYPE[] = PlotlyBase.PlotConfig
-
-    Base.print(io::IO, a::Union{PlotlyBase.PlotConfig}) = print(io, Stipple.json(a))
-    StructTypes.StructType(::Type{<:PlotlyBase.HasFields}) = JSON3.DictType()
-    StructTypes.StructType(::Type{PlotlyBase.PlotConfig}) = JSON3.DictType()
-
-    function Base.Dict(p::PlotlyBase.Plot)
-      Dict(
-        :data => p.data,
-        :layout => p.layout,
-        :frames => p.frames,
-        :config => p.config
-      )
-    end
-
-    Base.@kwdef struct PBPlotWithEvents
-      var""::R{PlotlyBase.Plot} = PlotlyBase.Plot()
-      _selected::R{PlotlyEvent} = PlotlyEvent()
-      _hover::R{PlotlyEvent} = PlotlyEvent()
-      _click::R{PlotlyEvent} = PlotlyEvent()
-      _relayout::R{PlotlyEvent} = PlotlyEvent()
-    end
-
-    Base.@kwdef struct PBPlotWithEventsReadOnly
-      var""::R{PlotlyBase.Plot} = PlotlyBase.Plot(), READONLY
-      _selected::R{PlotlyEvent} = PlotlyEvent()
-      _hover::R{PlotlyEvent} = PlotlyEvent()
-      _click::R{PlotlyEvent} = PlotlyEvent()
-      _relayout::R{PlotlyEvent} = PlotlyEvent()
-    end
-
-    function PlotlyBase.Plot(d::AbstractDict)
-      sd = symbol_dict(d)
-      data = haskey(sd, :data) && ! isempty(sd[:data]) ? PlotlyBase.GenericTrace.(sd[:data]) : PlotlyBase.GenericTrace[]
-      layout = haskey(sd, :layout) ? PlotlyBase.Layout(sd[:layout]) : PlotlyBase.Layout()
-      frames = haskey(sd, :frames) && ! isempty(sd[:frames]) ? PlotlyBase.PlotlyFrame.(sd[:frames]) : PlotlyBase.PlotlyFrame[]
-      config = haskey(sd, :config) ? PlotlyBase.PlotConfig(; sd[:config]...) : PlotlyBase.PlotConfig()
-
-      PlotlyBase.Plot(data, layout, frames; config)
-    end
-
-    function stipple_parse(::Type{PlotlyBase.Plot}, d::AbstractDict)
-      PlotlyBase.Plot(d)
+function default_config_type()
+  if DEFAULT_CONFIG_TYPE[] == Charts.PlotConfig
+    pkgid = Base.identify_package("PlotlyBase")
+    if haskey(Base.loaded_modules, pkgid)
+      DEFAULT_CONFIG_TYPE[] = Base.loaded_modules[pkgid].PlotConfig
     end
   end
+  DEFAULT_CONFIG_TYPE[]
 end
 
 """
-    function plotly(p::Symbol; layout = Symbol(p, ".layout"), config = Symbol(p, ".config"), configtype = DEFAULT_CONFIG_TYPE[], kwargs...)
+    function plotly(p::Symbol; layout = Symbol(p, ".layout"), config = Symbol(p, ".config"), configtype = default_config_type(), kwargs...)
 
 This is a convenience function for rendering a PlotlyBase.Plot or a struct with fields data, layout and config
 # Example
@@ -132,7 +94,7 @@ julia> plotly(:plot, config = :config)
 ```
 
 """
-function plotly(p::Symbol, args...; layout = Symbol(p, ".layout"), config = Symbol(p, ".config"), configtype = DEFAULT_CONFIG_TYPE[], kwargs...)
+function plotly(p::Symbol, args...; layout = Symbol(p, ".layout"), config = Symbol(p, ".config"), configtype = default_config_type(), kwargs...)
   plot("$p.data", args...; layout, config, configtype, kwargs...)
 end
 
diff --git a/src/StipplePlotly.jl b/src/StipplePlotly.jl
index 52daaa2..9bcb1ec 100644
--- a/src/StipplePlotly.jl
+++ b/src/StipplePlotly.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module StipplePlotly
 
 using Genie, Stipple, Stipple.Reexport, Stipple.ParsingTools
+using Requires
 
 #===#
 
@@ -83,6 +84,29 @@ include("Layouts.jl")
 function __init__()
   deps_routes()
   Stipple.deps!(@__MODULE__, deps)
+
+  @require PlotlyBase = "a03496cd-edff-5a9b-9e67-9cda94a718b5" begin
+    @static if !isdefined(Base, :get_extension)
+      include("../ext/StipplePlotlyPlotlyBaseExt.jl")
+    end
+
+    export PBPlotWithEvents, PBPlotWithEventsReadOnly
+    Base.@kwdef struct PBPlotWithEvents
+      var""::R{PlotlyBase.Plot} = PlotlyBase.Plot()
+      _selected::R{Charts.PlotlyEvent} = Charts.PlotlyEvent()
+      _hover::R{Charts.PlotlyEvent} = Charts.PlotlyEvent()
+      _click::R{Charts.PlotlyEvent} = Charts.PlotlyEvent()
+      _relayout::R{Charts.PlotlyEvent} = Charts.PlotlyEvent()
+    end
+
+    Base.@kwdef struct PBPlotWithEventsReadOnly
+      var""::R{PlotlyBase.Plot} = PlotlyBase.Plot(), READONLY
+      _selected::R{Charts.PlotlyEvent} = Charts.PlotlyEvent()
+      _hover::R{Charts.PlotlyEvent} = Charts.PlotlyEvent()
+      _click::R{Charts.PlotlyEvent} = Charts.PlotlyEvent()
+      _relayout::R{Charts.PlotlyEvent} = Charts.PlotlyEvent()
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 end # module
diff --git a/test/Charts.jl b/test/Charts.jl
index 856b81b..5ce651b 100644
--- a/test/Charts.jl
+++ b/test/Charts.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ function create_example_dataframe()
 end
 
 @testset "Scatter Plots" begin
-    @info "Test: Scatter Plots"
     @testset "Multiple Groups without Tooltips" begin
         df = create_example_dataframe()
         pd = plotdata(df, :X, :Y; groupfeature = :Group)
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ end
         @test isnothing(pd[1].text) 
         @test isnothing(pd[2].text) 
     end
+    
     @testset "Multiple Groups with Tooltips" begin
         df = create_example_dataframe()
         pd = plotdata(df, :X, :Y; groupfeature = :Group, text = df.Label)
@@ -34,4 +34,23 @@ end
             @test pd[2].text[2] == "D"
         end
     end
+end
+
+@testset "JSONText from PlotlyBase extension" begin
+    
+    using Stipple
+    @testset "Stipple.JSONText" begin
+        @test ! @isdefined PBPlotWithEvents
+        using PlotlyBase, PlotlyBase.JSON
+        @test @isdefined PBPlotWithEvents
+
+        sc = scatter(x = StipplePlotly.JSONText("jsontext"), more_of_this = "a")
+        pl = Plot(sc)
+        @test JSON.json(sc) == "{\"type\":\"scatter\",\"more\":{\"of\":{\"this\":\"a\"}},\"x\":\"jsontext\"}"
+        @test contains(JSON.json(pl), "{\"type\":\"scatter\",\"more\":{\"of\":{\"this\":\"a\"}},\"x\":\"jsontext\"}")
+
+        @test Stipple.json(sc) == "{\"type\":\"scatter\",\"more\":{\"of\":{\"this\":\"a\"}},\"x\":\"jsontext\"}"
+        @test contains(Stipple.json(pl), "{\"type\":\"scatter\",\"more\":{\"of\":{\"this\":\"a\"}},\"x\":\"jsontext\"}")
+    end
+
 end
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diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 04d6164..37fdd9b 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using StipplePlotly
 using Test
 using DataFrames
 
-@testset "StipplePlotly.jl" begin
+@testset verbose = true "Charts" begin
 
     include("Charts.jl")