diff --git a/packages/resource/src/index.js b/packages/resource/src/index.js
index 29a29aa..baa7f65 100644
--- a/packages/resource/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/resource/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {gather} from '@latus/core';
 
 export {default as Resource} from './resource';
+export * as JSONB from './jsonb';
 export {default as JsonResource} from './json-resource';
 
 export default {
diff --git a/packages/resource/src/json-resource.js b/packages/resource/src/json-resource.js
index 9b37b22..3df1b06 100644
--- a/packages/resource/src/json-resource.js
+++ b/packages/resource/src/json-resource.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import merge from 'deepmerge';
 
+import {parse} from './jsonb';
 import Resource from './resource';
 
 export default class JsonResource extends Resource {
@@ -48,19 +49,7 @@ export default class JsonResource extends Resource {
   }
 
   static async read(uri) {
-    const buffer = await super.read(uri);
-    let string;
-    if ('client' === process.env.SIDE) {
-      const decoder = new TextDecoder();
-      string = decoder.decode(buffer);
-    }
-    else {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line global-require
-      const {StringDecoder} = require('string_decoder');
-      const decoder = new StringDecoder();
-      string = decoder.end(buffer);
-    }
-    return this.extendJson(JSON.parse(string));
+    return this.extendJson(parse(await super.read(uri)));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/packages/resource/src/jsonb.js b/packages/resource/src/jsonb.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46f131b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/resource/src/jsonb.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export const bufferify = (value) => Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(value));
+
+export const parse = (buffer) => {
+  let string;
+  if ('client' === process.env.SIDE) {
+    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+    string = decoder.decode(buffer);
+  }
+  else {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line global-require
+    const {StringDecoder} = require('string_decoder');
+    const decoder = new StringDecoder();
+    string = decoder.end(buffer);
+  }
+  return JSON.parse(string);
+};