diff --git a/config/initializers/symbol_to_json.rb b/config/initializers/symbol_to_json.rb
index 84594e9c..69cfdb25 100644
--- a/config/initializers/symbol_to_json.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/symbol_to_json.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-class Symbol
-  def to_json(*)
-    to_s
-  end
-
-  def as_json(*)
-    to_s
-  end
-end
+# #TODO: please investigate if this can be removed
+# class Symbol
+#   def to_json(*)
+#     to_s
+#   end
+#
+#   def as_json(*)
+#     to_s
+#   end
+# end
diff --git a/spec/symbol_spec.rb b/spec/symbol_spec.rb
index 2dcccf83..333bea44 100644
--- a/spec/symbol_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/symbol_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
+#TODO, is this really a good behaviour?
 describe Symbol do
   it 'to_json becomes a string in json format' do
-    :abc.to_json.should == 'abc'
+    :abc.to_json.should == '"abc"'
   end
 
   it 'as_json becomes a string in json format' do
     :abc.as_json.should == 'abc'
   end
+
+  it 'works in hashes' do
+    expect([{abc: :def}].to_json).to eq %|[{"abc":"def"}]|
+  end
 end