diff --git a/src/SlimController/SlimController.php b/src/SlimController/SlimController.php
index 9ad2eab..303d99d 100644
--- a/src/SlimController/SlimController.php
+++ b/src/SlimController/SlimController.php
@@ -93,17 +93,14 @@ public function __construct(\Slim\Slim &$app)
      * @param string $template Name of the template to be rendererd
      * @param array  $args     Args for view
      */
-    protected function render($template, $args = null)
+    protected function render($template, $args = array())
     {
-        if (!is_null($args)) {
-            $this->app->view()->appendData($args);
-        }
         if (!is_null($this->renderTemplateSuffix)
             && !preg_match('/\.' . $this->renderTemplateSuffix . '$/', $template)
         ) {
             $template .= '.' . $this->renderTemplateSuffix;
         }
-        $this->app->render($template);
+        $this->app->render($template, $args);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/SlimController/Tests/SlimControllerTest.php b/tests/SlimController/Tests/SlimControllerTest.php
index c91a9d7..3fdbdb6 100644
--- a/tests/SlimController/Tests/SlimControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/SlimController/Tests/SlimControllerTest.php
@@ -50,17 +50,9 @@ public function testControllerConfigParamsAreUsed()
     public function testRenderingWorksFine()
     {
         $this->assertDefaultConstruction();
-        $view = m::mock();
-        $this->slim->shouldReceive('view')
-            ->once()
-            ->withNoArgs()
-            ->andReturn($view);
-        $view->shouldReceive('appendData')
-            ->once()
-            ->with(array('foo' => 'orotound', 'bar' => 'grandios'));
         $this->slim->shouldReceive('render')
             ->once()
-            ->with('rendertest.Suffix');
+            ->with('rendertest.Suffix', array('foo' => 'orotound', 'bar' => 'grandios'));
 
         $controller = new TestController($this->slim);
         $controller->renderAction();
@@ -282,4 +274,4 @@ protected function assertDefaultConstruction($suffix = 'Suffix', $paramPrefix =
             ->andReturn($cleanupParams);
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}