diff --git a/docs/en/docs/responses.md b/docs/en/docs/responses.md
index 7715de79..c25cd43a 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/responses.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/responses.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The available responses from `Esmerald` are:
 
 * `Response`
 * `JSON`
-* `OrJSON`
+* `ORJSON`
 * `UJSON`
 * `Template`
 * `Redirect`
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ The available responses from `Esmerald` are:
 
 ## Important requirements
 
-Some responses use extra dependencies, such as [UJSON](#ujson) and [OrJSON](#orjson). To use these
+Some responses use extra dependencies, such as [UJSON](#ujson) and [ORJSON](#orjson). To use these
 responses, you need to install:
 
 ```shell
 $ pip install ujson orjson
 ```
 
-This will allow you to use the [OrJSON](#orjson) and [UJSON](#ujson) as well as the
+This will allow you to use the [ORJSON](#orjson) and [UJSON](#ujson) as well as the
 [UJSONResponse](#ujsonresponse) and [ORJSONResponse](#orjsonresponse) in your projects.
 
 ### Response
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Check out the [API Reference for Response](./references/responses/response.md) f
 ### JSON
 
 The classic JSON response for 99% of the responses used nowaday. The `JSON` returns a
-`JSONResponse`.
+`JSONResponse` (ORJSON).
 
 ```python
 {!> ../../../docs_src/responses/json.py !}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The classic JSON response for 99% of the responses used nowaday. The `JSON` retu
 
 Check out the [API Reference for JSON](./references/responses/json.md) for more details.
 
-#### JSONResponse
+### JSONResponse (Lilya)
 
 You can always use directly the `JSONResponse` from Lilya without using the Esmerald wrapper.
 
@@ -79,17 +79,12 @@ You can always use directly the `JSONResponse` from Lilya without using the Esme
 from lilya.responses import JSONResponse as JSONResponse
 ```
 
-or alternatively
-
-```python
-from esmerald.responses import JSONResponse
-```
 
 ## API Reference
 
 Check out the [API Reference for JSONResponse](./references/responses/json-response.md) for more details.
 
-### OrJSON
+### ORJSON
 
 Super fast JSON serialization/deserialization response.
 
@@ -101,7 +96,7 @@ Super fast JSON serialization/deserialization response.
     Please read the [important requirements](#important-requirements) before using this response.
 
 !!! Check
-    More details about the ORJSOM can be [found here](https://github.com/ijl/orjson).
+    More details about the ORJSON can be [found here](https://github.com/ijl/orjson).
 
 ## API Reference
 
@@ -115,6 +110,12 @@ You can always use directly the `ORJSONResponse` from Esmerald without using the
 from esmerald.responses.encoders import ORJSONResponse
 ```
 
+or alternatively (we alias JSONResponse to ORJSONResponse because it is faster)
+
+```python
+from esmerald.responses import JSONResponse
+```
+
 ## API Reference
 
 Check out the [API Reference for ORJSONResponse](./references/responses/orjson-response.md) for more details.
diff --git a/esmerald/responses/__init__.py b/esmerald/responses/__init__.py
index dfa72de5..0bdaff28 100644
--- a/esmerald/responses/__init__.py
+++ b/esmerald/responses/__init__.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
     Error,
     FileResponse,
     HTMLResponse,
-    JSONResponse,
     LilyaResponse,
     PlainText,
     Response,
     StreamingResponse,
 )
+from .encoders import ORJSONResponse as JSONResponse
 from .template import TemplateResponse
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/esmerald/responses/base.py b/esmerald/responses/base.py
index 713a1854..22297f7a 100644
--- a/esmerald/responses/base.py
+++ b/esmerald/responses/base.py
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ def __init__(
             ),
         ] = None,
     ) -> None:
-
         super().__init__(
             content=content,
             status_code=status_code,
diff --git a/esmerald/responses/encoders.py b/esmerald/responses/encoders.py
index 1cbdcd5c..bf04f905 100644
--- a/esmerald/responses/encoders.py
+++ b/esmerald/responses/encoders.py
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 from typing import Any
 
-from lilya.responses import JSONResponse as JSONResponse
+import orjson
 
 from esmerald.responses.json import BaseJSONResponse
 
-try:
-    import orjson
-    from orjson import OPT_OMIT_MICROSECONDS, OPT_SERIALIZE_NUMPY
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    orjson = None
-
 try:
     import ujson
 except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -24,11 +18,10 @@ class ORJSONResponse(BaseJSONResponse):
     """
 
     def make_response(self, content: Any) -> bytes:
-        assert orjson is not None, "You must install the encoders or orjson to use ORJSONResponse"
         return orjson.dumps(
             content,
             default=self.transform,
-            option=OPT_SERIALIZE_NUMPY | OPT_OMIT_MICROSECONDS,
+            option=orjson.OPT_SERIALIZE_NUMPY | orjson.OPT_OMIT_MICROSECONDS,
         )
 
 
@@ -42,3 +35,6 @@ class UJSONResponse(BaseJSONResponse):
     def make_response(self, content: Any) -> bytes:
         assert ujson is not None, "You must install the encoders or ujson to use UJSONResponse"
         return ujson.dumps(content, ensure_ascii=False).encode("utf-8")
+
+
+__all__ = ["ORJSONResponse", "UJSONResponse"]
diff --git a/esmerald/responses/json.py b/esmerald/responses/json.py
index e23811a8..2b7a7df0 100644
--- a/esmerald/responses/json.py
+++ b/esmerald/responses/json.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, cast
 
+from lilya.responses import JSONResponse
+
 from esmerald.encoders import json_encoder
-from esmerald.responses import JSONResponse as JSONResponse  # noqa
 
 
 class BaseJSONResponse(JSONResponse):
@@ -16,3 +17,6 @@ def transform(value: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:  # pragma: no cover
         a dict().
         """
         return cast(Dict[str, Any], json_encoder(value))
+
+
+__all__ = ["BaseJSONResponse"]
diff --git a/esmerald/routing/base.py b/esmerald/routing/base.py
index cebdd583..b2d882a8 100644
--- a/esmerald/routing/base.py
+++ b/esmerald/routing/base.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from esmerald.injector import Inject
 from esmerald.permissions.utils import continue_or_raise_permission_exception
 from esmerald.requests import Request
-from esmerald.responses import JSONResponse, Response
+from esmerald.responses.base import JSONResponse, Response
 from esmerald.routing.apis.base import View
 from esmerald.transformers.model import (
     TransformerModel,