diff --git a/superset/views.py b/superset/views.py
index 13e3246b5f2a9..0609310f991a7 100755
--- a/superset/views.py
+++ b/superset/views.py
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ def explore(self, datasource_type, datasource_id):
                 "datasource_name": viz_obj.datasource.name,
                 "datasource_type": datasource_type,
                 "user_id": user_id,
-                "viz": json.loads(viz_obj.get_json())
+                "viz": json.loads(viz_obj.json_data)
             }
             table_name = viz_obj.datasource.table_name \
                 if datasource_type == 'table' \