diff --git a/pandas_highcharts/core.py b/pandas_highcharts/core.py
index f7edabc..3fc78bb 100644
--- a/pandas_highcharts/core.py
+++ b/pandas_highcharts/core.py
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ def serialize_subtitle(df, output, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def serialize_title(df, output, *args, **kwargs):
         if "title" in kwargs:
-            output["title"] = {"text": kwargs["title"]}
+            if isinstance(kwargs["title"], dict):
+                output["title"] = kwargs["title"]
+            else:
+                output["title"] = {"text": kwargs["title"]}
 
     def serialize_tooltip(df, output, *args, **kwargs):
         if 'tooltip' in kwargs:
diff --git a/pandas_highcharts/tests.py b/pandas_highcharts/tests.py
index 55e7dde..1b336e9 100644
--- a/pandas_highcharts/tests.py
+++ b/pandas_highcharts/tests.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     {'a': 2, 'b': 4, 'c': 6, 't': datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 2), 's': 's2'}
 ])
 
-
 class CoreTest(TestCase):
     def test_type(self):
         self.assertEqual(type(serialize(df, render_to="chart")), str)
@@ -74,6 +73,13 @@ def test_type(self):
         for yaxis in obj.get('yAxis', []):
             self.assertTrue(yaxis.get('tickPositions'))
 
+        obj = serialize(df, render_to="chart", output_type="dict", title={"text": 'Chart',"x": -20}, xticks=[1], yticks=[2])
+        self.assertTrue(obj.get('title', {}).get('text'))
+        self.assertTrue(obj.get('title', {}).get('x'))
+        self.assertTrue(obj.get('xAxis', {}).get('tickPositions'))
+        for yaxis in obj.get('yAxis', []):
+            self.assertTrue(yaxis.get('tickPositions'))
+
         obj = serialize(df, render_to="chart", output_type="dict", fontsize=12, kind='pie', x='s', y=['a'], tooltip={'pointFormat': '{series.name}: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>'})
         self.assertTrue(obj.get('tooltip'))
 
@@ -97,3 +103,5 @@ def test_jsonencoder(self):
         self.assertEqual(json_encode(datetime.date(2015, 1, 1)), "1420070400000")
         self.assertEqual(json_encode(datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 1)), "1420070400000")
         self.assertEqual(json_encode(pandas.tslib.Timestamp(1420070400000000000)), "1420070400000")
+
+