diff --git a/src/components/RedocStandalone.tsx b/src/components/RedocStandalone.tsx
index c28cdee2..41805c8d 100644
--- a/src/components/RedocStandalone.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RedocStandalone.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import { ErrorBoundary } from './ErrorBoundary';
 import { Redoc } from './Redoc/Redoc';
 
 export interface RedocStandaloneProps {
-  specOrSpecUrl: string | object;
+  spec?: object;
+  specUrl?: string;
   options?: {
     theme?: ThemeInterface;
   };
@@ -16,15 +17,7 @@ export interface RedocStandaloneProps {
 
 export class RedocStandalone extends React.Component<RedocStandaloneProps> {
   render() {
-    const { specOrSpecUrl, options } = this.props;
-    let specUrl;
-    let spec;
-
-    if (typeof specOrSpecUrl === 'string') {
-      specUrl = specOrSpecUrl;
-    } else if (typeof specOrSpecUrl === 'object') {
-      spec = specOrSpecUrl;
-    }
+    const { spec, specUrl, options } = this.props;
 
     return (
       <ErrorBoundary>
diff --git a/src/standalone.tsx b/src/standalone.tsx
index 258311c7..ecf063cb 100644
--- a/src/standalone.tsx
+++ b/src/standalone.tsx
@@ -33,11 +33,19 @@ export function init(
     throw new Error('"element" argument is not provided and <redoc> tag is not found on the page');
   }
 
+  let specUrl, spec;
+  if (typeof specOrSpecUrl === 'string') {
+    specUrl = specOrSpecUrl;
+  } else if (typeof specOrSpecUrl === 'object') {
+    spec = specOrSpecUrl;
+  }
+
   render(
     React.createElement(
       RedocStandalone,
       {
-        specOrSpecUrl,
+        spec,
+        specUrl,
         options: { ...options, ...parseOptionsFromElement(element) },
       },
       ['Loading...'],