diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 32d37c1..6fcd7aa 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.34.0
+current_version = 0.34.1
 
 [bumpversion:file:pyproject.toml]
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 553a07d..6ed2835 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 # [Unreleased]
 
+# [0.34.1]
+- [PR 179](https://github.com/salesforce/django-declarative-apis/pull/179) Move the 204 response handling fix to resources.
+
 # [0.34.0]
 - [PR 178](https://github.com/salesforce/django-declarative-apis/pull/178) Fix JSONEmitter for empty response bodies.
 
diff --git a/django_declarative_apis/resources/emitters.py b/django_declarative_apis/resources/emitters.py
index f26da52..d077176 100644
--- a/django_declarative_apis/resources/emitters.py
+++ b/django_declarative_apis/resources/emitters.py
@@ -183,11 +183,6 @@ def decode(self, data):
     def render(self, request):
         cb = request.GET.get("callback", None)
         assert cb is None, "JSONP Callbacks not supported"
-        seria = self.decode(self.construct())
-        if isinstance(seria, list):
-            if len(seria) == 0 or (len(seria) == 1 and len(seria[0]) == 0):
-                # the body is empty, no need to run json.dumps
-                return ""
 
         # Callback
         # TODO: do we care about JSONP?
@@ -195,7 +190,7 @@ def render(self, request):
         #     return '%s(%s)' % (cb, seria)
 
         return json.dumps(
-            seria,
+            self.decode(self.construct()),
             cls=DjangoJSONEncoder,
             ensure_ascii=False,
             indent=4,
diff --git a/django_declarative_apis/resources/resource.py b/django_declarative_apis/resources/resource.py
index 902ce90..3a4a767 100644
--- a/django_declarative_apis/resources/resource.py
+++ b/django_declarative_apis/resources/resource.py
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ def __call__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):  # noqa: C901
         srl = emitter(result, handler, anonymous)
 
         try:
+            # If the status code is 204, we need to return an empty response. skip the emitter.
+            if status_code == http.HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT:
+                return HttpResponse(b"", status=http.HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT)
+
             """
             Decide whether or not we want a generator here,
             or we just want to buffer up the entire result
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 9ec3d8e..85a212a 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 # built documents.
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "0.34.0"  # set by bumpversion
+release = "0.34.1"  # set by bumpversion
 
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = release.rsplit(".", 1)[0]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 544a417..1cde7b5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "django-declarative-apis"
-version = "0.34.0"  # set by bumpversion
+version = "0.34.1"  # set by bumpversion
 description = "Simple, readable, declarative APIs for Django"
 readme = "README.md"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/tests/resources/test_emitters.py b/tests/resources/test_emitters.py
index 6bd304f..e591b30 100644
--- a/tests/resources/test_emitters.py
+++ b/tests/resources/test_emitters.py
@@ -109,15 +109,6 @@ def test_decode(self):
         resp = em.render(django.test.RequestFactory().get("/"))
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(resp), ["foo", "bar"])
 
-    def test_decode_empty_list(self):
-        em = emitters.JSONEmitter([""], lambda: None)
-        resp = em.render(django.test.RequestFactory().get("/"))
-        self.assertEqual(resp, "")
-
-        em = emitters.JSONEmitter([], lambda: None)
-        resp = em.render(django.test.RequestFactory().get("/"))
-        self.assertEqual(resp, "")
-
 
 class DjangoEmitterTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_render_http_response_succes(self):
diff --git a/tests/resources/test_resource.py b/tests/resources/test_resource.py
index 1e69154..3849cbf 100644
--- a/tests/resources/test_resource.py
+++ b/tests/resources/test_resource.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import django.test
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from unittest import mock
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 from django_declarative_apis.authentication.oauthlib import oauth_errors
 from django_declarative_apis.resources import resource
@@ -212,3 +213,23 @@ def test_email_exception(self):
             (subj, body, _, __), ___ = mock_email.call_args_list[0]
             self.assertEqual(subj, "[Django] Django Declarative APIs crash report")
             self.assertEqual(body, traceback)
+
+    def test_call_no_content_response(self):
+        """Test that HTTP 204 responses return empty content with content-length 0"""
+
+        def handle_delete(request, *args, **kwargs):
+            # Handler returns an HttpResponse with 204 status as the result
+            return http.HTTPStatus.OK, HttpResponse(status=http.HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT)
+
+        class Handler:
+            allowed_methods = ("DELETE",)
+            method_handlers = {"DELETE": handle_delete}
+
+        req = self.create_request(method="DELETE")
+        res = resource.Resource(lambda: Handler())
+        resp = res(req)
+
+        # Verify the response has 204 status and empty content
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, http.HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.content, b"")
+        self.assertEqual(len(resp.content), 0)