diff --git a/flight/Engine.php b/flight/Engine.php
index fb4d9e8..aaaf778 100644
--- a/flight/Engine.php
+++ b/flight/Engine.php
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ class Engine
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $use_v3_output_buffering = 
-                $this->response()->v2_output_buffering === false && 
+            $use_v3_output_buffering =
+                $this->response()->v2_output_buffering === false &&
                 $route->is_streamed === false;
 
             if ($use_v3_output_buffering === true) {
@@ -493,8 +493,8 @@ class Engine
                 }
             }
 
-            $use_v3_output_buffering = 
-                $this->response()->v2_output_buffering === false && 
+            $use_v3_output_buffering =
+                $this->response()->v2_output_buffering === false &&
                 $route->is_streamed === false;
 
             if ($use_v3_output_buffering === true) {
diff --git a/flight/net/Response.php b/flight/net/Response.php
index cfc8ffd..e1abaac 100644
--- a/flight/net/Response.php
+++ b/flight/net/Response.php
@@ -225,16 +225,32 @@ class Response
      * Writes content to the response body.
      *
      * @param string $str Response content
+     * @param bool $overwrite Overwrite the response body
      *
      * @return $this Self reference
      */
-    public function write(string $str): self
+    public function write(string $str, bool $overwrite = false): self
     {
+        if ($overwrite === true) {
+            $this->clearBody();
+        }
+
         $this->body .= $str;
 
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clears the response body.
+     *
+     * @return $this Self reference
+     */
+    public function clearBody(): self
+    {
+        $this->body = '';
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Clears the response.
      *
@@ -244,7 +260,7 @@ class Response
     {
         $this->status = 200;
         $this->headers = [];
-        $this->body = '';
+        $this->clearBody();
 
         // This needs to clear the output buffer if it's on
         if ($this->v2_output_buffering === false && ob_get_length() > 0) {
diff --git a/tests/FlightTest.php b/tests/FlightTest.php
index a6ffa16..042b6bb 100644
--- a/tests/FlightTest.php
+++ b/tests/FlightTest.php
@@ -304,4 +304,30 @@ class FlightTest extends TestCase
         ], Flight::response()->getHeaders());
         $this->assertEquals(200, Flight::response()->status());
     }
+
+    public function testOverwriteBodyWithMiddleware()
+    {
+        $middleware = new class {
+            public function after()
+            {
+                $response = Flight::response();
+                $body = $response->getBody();
+                $body = strip_tags($body);
+                // remove spaces for fun
+                $body = str_replace(' ', '', $body);
+                $response->write($body, true);
+                return $response;
+            }
+        };
+
+        Flight::route('/route-with-html', function () {
+            echo '<p>This is a route with html</p>';
+        })->addMiddleware($middleware);
+
+        Flight::request()->url = '/route-with-html';
+
+        Flight::start();
+
+        $this->expectOutputString('Thisisaroutewithhtml');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ResponseTest.php b/tests/ResponseTest.php
index d7155fc..42701d4 100644
--- a/tests/ResponseTest.php
+++ b/tests/ResponseTest.php
@@ -238,4 +238,21 @@ class ResponseTest extends TestCase
         $response->send();
         $this->assertTrue($response->sent());
     }
+
+    public function testClearBody()
+    {
+        $response = new Response();
+        $response->write('test');
+        $response->clearBody();
+        $this->assertEquals('', $response->getBody());
+    }
+
+    public function testOverwriteBody()
+    {
+        $response = new Response();
+        $response->write('test');
+        $response->write('lots more test');
+        $response->write('new', true);
+        $this->assertEquals('new', $response->getBody());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/server/LayoutMiddleware.php b/tests/server/LayoutMiddleware.php
index d5dfcde..24538f9 100644
--- a/tests/server/LayoutMiddleware.php
+++ b/tests/server/LayoutMiddleware.php
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class LayoutMiddleware
 <li><a href="/halt">Halt</a></li>
 <li><a href="/redirect">Redirect</a></li>
 <li><a href="/streamResponse">Stream</a></li>
+<li><a href="/overwrite">Overwrite Body</a></li>
 </ul>
 HTML;
         echo '<div id="container">';
diff --git a/tests/server/OverwriteBodyMiddleware.php b/tests/server/OverwriteBodyMiddleware.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79e1194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/server/OverwriteBodyMiddleware.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+class OverwriteBodyMiddleware
+{
+    public function after()
+    {
+        $response = Flight::response();
+        $response->write(str_replace('<span style="color:red; font-weight: bold;">failed</span>', '<span style="color:green; font-weight: bold;">successfully works!</span>', $response->getBody()), true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/server/index.php b/tests/server/index.php
index e3ea703..040cbfc 100644
--- a/tests/server/index.php
+++ b/tests/server/index.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Flight::set('flight.views.extension', '.phtml');
 //Flight::set('flight.v2.output_buffering', true);
 
 require_once 'LayoutMiddleware.php';
+require_once 'OverwriteBodyMiddleware.php';
 
 Flight::group('', function () {
 
@@ -119,6 +120,10 @@ Flight::group('', function () {
         }
         echo "is successful!!";
     })->streamWithHeaders(['Content-Type' => 'text/html', 'status' => 200 ]);
+    // Test 14: Overwrite the body with a middleware
+    Flight::route('/overwrite', function () {
+        echo '<span id="infotext">Route text:</span> This route status is that it <span style="color:red; font-weight: bold;">failed</span>';
+    })->addMiddleware([new OverwriteBodyMiddleware()]);
 }, [ new LayoutMiddleware() ]);
 
 // Test 9: JSON output (should not output any other html)