diff --git a/src/core/http_request.cpp b/src/core/http_request.cpp
index 6b001fe..58d9e0e 100644
--- a/src/core/http_request.cpp
+++ b/src/core/http_request.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ http_request::http_request() {
         throw std::bad_alloc();
 }
 
-http_response http_request::get(const std::string &url, const dpp::http_headers &headers) {
+const http_response http_request::get(const std::string &url, const dpp::http_headers &headers) {
     http_response response;
     curl_easy_setopt(instance, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
     curl_slist *header_slist = nullptr;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ http_response http_request::get(const std::string &url, const dpp::http_headers
     return response;
 }
 
-http_response http_request::post(const std::string &url, const std::string &content, const std::string &content_type, const dpp::http_headers &headers) {
+const http_response http_request::post(const std::string &url, const std::string &content, const std::string &content_type, const dpp::http_headers &headers) {
     http_response response;
     curl_easy_setopt(instance, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
     curl_slist *header_slist = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/core/http_request.h b/src/core/http_request.h
index a1f14cf..e9bb387 100644
--- a/src/core/http_request.h
+++ b/src/core/http_request.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ class http_request
 public:
     http_request();
     ~http_request();
-    http_response get(const std::string &url, const dpp::http_headers &headers = {});
-    http_response post(const std::string &url, const std::string &content, const std::string &content_type, const dpp::http_headers &headers = {});
+    const http_response get(const std::string &url, const dpp::http_headers &headers = {});
+    const http_response post(const std::string &url, const std::string &content, const std::string &content_type, const dpp::http_headers &headers = {});
     static std::string legacy_url(const std::string &hostname, uint16_t port, const std::string &url, bool tls);
 
 private: