diff --git a/include/opendht/http.h b/include/opendht/http.h
index 86c80741..9adec063 100644
--- a/include/opendht/http.h
+++ b/include/opendht/http.h
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ using ConnectHandlerCb = std::function<void(const asio::error_code& ec, const as
 using ssl_socket_t = restinio::impl::tls_socket_t;
 using socket_t = asio::ip::tcp::socket;
 
-class OPENDHT_PUBLIC Url
+struct OPENDHT_PUBLIC Url
 {
-public:
     Url() = default;
     Url(std::string url);
+
     std::string url;
     std::string protocol {"http"};
     std::string_view user;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public:
     using ResolverCb
         = std::function<void(const asio::error_code& ec, const std::vector<asio::ip::tcp::endpoint>& endpoints)>;
 
-    Resolver(asio::io_context& ctx, const std::string& url, std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
+    Resolver(asio::io_context& ctx, std::string url, std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
     Resolver(asio::io_context& ctx,
              std::string_view host,
              std::string_view service,
@@ -212,19 +212,19 @@ public:
 
     // resolves implicitly
     Request(asio::io_context& ctx,
-            const std::string& url,
+            std::string url,
             const Json::Value& json,
             OnJsonCb jsoncb,
             std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
-    Request(asio::io_context& ctx, const std::string& url, OnJsonCb jsoncb, std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
+    Request(asio::io_context& ctx, std::string url, OnJsonCb jsoncb, std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
 
-    Request(asio::io_context& ctx, const std::string& url, std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
+    Request(asio::io_context& ctx, std::string url, std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
     Request(asio::io_context& ctx,
             std::string_view host,
             std::string_view service,
             const bool ssl = false,
             std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
-    Request(asio::io_context& ctx, const std::string& url, OnDoneCb onDone, std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
+    Request(asio::io_context& ctx, std::string url, OnDoneCb onDone, std::shared_ptr<log::Logger> logger = {});
 
     // user defined resolver
     Request(asio::io_context& ctx, std::shared_ptr<Resolver> resolver, sa_family_t family = AF_UNSPEC);
diff --git a/src/http.cpp b/src/http.cpp
index 756751f1..1b8081d1 100644
--- a/src/http.cpp
+++ b/src/http.cpp
@@ -830,8 +830,8 @@ Connection::timeout(const std::chrono::seconds& timeout, HandlerCb cb)
 
 // Resolver
 
-Resolver::Resolver(asio::io_context& ctx, const std::string& url, std::shared_ptr<dht::Logger> logger)
-    : url_(url)
+Resolver::Resolver(asio::io_context& ctx, std::string url, std::shared_ptr<dht::Logger> logger)
+    : url_(std::move(url))
     , resolver_(ctx)
     , destroyed_(std::make_shared<bool>(false))
     , logger_(logger)
@@ -967,14 +967,14 @@ Resolver::resolve(std::string_view host, std::string_view service)
 std::atomic_uint Request::ids_ {1};
 
 Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx,
-                 const std::string& url,
+                 std::string url,
                  const Json::Value& json,
                  OnJsonCb jsoncb,
                  std::shared_ptr<dht::Logger> logger)
     : logger_(std::move(logger))
     , id_(Request::ids_++)
     , ctx_(ctx)
-    , resolver_(std::make_shared<Resolver>(ctx, url, logger))
+    , resolver_(std::make_shared<Resolver>(ctx, std::move(url), logger))
 {
     init_default_headers();
     set_header_field(restinio::http_field_t::content_type, std::string(HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE_JSON));
@@ -997,11 +997,11 @@ Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx,
     });
 }
 
-Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx, const std::string& url, OnJsonCb jsoncb, std::shared_ptr<dht::Logger> logger)
+Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx, std::string url, OnJsonCb jsoncb, std::shared_ptr<dht::Logger> logger)
     : logger_(std::move(logger))
     , id_(Request::ids_++)
     , ctx_(ctx)
-    , resolver_(std::make_shared<Resolver>(ctx, url, logger))
+    , resolver_(std::make_shared<Resolver>(ctx, std::move(url), logger))
 {
     init_default_headers();
     set_header_field(restinio::http_field_t::accept, std::string(HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE_JSON));
@@ -1022,20 +1022,20 @@ Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx, const std::string& url, OnJsonCb jsoncb,
     });
 }
 
-Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx, const std::string& url, std::shared_ptr<dht::Logger> logger)
+Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx, std::string url, std::shared_ptr<dht::Logger> logger)
     : logger_(logger)
     , id_(Request::ids_++)
     , ctx_(ctx)
-    , resolver_(std::make_shared<Resolver>(ctx, url, logger))
+    , resolver_(std::make_shared<Resolver>(ctx, std::move(url), logger))
 {
     init_default_headers();
 }
 
-Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx, const std::string& url, OnDoneCb onDone, std::shared_ptr<dht::Logger> logger)
+Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx, std::string url, OnDoneCb onDone, std::shared_ptr<dht::Logger> logger)
     : logger_(logger)
     , id_(Request::ids_++)
     , ctx_(ctx)
-    , resolver_(std::make_shared<Resolver>(ctx, url, logger))
+    , resolver_(std::make_shared<Resolver>(ctx, std::move(url), logger))
 {
     init_default_headers();
     add_on_done_callback(std::move(onDone));
@@ -1086,7 +1086,6 @@ Request::Request(asio::io_context& ctx,
     , family_(family)
     , resolver_(resolver)
 {
-    set_header_field(restinio::http_field_t::host, concat(get_url().host, ":", get_url().service));
     set_target(Url(target).target);
 }