diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b424589..3408041 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,3 +8,15 @@ combinator library.
 
 You may use it if you just have to vomit out a quick script and don't want to deal with all the complexities of involving a library 
 that provides more features or more safety guarantees.
+
+## Example 
+
+```haskell
+λ GHCi ~ res <- get_ "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts" [q_ "userId" "1"]
+res :: Data.ByteString.Lazy.Internal.LazyByteString
+(0.40 secs, 6,838,760 bytes)
+λ GHCi ~ decode @Value res 
+Just (Array [Object (fromList [("body",String "quia et suscipit\nsuscipit ...
+it :: Maybe Value
+(0.01 secs, 3,324,080 bytes)
+```
diff --git a/http-barf.cabal b/http-barf.cabal
index aef94f0..cf95c54 100644
--- a/http-barf.cabal
+++ b/http-barf.cabal
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ library
     DataKinds
     DerivingVia
     OverloadedRecordDot
+    OverloadedStrings
     TypeFamilies
 
 test-suite http-barf-test
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTP/Barf/Internal.hs b/src/Network/HTTP/Barf/Internal.hs
index 206260a..deed1e0 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTP/Barf/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Network/HTTP/Barf/Internal.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import Control.Monad (when)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO (liftIO))
 import Data.Aeson (Value)
 import Data.Aeson qualified as Aeson
+import Data.ByteString (StrictByteString)
 import Data.ByteString.Char8 qualified as BS8
 import Data.ByteString.Lazy (LazyByteString)
 import Data.List qualified as List
@@ -134,12 +135,12 @@ post_
   -> m LazyByteString
 post_ = httpWithManager "POST"
 
-buildRequestFromReq :: String -> String -> Req' -> IO Request
+buildRequestFromReq :: StrictByteString -> String -> Req' -> IO Request
 buildRequestFromReq method url req = do
   r <-
     setQueryString (foldMap (\(s, s') -> [(BS8.pack s, Just (BS8.pack s'))]) req.queryParams)
       . (\r -> r {requestBody = RequestBodyLBS $ Aeson.encode req.jsonBody})
-      . (\r -> r {method = BS8.pack method})
+      . (\r -> r {method = method})
       <$> parseRequest url
   let err = hPutStrLn stderr
   when req.inspectRequest do
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ buildRequestFromReq method url req = do
     exitFailure
   pure r
 
-httpWithManager :: MonadIO m => String -> String -> Req -> m LazyByteString
+httpWithManager :: MonadIO m => StrictByteString -> String -> Req -> m LazyByteString
 httpWithManager method url req = liftIO do
   r <- buildRequestFromReq method url $ req.appReq defaultReq'
   manager <- newManager if r.secure then tlsManagerSettings else defaultManagerSettings