diff --git a/PlainHttp/HttpRequest.cs b/PlainHttp/HttpRequest.cs
index 5381605..c9c563c 100644
--- a/PlainHttp/HttpRequest.cs
+++ b/PlainHttp/HttpRequest.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ public class HttpRequest : IHttpRequest
 
         public Encoding ResponseEncoding { get; set; }
 
+        public HttpCompletionOption HttpCompletionOption { get; set; } = HttpCompletionOption.ResponseContentRead;
+
+        public bool ReadBody { get; set; } = true;
+
         private static AsyncLocal<TestingMode> testingMode
             = new AsyncLocal<TestingMode>();
 
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ public HttpRequest(string url)
             this.Uri = new Uri(url);
         }
 
-        public async Task<HttpResponse> SendAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
+        public async Task<IHttpResponse> SendAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
         {
             if (testingMode.Value != null)
             {
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ public HttpRequest(string url)
                 }
 
                 // Send the request
-                responseMessage = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage, cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                responseMessage = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage, this.HttpCompletionOption, cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 // Wrap the content into an HttpResponse instance,
                 // also reading the body (string or file)
@@ -145,24 +149,19 @@ public HttpRequest(string url)
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task<HttpResponse> CreateHttpResponse(HttpResponseMessage responseMessage)
+        private async Task<IHttpResponse> CreateHttpResponse(HttpResponseMessage responseMessage)
         {
-            // No file name, given read the body of the response as string
+            // No file name given, read the body of the response as a string
             if (this.DownloadFileName == null)
             {
-                string body;
+                IHttpResponse response = new HttpResponse(this, responseMessage);
 
-                if (this.ResponseEncoding != null)
-                {
-                    byte[] array = await responseMessage.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    body = this.ResponseEncoding.GetString(array);
-                }
-                else
+                if (this.ReadBody)
                 {
-                    body = await responseMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await response.ReadBody().ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
 
-                return new HttpResponse(this, responseMessage, body);
+                return response;
             }
             // Copy the response to a file
             else
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ private async Task<HttpResponse> CreateHttpResponse(HttpResponseMessage response
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task<HttpResponse> MockedResponse()
+        private async Task<IHttpResponse> MockedResponse()
         {
             // Get the testing mode instance for this async context
             HttpResponseMessage message = testingMode.Value.RequestsQueue.Dequeue();
diff --git a/PlainHttp/HttpResponse.cs b/PlainHttp/HttpResponse.cs
index 82c8584..9bc04b7 100644
--- a/PlainHttp/HttpResponse.cs
+++ b/PlainHttp/HttpResponse.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace PlainHttp
 {
@@ -48,5 +49,18 @@ public string GetSingleHeader(string name)
                 return null;
             }
         }
+
+        public async Task ReadBody()
+        {
+            if (this.Request.ResponseEncoding != null)
+            {
+                byte[] array = await Message.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                this.Body = this.Request.ResponseEncoding.GetString(array);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                this.Body = await this.Message.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/PlainHttp/IHttpRequest.cs b/PlainHttp/IHttpRequest.cs
index 96e439b..58fc064 100644
--- a/PlainHttp/IHttpRequest.cs
+++ b/PlainHttp/IHttpRequest.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ public interface IHttpRequest
         Uri Proxy { get; set; }
         TimeSpan Timeout { get; set; }
         Uri Uri { get; set; }
+        HttpCompletionOption HttpCompletionOption { get; set; }
+        bool ReadBody { get; set; }
 
-        Task<HttpResponse> SendAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));
+        Task<IHttpResponse> SendAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));
     }
 }
diff --git a/PlainHttp/IHttpResponse.cs b/PlainHttp/IHttpResponse.cs
index cc4c400..fed7829 100644
--- a/PlainHttp/IHttpResponse.cs
+++ b/PlainHttp/IHttpResponse.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace PlainHttp
 {
@@ -10,5 +11,6 @@ public interface IHttpResponse
         bool Succeeded { get; }
 
         string GetSingleHeader(string name);
+        Task ReadBody();
     }
 }
diff --git a/PlainHttp/PlainHttp.csproj b/PlainHttp/PlainHttp.csproj
index 7c54b70..c1fb4ce 100644
--- a/PlainHttp/PlainHttp.csproj
+++ b/PlainHttp/PlainHttp.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
         <LangVersion>7.3</LangVersion>
-        <VersionPrefix>1.0.3</VersionPrefix>
+        <VersionPrefix>1.1.0</VersionPrefix>
         <Description>Easy HTTP client with support for serialization, proxies, testing and more </Description>
         <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/matteocontrini/PlainHttp</RepositoryUrl>
         <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>