diff --git a/src/AsyncHTTPRequest.cpp b/src/AsyncHTTPRequest.cpp
index 5b11ccb..1952238 100644
--- a/src/AsyncHTTPRequest.cpp
+++ b/src/AsyncHTTPRequest.cpp
@@ -524,8 +524,6 @@ bool   AsyncHTTPRequest::_buildRequest()
   _request->write(_URL.query);
   _request->write(" HTTP/1.1\r\n");
 
-  _URL = {};
-
   header* hdr = _headers;
 
   while (hdr)
diff --git a/src/AsyncHTTPRequest.h b/src/AsyncHTTPRequest.h
index 7f1f516..95195de 100644
--- a/src/AsyncHTTPRequest.h
+++ b/src/AsyncHTTPRequest.h
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ class AsyncHTTPRequest
     String      respHeaderValue(const __FlashStringHelper *name);
     bool        respHeaderExists(const __FlashStringHelper *name);
 #endif
+
+    const URL &url() const { return _URL; }
     
     String      headers();                                              // Return all headers as String