diff --git a/src/Connection.php b/src/Connection.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Connection.php
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ class Connection implements ConnectionInterface
         // Set request options
         $this->addOptions([
             CURLOPT_URL => $url,
-            CURLOPT_POST => false,
-            CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => [],
+            CURLOPT_HTTPGET => true,
         ]);
 
         return $this->exec();
diff --git a/test/ConnectionTest.php b/test/ConnectionTest.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/test/ConnectionTest.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ConnectionTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $this->assertEquals("James Average Student", $resp["DisplayName"]);
 
-        $this->assertEquals(0, $connection->getOptions()[CURLOPT_POST]);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $connection->getOptions()[CURLOPT_HTTPGET]);
     }
 
     public function testGetParams()
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class ConnectionTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $this->assertEquals("James Average Student", $resp["DisplayName"]);
 
-        $this->assertEquals(0, $connection->getOptions()[CURLOPT_POST]);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $connection->getOptions()[CURLOPT_HTTPGET]);
     }
 
     public function testPost()
Set curl request type to get in get request.