diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 196d5c0..9204e45 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ httplib::Client cli("yahoo.com");
 auto res = cli.Get("/");
 res->status; // 301
 
-cli.follow_location(true);
+cli.set_follow_location(true);
 res = cli.Get("/");
 res->status; // 200
 ```
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ The server applies gzip compression to the following MIME type contents:
 ### Compress content on client
 
 ```c++
-cli.compress(true);
+cli.set_compress(true);
 res = cli.Post("/resource/foo", "...", "text/plain");
 ```
 
diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index c4dbcd9..6ef91b5 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -741,9 +741,9 @@ public:
 
   void set_auth(const char *username, const char *password);
 
-  void follow_location(bool on);
+  void set_follow_location(bool on);
 
-  void compress(bool on);
+  void set_compress(bool on);
 
 protected:
   bool process_request(Stream &strm, const Request &req, Response &res,
@@ -3464,14 +3464,14 @@ inline bool Client::redirect(const Request &req, Response &res) {
       if (next_scheme == "https") {
 #ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
         SSLClient cli(next_host.c_str());
-        cli.follow_location(true);
+        cli.set_follow_location(true);
         return detail::redirect(cli, req, res, next_path);
 #else
         return false;
 #endif
       } else {
         Client cli(next_host.c_str());
-        cli.follow_location(true);
+        cli.set_follow_location(true);
         return detail::redirect(cli, req, res, next_path);
       }
     }
@@ -3951,9 +3951,9 @@ inline void Client::set_auth(const char *username, const char *password) {
   password_ = password;
 }
 
-inline void Client::follow_location(bool on) { follow_location_ = on; }
+inline void Client::set_follow_location(bool on) { follow_location_ = on; }
 
-inline void Client::compress(bool on) { compress_ = on; }
+inline void Client::set_compress(bool on) { compress_ = on; }
 
 /*
  * SSL Implementation
diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index a02e57f..7253d0d 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ TEST(AbsoluteRedirectTest, Redirect) {
   httplib::Client cli(host);
 #endif
 
-  cli.follow_location(true);
+  cli.set_follow_location(true);
   auto res = cli.Get("/absolute-redirect/3");
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(200, res->status);
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ TEST(RedirectTest, Redirect) {
   httplib::Client cli(host);
 #endif
 
-  cli.follow_location(true);
+  cli.set_follow_location(true);
   auto res = cli.Get("/redirect/3");
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(200, res->status);
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ TEST(RelativeRedirectTest, Redirect) {
   httplib::Client cli(host);
 #endif
 
-  cli.follow_location(true);
+  cli.set_follow_location(true);
   auto res = cli.Get("/relative-redirect/3");
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(200, res->status);
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ TEST(TooManyRedirectTest, Redirect) {
   httplib::Client cli(host);
 #endif
 
-  cli.follow_location(true);
+  cli.set_follow_location(true);
   auto res = cli.Get("/redirect/21");
   ASSERT_TRUE(res == nullptr);
 }
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ TEST(YahooRedirectTest, Redirect) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(301, res->status);
 
-  cli.follow_location(true);
+  cli.set_follow_location(true);
   res = cli.Get("/");
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(200, res->status);
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ TEST(YahooRedirectTest, Redirect) {
 
 TEST(HttpsToHttpRedirectTest, Redirect) {
   httplib::SSLClient cli("httpbin.org");
-  cli.follow_location(true);
+  cli.set_follow_location(true);
   auto res =
       cli.Get("/redirect-to?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&status_code=302");
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, PutWithContentProvider) {
 
 #ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_ZLIB_SUPPORT
 TEST_F(ServerTest, PutWithContentProviderWithGzip) {
-  cli_.compress(true);
+  cli_.set_compress(true);
   auto res = cli_.Put(
       "/put", 3,
       [](size_t /*offset*/, size_t /*length*/, DataSink sink) {
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, PutWithContentProviderWithGzip) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(ServerTest, PutLargeFileWithGzip) {
-  cli_.compress(true);
+  cli_.set_compress(true);
   auto res = cli_.Put("/put-large", LARGE_DATA, "text/plain");
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
@@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, PostMulitpartFilsContentReceiver) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(ServerTest, PostContentReceiverGzip) {
-  cli_.compress(true);
+  cli_.set_compress(true);
   auto res = cli_.Post("/content_receiver", "content", "text/plain");
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
   ASSERT_EQ(200, res->status);
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, MultipartFormDataGzip) {
       {"key2", "--abcdefg123", "", ""},
   };
 
-  cli_.compress(true);
+  cli_.set_compress(true);
   auto res = cli_.Post("/gzipmultipart", items);
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);