diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp
index d2a53f62..e653b112 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace ix
         return _res;
     }
 
-    void DNSLookup::run(uint64_t id, const std::string& hostname, int port) // thread runner
+    void DNSLookup::run(uint64_t id, std::string hostname, int port) // thread runner
     {
         // We don't want to read or write into members variables of an object that could be
         // gone, so we use temporary variables (res) or we pass in by copy everything that
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h
index 28f5adcb..1fa1e8a3 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace ix
                                             int port,
                                             std::string& errMsg);
 
-        void run(uint64_t id, const std::string& hostname, int port); // thread runner
+        void run(uint64_t id, std::string hostname, int port); // thread runner
 
         std::string _hostname;
         int _port;