diff --git a/requester.hpp b/requester.hpp
index ca70fe0..a4392f3 100644
--- a/requester.hpp
+++ b/requester.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ class requester {
         requester();
         ~requester();
 
+        // forbid copying and moving
+        requester(const requester&) = delete;
+        requester& operator=(const requester&) = delete;
+        requester(requester&&) = delete;
+        requester& operator=(requester&&) = delete;
+
         // perform a http get request
         std::string get(const std::string& url);