diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
index 7612610..a498789 100644
--- a/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ use builder::ClientBuilder;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use tokio::{
-    io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt},
+    io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader},
     net::TcpStream,
 };
-use tokio_rustls::{rustls, TlsConnector};
+use tokio_rustls::{client::TlsStream, rustls, TlsConnector};
 use url::Url;
 
+pub type ThisResponse = Response<BufReader<TlsStream<TcpStream>>>;
+
 pub struct Client {
     pub(crate) connector: TlsConnector,
     pub(crate) ss_verifier: Option<Arc<dyn SelfsignedCertVerifier>>,
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// - [`InvalidUrl::UserinfoPresent`] is returned when the URL contains userinfo -- `user:password@` --
     ///   which is forbidden by the Gemini specs.
     /// - For the rest, see [`Client::request_with_host`].
-    pub async fn request(&self, url_str: &str) -> Result<Response, LibError> {
+    pub async fn request(&self, url_str: &str) -> Result<ThisResponse, LibError> {
         let url = Url::parse(url_str).map_err(InvalidUrl::ParseError)?;
         // deny non-Gemini requests
         if url.scheme() != "gemini" {
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ impl Client {
         url_str: &str,
         host: &str,
         port: u16,
-    ) -> Result<Response, LibError> {
+    ) -> Result<ThisResponse, LibError> {
         let domain = ServerName::try_from(host)
             .map_err(|_| InvalidUrl::ConvertError)?
             .to_owned();
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ impl Client {
             Status::parse_status(&buf)?
         };
 
-        let mut stream = tokio::io::BufReader::new(stream);
+        let mut stream = BufReader::new(stream);
 
         let message = {
             let mut result: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
diff --git a/src/client/response.rs b/src/client/response.rs
index a995cde..b69ea95 100644
--- a/src/client/response.rs
+++ b/src/client/response.rs
@@ -5,19 +5,17 @@ use crate::{status::Status, LibError, ReplyType};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
-type BodyStream = tokio::io::BufReader<tokio_rustls::client::TlsStream<tokio::net::TcpStream>>;
-
 /// Client-side response structure wrapping a [`Status`],
 /// a metadata string and a TLS stream
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Response {
+pub struct Response<IO: AsyncReadExt + Unpin> {
     status: Status,
     message: String,
-    stream: BodyStream,
+    stream: IO,
 }
 
-impl Response {
-    pub fn new(status: Status, message: String, stream: BodyStream) -> Self {
+impl<IO: AsyncReadExt + Unpin> Response<IO> {
+    pub fn new(status: Status, message: String, stream: IO) -> Self {
         Response {
             status,
             message,
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ impl Response {
     /// so calling `.bytes()` after `.stream().read_to_end(…)`
     /// (or `.bytes()` twice, or `.text()` after `.bytes()` and vice versa)
     /// on the same response will result in empty output.
-    pub fn stream(&mut self) -> &mut BodyStream {
+    pub fn stream(&mut self) -> &mut IO {
         &mut self.stream
     }