diff --git a/src/Discord.Net/Helpers/JsonHttpClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net/Helpers/JsonHttpClient.cs
index 992963754..95772d82a 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net/Helpers/JsonHttpClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net/Helpers/JsonHttpClient.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,11 @@ namespace Discord.Helpers
 				}
 				else
 				{
+#if !NET45
 					response = await _client.SendAsync(msg, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead).ConfigureAwait(false);
+#else
+					response = await _client.SendAsync(msg, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseContentRead).ConfigureAwait(false);
+#endif
 					if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
 						throw new HttpException(response.StatusCode);
 					result = null;