diff --git a/include/crow/common.h b/include/crow/common.h
index e7306a04f..d9ae9b2e3 100644
--- a/include/crow/common.h
+++ b/include/crow/common.h
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace crow
 
 // clang-format off
 #ifndef CROW_MSVC_WORKAROUND
-constexpr crow::HTTPMethod operator"" _method(const char* str, size_t /*len*/)
+constexpr crow::HTTPMethod method_from_string(const char* str)
 {
     return crow::black_magic::is_equ_p(str, "GET", 3)    ? crow::HTTPMethod::Get :
            crow::black_magic::is_equ_p(str, "DELETE", 6) ? crow::HTTPMethod::Delete :
@@ -324,5 +324,10 @@ constexpr crow::HTTPMethod operator"" _method(const char* str, size_t /*len*/)
            crow::black_magic::is_equ_p(str, "SOURCE", 6) ? crow::HTTPMethod::Source :
                                                            throw std::runtime_error("invalid http method");
 }
+
+constexpr crow::HTTPMethod operator""_method(const char* str, size_t /*len*/) 
+{
+    return method_from_string( str );
+}
 #endif
 // clang-format on