diff --git a/headers/curly.hpp/curly.hpp b/headers/curly.hpp/curly.hpp
index acdd3f3..68a1cc6 100644
--- a/headers/curly.hpp/curly.hpp
+++ b/headers/curly.hpp/curly.hpp
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ namespace curly_hpp
     using time_point_t = std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point;
 
     enum class http_method {
+        DEL,
         PUT,
         GET,
         HEAD,
         POST,
         PATCH,
-        DELETE,
         OPTIONS
     };
 
diff --git a/sources/curly.hpp/curly.cpp b/sources/curly.hpp/curly.cpp
index 389fcf3..6b268cf 100644
--- a/sources/curly.hpp/curly.cpp
+++ b/sources/curly.hpp/curly.cpp
@@ -320,6 +320,12 @@ namespace curly_hpp
             curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_VERBOSE, breq_.verbose() ? 1l : 0l);
 
             switch ( breq_.method() ) {
+            case http_method::DEL:
+                curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
+                curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_POST, 1l);
+                curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE,
+                    static_cast<curl_off_t>(breq_.uploader()->size()));
+                break;
             case http_method::PUT:
                 curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1l);
                 curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE,
@@ -342,12 +348,6 @@ namespace curly_hpp
                 curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE,
                     static_cast<curl_off_t>(breq_.uploader()->size()));
                 break;
-            case http_method::DELETE:
-                curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
-                curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_POST, 1l);
-                curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE,
-                    static_cast<curl_off_t>(breq_.uploader()->size()));
-                break;
             case http_method::OPTIONS:
                 curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");
                 curl_easy_setopt(curlh_.get(), CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1l);
diff --git a/untests/curly_tests.cpp b/untests/curly_tests.cpp
index e90c5cd..5905d13 100644
--- a/untests/curly_tests.cpp
+++ b/untests/curly_tests.cpp
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ TEST_CASE("curly") {
 
             auto req5 = net::request_builder()
                 .url("https://httpbin.org/put")
-                .method(net::http_method::DELETE)
+                .method(net::http_method::DEL)
                 .send();
             REQUIRE(req5.take().http_code() == 405u);
         }
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ TEST_CASE("curly") {
 
             auto req5 = net::request_builder()
                 .url("https://httpbin.org/get")
-                .method(net::http_method::DELETE)
+                .method(net::http_method::DEL)
                 .send();
             REQUIRE(req5.take().http_code() == 405u);
         }
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ TEST_CASE("curly") {
 
             auto req5 = net::request_builder()
                 .url("https://httpbin.org/post")
-                .method(net::http_method::DELETE)
+                .method(net::http_method::DEL)
                 .send();
             REQUIRE(req5.take().http_code() == 405u);
         }
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ TEST_CASE("curly") {
         {
             auto req = net::request_builder()
                 .url("https://httpbin.org/status/203")
-                .method(net::http_method::DELETE)
+                .method(net::http_method::DEL)
                 .send();
             REQUIRE(req.take().http_code() == 203u);
         }
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ TEST_CASE("curly") {
         {
             auto resp = net::request_builder()
                 .url("https://httpbin.org/anything")
-                .method(net::http_method::DELETE)
+                .method(net::http_method::DEL)
                 .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                 .content(R"({"hello":"world"})")
                 .send().take();