diff --git a/include/instance.hpp b/include/instance.hpp
index f80e201..17425cd 100644
--- a/include/instance.hpp
+++ b/include/instance.hpp
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ public:
      *
      *  @since  0.1.0
      */
-    explicit Instance(string hostname, string access_token);
+    explicit Instance(const string_view &hostname,
+                      const string_view &access_token);
 
     /*!
      *  @brief  Returns the hostname.
diff --git a/src/instance.cpp b/src/instance.cpp
index 15783ad..c765345 100644
--- a/src/instance.cpp
+++ b/src/instance.cpp
@@ -18,18 +18,15 @@
 #include "log.hpp"
 #include "return_types.hpp"
 
-#include <utility>
-
 namespace mastodonpp
 {
 
 using std::stoull;
-using std::move;
 
-Instance::Instance(string hostname, string access_token)
-    : _hostname{move(hostname)}
+Instance::Instance(const string_view &hostname, const string_view &access_token)
+    : _hostname{hostname}
     , _baseuri{"https://" + _hostname}
-    , _access_token{move(access_token)}
+    , _access_token{access_token}
     , _max_chars{500}
 {
     try