diff --git a/esvapi.d b/esvapi.d
index bceb9e1..b4764fc 100644
--- a/esvapi.d
+++ b/esvapi.d
@@ -330,9 +330,11 @@ class ESVApi
 
 		JSONValue
 		makeQuery(long page)
-			=> parseJSON(makeRequest("search/?page-size=100"
+		{
+			return parseJSON(makeRequest("search/?page-size=100"
 				~ "&page=" ~ page.to!string()
 				~ "&q=" ~ query.tr(" ", "+")));
+		}
 
 		pages ~= makeQuery(1);
 		if (pages[0]["total_pages"].integer == 1) {