diff --git a/src/telegram.js b/src/telegram.js
index 0a7a97e..a4975df 100644
--- a/src/telegram.js
+++ b/src/telegram.js
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ class TelegramBot extends EventEmitter {
       this._fixReplyMarkup(options.qs);
     }
 
+    options.method = "POST";
     options.url = this._buildURL(_path);
     options.simple = false;
     options.resolveWithFullResponse = true;