diff --git a/src/controllers/plugins/api/HTTPRequest.cpp b/src/controllers/plugins/api/HTTPRequest.cpp
index 0985de8eb..9f1c828b8 100644
--- a/src/controllers/plugins/api/HTTPRequest.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/plugins/api/HTTPRequest.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ namespace chatterino::lua::api {
 
 void HTTPRequest::createUserType(sol::table &c2)
 {
-    c2.new_usertype<HTTPRequest>(            //
-        "HTTPRequest", sol::no_constructor,  //
+    c2.new_usertype<HTTPRequest>(                              //
+        "HTTPRequest", sol::no_constructor,                    //
+        sol::meta_method::to_string, &HTTPRequest::to_string,  //
 
         "on_success", &HTTPRequest::on_success,  //
         "on_error", &HTTPRequest::on_error,      //
@@ -172,5 +173,10 @@ HTTPRequest::~HTTPRequest()
     // but that's better than accessing a possibly invalid lua_State pointer.
 }
 
+QString HTTPRequest::to_string()
+{
+    return "<HTTPRequest>";
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino::lua::api
 #endif
diff --git a/src/controllers/plugins/api/HTTPRequest.hpp b/src/controllers/plugins/api/HTTPRequest.hpp
index 43087aeaf..ba3052ac9 100644
--- a/src/controllers/plugins/api/HTTPRequest.hpp
+++ b/src/controllers/plugins/api/HTTPRequest.hpp
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 #ifdef CHATTERINO_HAVE_PLUGINS
 #    include "common/network/NetworkRequest.hpp"
 #    include "controllers/plugins/LuaUtilities.hpp"
-#    include "controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp"
 
 #    include <sol/forward.hpp>
 #    include <sol/types.hpp>
 
 #    include <memory>
 
+namespace chatterino {
+class PluginController;
+}  // namespace chatterino
+
 namespace chatterino::lua::api {
 // NOLINTBEGIN(readability-identifier-naming)
 
@@ -110,6 +113,11 @@ public:
      * @exposed HTTPRequest:execute
      */
     void execute(sol::this_state L);
+    /**
+     * @lua@return string
+     * @exposed HTTPRequest:__tostring
+     */
+    QString to_string();
 
     /**
      * Static functions