diff --git a/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdInternal.hxx b/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdInternal.hxx
index 178ff6df0..f2458589e 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdInternal.hxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdInternal.hxx
@@ -121,15 +121,17 @@ private:
 	/**
 	 * The configured name.
 	 */
-	char const *name;
+	char const *const name;
+
 	/**
 	 * The configured genre.
 	 */
-	char const *genre;
+	char const *const genre;
+
 	/**
 	 * The configured website address.
 	 */
-	char const *website;
+	char const *const website;
 
 private:
 	/**
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ private:
 	/**
 	 * The maximum number of clients connected at the same time.
 	 */
-	unsigned clients_max;
+	const unsigned clients_max;
 
 public:
 	HttpdOutput(EventLoop &_loop, const ConfigBlock &block);
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdOutputPlugin.cxx
index 2f79e01a0..e8d2d04f0 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -43,15 +43,12 @@ HttpdOutput::HttpdOutput(EventLoop &_loop, const ConfigBlock &block)
 	:AudioOutput(FLAG_ENABLE_DISABLE|FLAG_PAUSE),
 	 ServerSocket(_loop),
 	 prepared_encoder(CreateConfiguredEncoder(block)),
-	 defer_broadcast(_loop, BIND_THIS_METHOD(OnDeferredBroadcast))
+	 defer_broadcast(_loop, BIND_THIS_METHOD(OnDeferredBroadcast)),
+	 name(block.GetBlockValue("name", "Set name in config")),
+	 genre(block.GetBlockValue("genre", "Set genre in config")),
+	 website(block.GetBlockValue("website", "Set website in config")),
+	 clients_max(block.GetBlockValue("max_clients", 0U))
 {
-	/* read configuration */
-	name = block.GetBlockValue("name", "Set name in config");
-	genre = block.GetBlockValue("genre", "Set genre in config");
-	website = block.GetBlockValue("website", "Set website in config");
-
-	clients_max = block.GetBlockValue("max_clients", 0U);
-
 	/* set up bind_to_address */
 
 	ServerSocketAddGeneric(*this, block.GetBlockValue("bind_to_address"), block.GetBlockValue("port", 8000U));