diff --git a/src/internal/client.ts b/src/internal/client.ts
index 5122647..642de14 100644
--- a/src/internal/client.ts
+++ b/src/internal/client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { RefinedResponse, ResponseType } from 'k6/http'
+import { RefinedResponse, ResponseType, Params } from 'k6/http'
 
 import { AWSConfig } from './config'
 import { Endpoint } from './endpoint'
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@ export class AWSClient {
     readonly awsConfig: AWSConfig
     readonly serviceName: string
 
+    // Because jslib-aws is mostly used as a way to setup or feed k6 tests, and
+    // we want the jslib-aws to be able to disregard k6's discardResponseBodies: meaning
+    // that for instance, even when setting discardResponseBodies to true in the k6 options, using
+    // s3.getObject still receives the underlying response body and returns data to the user.
+    //
+    // To achieve this, we set the responseType to 'text' in the baseRequestParams, as it
+    // will lead the http module to ignore the discardResponseBodies option.
+    //
+    // AWS Client classes can override this value if they want to receive the response body
+    // as a different type ('binary' for instance, e.g. S3Client.getObject).
+    //
+    // See #45: https://github.com/grafana/k6-jslib-aws/issues/45
+    readonly baseRequestParams: Params = {
+        responseType: 'text',
+    }
+
     private _endpoint?: Endpoint
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/internal/event-bridge.ts b/src/internal/event-bridge.ts
index 38b0bb7..ef06db6 100644
--- a/src/internal/event-bridge.ts
+++ b/src/internal/event-bridge.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export class EventBridgeClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, EventBridgeOperation.PutEvents)
diff --git a/src/internal/kinesis.ts b/src/internal/kinesis.ts
index 6cbc18c..75cbc33 100644
--- a/src/internal/kinesis.ts
+++ b/src/internal/kinesis.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ export class KinesisClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest('POST', signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
 
diff --git a/src/internal/kms.ts b/src/internal/kms.ts
index 866bf1c..1d6afe0 100644
--- a/src/internal/kms.ts
+++ b/src/internal/kms.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export class KMSClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, KMSOperation.ListKeys)
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ export class KMSClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, KMSOperation.GenerateDataKey)
diff --git a/src/internal/lambda.ts b/src/internal/lambda.ts
index 4a0639e..1c33f67 100644
--- a/src/internal/lambda.ts
+++ b/src/internal/lambda.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export class LambdaClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res)
diff --git a/src/internal/s3.ts b/src/internal/s3.ts
index 0ae76c8..905dde1 100644
--- a/src/internal/s3.ts
+++ b/src/internal/s3.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body || null, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, 'ListBuckets')
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body || null, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, 'ListObjectsV2')
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         }
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, null, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
             responseType: responseType as ResponseType,
         })
@@ -258,6 +261,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, 'PutObject')
@@ -287,6 +291,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body || null, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, 'DeleteObject')
@@ -326,6 +331,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body || null, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
 
@@ -360,6 +366,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body || null, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, 'CreateMultipartUpload')
@@ -410,6 +417,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body || null, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, 'UploadPart')
@@ -460,6 +468,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body || null, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, 'CompleteMultipartUpload')
@@ -494,6 +503,7 @@ export class S3Client extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body || null, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, 'AbortMultipartUpload')
diff --git a/src/internal/secrets-manager.ts b/src/internal/secrets-manager.ts
index 1377565..cd5967f 100644
--- a/src/internal/secrets-manager.ts
+++ b/src/internal/secrets-manager.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export class SecretsManagerClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, SecretsManagerOperation.ListSecrets)
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ export class SecretsManagerClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
 
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ export class SecretsManagerClient extends AWSClient {
         // headers['X-Amz-Target'] = `${this.serviceName}.CreateSecret`
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, SecretsManagerOperation.CreateSecret)
@@ -200,6 +203,7 @@ export class SecretsManagerClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, SecretsManagerOperation.PutSecretValue)
@@ -249,6 +253,7 @@ export class SecretsManagerClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, SecretsManagerOperation.DeleteSecret)
diff --git a/src/internal/sqs.ts b/src/internal/sqs.ts
index 35c8f77..51f945c 100644
--- a/src/internal/sqs.ts
+++ b/src/internal/sqs.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ export class SQSClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest('POST', signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
 
diff --git a/src/internal/ssm.ts b/src/internal/ssm.ts
index d866d21..76c0303 100644
--- a/src/internal/ssm.ts
+++ b/src/internal/ssm.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export class SystemsManagerClient extends AWSClient {
         )
 
         const res = await http.asyncRequest(this.method, signedRequest.url, signedRequest.body, {
+            ...this.baseRequestParams,
             headers: signedRequest.headers,
         })
         this.handleError(res, SystemsManagerOperation.GetParameter)