diff --git a/include/chaiscript/utility/json.hpp b/include/chaiscript/utility/json.hpp
index 80b0530..c023c2b 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/utility/json.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/utility/json.hpp
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ namespace {
     }
 }
 
-JSON JSON::Load( const string &str ) {
+inline JSON JSON::Load( const string &str ) {
     size_t offset = 0;
     return parse_next( str, offset );
 }