diff --git a/src/content/read.rs b/src/content/read.rs
index 0b46284..9c307ad 100644
--- a/src/content/read.rs
+++ b/src/content/read.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn read(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
 }
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "async-std", feature = "tokio"))]
-pub async fn read_async<'c, 's>(cache: &'c Path, sri: Integrity, verify_integrity: bool) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+pub async fn read_async<'c, 's>(cache: &'c Path, sri: Integrity, verify_integrity: bool) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Integrity)> {
     let cpath = path::content_path(&cache, &sri);
     let ret = crate::async_lib::read(&cpath).await.with_context(|| {
         format!(
@@ -126,21 +126,22 @@ pub async fn read_async<'c, 's>(cache: &'c Path, sri: Integrity, verify_integrit
             path::content_path(&cache, &sri).display()
         )
     })?;
-    let ret = if verify_integrity {
+    Ok(if verify_integrity {
+        // we require owned Integrity because of the below move which would otherwise try to
+        // provide a reference to a closure that moves to another thread, i.e. `'s: 'static` which fails 
         let integrity_check = move || {
             sri.check(&ret)?;
-            Ok::<_, ssri::Error>(ret)
+            Ok::<_, ssri::Error>((sri, ret))
         };
         #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
-        let ret = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(integrity_check).await??;
+        let (sri, ret) = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(integrity_check).await??;
         #[cfg(feature = "async-std")]
-        let ret = async_std::task::spawn_blocking(integrity_check).await?;
+        let (sri, ret) = async_std::task::spawn_blocking(integrity_check).await?;
 
-        ret
+        (ret, sri)
     } else {
-        ret
-    };
-    Ok(ret)
+        (ret, sri)
+    })
 }
 
 pub fn reflink_unchecked(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity, to: &Path) -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/src/get.rs b/src/get.rs
index e6370d6..faee3f3 100644
--- a/src/get.rs
+++ b/src/get.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ where
 {
     async fn inner(cache: &Path, key: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         if let Some(entry) = index::find_async(cache, key).await? {
-            read_hash(cache, entry.integrity).await
+            read_hash(cache, entry.integrity).await.map(|(r, _i)| r)
         } else {
             Err(Error::EntryNotFound(cache.to_path_buf(), key.into()))
         }
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ where
 {
     async fn inner(cache: &Path, key: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         if let Some(entry) = index::find_async(cache, key).await? {
-            read_hash_no_integrity(cache, entry.integrity).await
+            read_hash_no_integrity(cache, entry.integrity).await.map(|(r, _i)| r)
         } else {
             Err(Error::EntryNotFound(cache.to_path_buf(), key.into()))
         }
@@ -211,12 +211,12 @@ where
 /// #[async_attributes::main]
 /// async fn main() -> cacache::Result<()> {
 ///     let sri = cacache::write("./my-cache", "my-key", b"hello").await?;
-///     let data: Vec<u8> = cacache::read_hash("./my-cache", sri).await?;
+///     let (data, _): (Vec<u8>, _) = cacache::read_hash("./my-cache", sri).await?;
 ///     Ok(())
 /// }
 /// ```
 #[cfg(any(feature = "async-std", feature = "tokio"))]
-pub async fn read_hash<P>(cache: P, sri: Integrity) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
+pub async fn read_hash<P>(cache: P, sri: Integrity) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Integrity)>
 where
     P: AsRef<Path>,
 {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ where
 /// #[async_attributes::main]
 /// async fn main() -> cacache::Result<()> {
 ///     let sri = cacache::write("./my-cache", "my-key", b"hello").await?;
-///     let data: Vec<u8> = cacache::read_hash_no_integrity("./my-cache", sri).await?;
+///     let (data, _): (Vec<u8>, _) = cacache::read_hash_no_integrity("./my-cache", sri).await?;
 ///     Ok(())
 /// }
 /// ```
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ where
 /// If you have no integrity this function is for you.
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[cfg(any(feature = "async-std", feature = "tokio"))]
-pub async fn read_hash_no_integrity<P>(cache: P, sri: Integrity) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
+pub async fn read_hash_no_integrity<P>(cache: P, sri: Integrity) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Integrity)>
 where
     P: AsRef<Path>,
 {
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ mod tests {
         let dir = tmp.path().to_owned();
         let sri = crate::write(&dir, "my-key", b"hello world").await.unwrap();
 
-        let data = crate::read_hash(&dir, sri).await.unwrap();
+        let (data, _) = crate::read_hash(&dir, sri).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(data, b"hello world");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 15fe683..132addd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 //!   let sri = cacache::write("./my-cache", "key", b"hello").await?;
 //!
 //!   // ...data gets looked up by `sri` ("Subresource Integrity").
-//!   let data = cacache::read_hash("./my-cache", sri).await?;
+//!   let (data, _) = cacache::read_hash("./my-cache", sri).await?;
 //!   assert_eq!(data, b"hello");
 //!
 //!   Ok(())
diff --git a/src/put.rs b/src/put.rs
index ca41187..5efc2fc 100644
--- a/src/put.rs
+++ b/src/put.rs
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ mod tests {
         let integrity = crate::write_hash(&dir, &original)
             .await
             .expect("should be able to write a hash asynchronously");
-        let bytes = crate::read_hash(&dir, integrity)
+        let (bytes, _) = crate::read_hash(&dir, integrity)
             .await
             .expect("should be able to read back what we wrote");
         let result =