diff --git a/flask_discord/models/base.py b/flask_discord/models/base.py
index c40689e..58b0e7a 100644
--- a/flask_discord/models/base.py
+++ b/flask_discord/models/base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+from flask import current_app
 from abc import ABC
 
 
 class DiscordModelsBase(ABC):
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _request(*args, **kwargs):
+        """A shorthand to :py:func:flask_discord.request`. It uses Flask current_app local proxy to get the
+        Flask-Discord client.
+
+        """
+        return current_app.discord.request(*args, **kwargs)
+
     def to_json(self):
         """A utility method which returns raw payload object as it was received from discord.
 
diff --git a/flask_discord/models/user.py b/flask_discord/models/user.py
index a35a87c..c09d8ba 100644
--- a/flask_discord/models/user.py
+++ b/flask_discord/models/user.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class User(DiscordModelsBase):
         """
         data = {"access_token": session["DISCORD_OAUTH2_TOKEN"]["access_token"]}
         headers = {"Authorization": f"Bot {current_app.config['DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN']}"}
-        return current_app.discord.request(
+        return self._request(
             f"/guilds/{guild_id}/members/{self.id}", method="PUT", oauth=False, json=data, headers=headers
         ) or dict()