diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 07cdb85..269b726 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@
             <version>${jackson-databind.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/tomtom/http/HttpClient.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/tomtom/http/HttpClient.groovy
index 70ec36d..727ed91 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/tomtom/http/HttpClient.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/tomtom/http/HttpClient.groovy
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.tomtom.http.response.Response
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.HttpClient as ApacheHttpClient
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClientBuilder
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger
 
 import static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES
 import static org.apache.hc.client5.http.routing.RoutingSupport.determineHost
 
 class HttpClient {
 
+    private static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(HttpClient)
     private static ApacheHttpClient client
 
     final RequestBuilder builder
@@ -262,12 +265,15 @@ class HttpClient {
 
     private Response performRequest(Map properties) {
         def request = builder.request properties
-        client.execute(determineHost(request), request, response -> {
+        def response = client.execute(determineHost(request), request, response -> {
             parser.parse(
                     response,
                     properties['expecting'] as Class,
                     properties['of'] as Class)
         })
+        logger.info("Request: ${request}")
+        logger.info("Response: ${response}")
+        return response
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/tomtom/http/ResponseParser.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/tomtom/http/ResponseParser.groovy
index 2293089..797ae69 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/tomtom/http/ResponseParser.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/tomtom/http/ResponseParser.groovy
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ import groovy.transform.PackageScope
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpEntity
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpResponse
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger
 
 @PackageScope
 class ResponseParser {
 
+    private static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(HttpClient)
     private mapper = new ObjectMapper()
 
     Response parse(HttpResponse response, Class type, Class subtype) {
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ class ResponseParser {
             try {
                 return mapper.readValue(content, type)
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                println "Failed to deserialize $content to $rawType due to $e.message, defaulting to string"
+                logger.warn "Failed to deserialize $content to $rawType due to $e.message, defaulting to string"
             }
         }
         content