diff --git a/src/geoserver/catalog.py b/src/geoserver/catalog.py
index 8f5331e..4f0a2e5 100644
--- a/src/geoserver/catalog.py
+++ b/src/geoserver/catalog.py
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ class Catalog(object):
             None,
             self.http
             ))
+    orig_req = self.http.request
+    def wrapped_request(*args, **kwargs):
+        print 'REQUEST', args, kwargs, 'END REQUEST'
+        return orig_req(*args, **kwargs)
+    self.http.request = wrapped_request
+
     self._cache = dict()

   def add(self, object):