diff --git a/aws/core/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/aws/core/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd65a0cc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws/core/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
+
+<!--
+   For more configuration infromation and examples see the Apache Log4j website: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/
+ -->
+<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" debug="false">
+
+   <!-- A time/date based rolling appender -->
+   <appender name="FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
+      <param name="File" value="target/test-data/jclouds.log"/>
+      <param name="Append" value="true"/>
+
+      <!-- Rollover at midnight each day -->
+      <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
+
+      <param name="Threshold" value="TRACE"/>
+
+      <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+         <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
+         <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n"/>
+
+         <!-- The full pattern: Date MS Priority [Category] (Thread:NDC) Message\n
+        <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5r %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
+         -->
+      </layout>
+   </appender>
+
+   <!-- ================ -->
+   <!-- Limit categories -->
+   <!-- ================ -->
+
+   <category name="org.jclouds">
+      <priority value="TRACE"/>
+   </category>
+
+   <!-- ======================= -->
+   <!-- Setup the Root category -->
+   <!-- ======================= -->
+
+   <root>
+      <priority value="WARN"/>
+      <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
+   </root>
+
+</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/aws/pom.xml b/aws/pom.xml
index 116da38d10..79db1f6ede 100644
--- a/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+           <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+           <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+           <version>1.2.14</version>
+           <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <profiles>
         <profile>
diff --git a/aws/s3/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/S3IntegrationTest.java b/aws/s3/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/S3IntegrationTest.java
index 7f68c3256d..d2d64e35ac 100644
--- a/aws/s3/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/S3IntegrationTest.java
+++ b/aws/s3/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/S3IntegrationTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import org.jclouds.aws.s3.internal.StubS3Connection;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.reference.S3Constants;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.util.S3Utils;
 import org.jclouds.http.config.JavaUrlHttpFutureCommandClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.util.Utils;
 import org.testng.ITestContext;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterGroups;
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ public class S3IntegrationTest {
 
    protected void createLiveS3Context(String AWSAccessKeyId, String AWSSecretAccessKey) {
       context = buildS3ContextFactory(AWSAccessKeyId, AWSSecretAccessKey).withModule(
-               createHttpModule()).build();
+               createHttpModule()).withModule(new Log4JLoggingModule()).build();
    }
 
    public String getBucketName() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/BaseHttpFutureCommandClient.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/BaseHttpFutureCommandClient.java
index 32bc863377..c14ece91fc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/BaseHttpFutureCommandClient.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/BaseHttpFutureCommandClient.java
@@ -61,34 +61,37 @@ public abstract class BaseHttpFutureCommandClient<Q> implements HttpFutureComman
    public void submit(HttpFutureCommand<?> command) {
       HttpRequest request = command.getRequest();
 
-      Q nativeRequest = null;
       try {
          HttpResponse response = null;
          for (;;) {
-            logger.trace("%s - converting request %s", request.getEndPoint(), request);
-            for (HttpRequestFilter filter : requestFilters) {
-               filter.filter(request);
-            }
-            nativeRequest = convert(request);
-            response = invoke(nativeRequest);
-            int statusCode = response.getStatusCode();
-            if (statusCode >= 300) {
-               if (retryHandler.shouldRetryRequest(command, response)) {
-                  continue;
+            Q nativeRequest = null;
+            try {
+               logger.trace("%s - converting request %s", request.getEndPoint(), request);
+               for (HttpRequestFilter filter : requestFilters) {
+                  filter.filter(request);
+               }
+               nativeRequest = convert(request);
+               response = invoke(nativeRequest);
+               int statusCode = response.getStatusCode();
+               if (statusCode >= 300) {
+                  if (retryHandler.shouldRetryRequest(command, response)) {
+                     continue;
+                  } else {
+                     errorHandler.handleError(command, response);
+                     break;
+                  }
+
                } else {
-                  errorHandler.handleError(command, response);
+                  processResponse(response, command);
                   break;
                }
-            } else {
-               processResponse(response, command);
-               break;
+            } finally {
+               cleanup(nativeRequest);
             }
          }
       } catch (Exception e) {
          command.setException(new ExecutionException(String.format("error invoking request %s",
                   request), e));
-      } finally {
-         cleanup(nativeRequest);
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpFutureCommandClient.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpFutureCommandClient.java
index 723a008511..cc2556c5ac 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpFutureCommandClient.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpFutureCommandClient.java
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ public class JavaUrlHttpFutureCommandClient extends BaseHttpFutureCommandClient<
 
    @Override
    protected HttpResponse invoke(HttpURLConnection connection) throws IOException {
-      HttpResponse response = new HttpResponse();
       if (logger.isTraceEnabled())
-         logger.trace("%1$s - submitting request %2$s, headers: %3$s", connection.getURL()
-                  .getHost(), connection.getURL(), connection.getRequestProperties());
+         logger.trace("%1$s - submitting request %2$s", connection.getURL().getHost(), connection
+                  .getURL());
+      HttpResponse response = new HttpResponse();
       InputStream in;
       try {
          in = connection.getInputStream();
@@ -132,5 +132,4 @@ public class JavaUrlHttpFutureCommandClient extends BaseHttpFutureCommandClient<
       if (connection != null && connection.getContentLength() == 0)
          connection.disconnect();
    }
-
 }