diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7734d50..ad95a1e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.1b1.dev73',
+        version='2.1b1.dev74',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/warcprox/__init__.py b/warcprox/__init__.py
index 2bf0f02..fade9a0 100644
--- a/warcprox/__init__.py
+++ b/warcprox/__init__.py
@@ -92,8 +92,17 @@ class RequestBlockedByRule(Exception):
     def __str__(self):
         return "%s: %s" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.msg)
 
-# logging level more fine-grained than logging.DEBUG==10
+# monkey-patch log level TRACE
 TRACE = 5
+import logging
+def _logging_trace(msg, *args, **kwargs):
+    logging.root.trace(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+def _logger_trace(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
+    if self.isEnabledFor(TRACE):
+        self._log(TRACE, msg, args, **kwargs)
+logging.trace = _logging_trace
+logging.Logger.trace = _logger_trace
+logging.addLevelName(TRACE, 'TRACE')
 
 import warcprox.controller as controller
 import warcprox.playback as playback
diff --git a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
index e79746e..951eb0e 100644
--- a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
+++ b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ calling ssl.wrap_socket() on the client connection; connects to remote
 configured
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Cygnos Corporation
-Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Internet Archive
+Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Internet Archive
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         server. Then it calls self.handle_one_request() again to handle the
         request intended for the remote server.
         '''
+        self.logger.trace(
+                'request from %s:%s: %s', self.client_address[0],
+                self.client_address[1], self.requestline)
         self.is_connect = True
         try:
             self._determine_host_port()
@@ -322,6 +325,9 @@ class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         return result
 
     def do_COMMAND(self):
+        self.logger.trace(
+                'request from %s:%s: %s', self.client_address[0],
+                self.client_address[1], self.requestline)
         if self.is_connect:
             self.url = self._construct_tunneled_url()
         else:
@@ -402,7 +408,7 @@ class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         except socket.timeout as e:
             self.logger.warn(
                     "%s proxying %s %s", repr(e), self.command, self.url)
-        except BaseException as e:
+        except Exception as e:
             self.logger.error(
                     "%s proxying %s %s", repr(e), self.command, self.url,
                     exc_info=True)