diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6233983..221ff7b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.4b3.dev178',
+        version='2.4b3.dev179',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/tests/test_warcprox.py b/tests/test_warcprox.py
index 13b6bad..0375ca1 100755
--- a/tests/test_warcprox.py
+++ b/tests/test_warcprox.py
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ def test_crawl_log(warcprox_, http_daemon, archiving_proxies):
     assert fields[10] == b'-'
     assert fields[11] == b'-'
     extra_info = json.loads(fields[12].decode('utf-8'))
-    assert extra_info == {'contentSize': 91}
+    assert extra_info == {'contentSize': 91, 'method': 'HEAD'}
 
     # WARCPROX_WRITE_RECORD
     url = 'http://fakeurl/'
@@ -1838,8 +1838,9 @@ def test_crawl_log(warcprox_, http_daemon, archiving_proxies):
     assert fields[11] == b'-'
     extra_info = json.loads(fields[12].decode('utf-8'))
     assert set(extra_info.keys()) == {
-            'contentSize', 'warcFilename', 'warcFileOffset'}
+            'contentSize', 'warcFilename', 'warcFileOffset', 'method'}
     assert extra_info['contentSize'] == 38
+    assert extra_info['method'] == 'WARCPROX_WRITE_RECORD'
 
 def test_long_warcprox_meta(
         warcprox_, http_daemon, archiving_proxies, playback_proxies):
diff --git a/warcprox/crawl_log.py b/warcprox/crawl_log.py
index f28683a..a953402 100644
--- a/warcprox/crawl_log.py
+++ b/warcprox/crawl_log.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class CrawlLogger(object):
         if records:
             extra_info['warcFilename'] = records[0].warc_filename
             extra_info['warcFileOffset'] = records[0].offset
+        if recorded_url.method != 'GET':
+            extra_info['method'] = recorded_url.method
         if recorded_url.response_recorder:
             content_length = recorded_url.response_recorder.len - recorded_url.response_recorder.payload_offset
             payload_digest = warcprox.digest_str(