diff --git a/kong/dao/cassandra/apis.lua b/kong/dao/cassandra/apis.lua
index 02fed92c073a..a936e6a907a1 100644
--- a/kong/dao/cassandra/apis.lua
+++ b/kong/dao/cassandra/apis.lua
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ local function validate_target_url(value)
     parsed_url.scheme = parsed_url.scheme:lower()
     if parsed_url.scheme == "http" or parsed_url.scheme == "https" then
       parsed_url.path = parsed_url.path or "/"
-
-      print(url.build(parsed_url))
-
       return true, nil, { target_url = url.build(parsed_url)}
     else
       return false, "Supported protocols are HTTP and HTTPS"    
diff --git a/kong/kong.lua b/kong/kong.lua
index 7cb7844859ab..0a852f2f9801 100644
--- a/kong/kong.lua
+++ b/kong/kong.lua
@@ -237,19 +237,22 @@ function _M.exec_plugins_log()
     -- Creating the log variable that will be serialized
     local message = {
       request = {
+        uri = ngx.var.request_uri,
+        request_uri = ngx.var.scheme.."://"..ngx.var.host..":"..ngx.var.server_port..ngx.var.request_uri,
+        querystring = ngx.req.get_uri_args(), -- parameters, as a table
+        method = ngx.req.get_method(), -- http method
         headers = ngx.req.get_headers(),
         size = ngx.var.request_length
       },
       response = {
+        status = ngx.status,
         headers = ngx.resp.get_headers(),
-        size = ngx.var.body_bytes_sent
+        size = ngx.var.bytes_sent
       },
       authenticated_entity = ngx.ctx.authenticated_entity,
       api = ngx.ctx.api,
-      ip = ngx.var.remote_addr,
-      status = ngx.status,
-      url = ngx.var.uri,
-      started_at = ngx.ctx.started_at
+      client_ip = ngx.var.remote_addr,
+      started_at = ngx.req.start_time() * 1000
     }
 
     ngx.ctx.log_message = message
diff --git a/spec/integration/proxy/realip_spec.lua b/spec/integration/proxy/realip_spec.lua
index dc4a22b232e9..adf32b220e8c 100644
--- a/spec/integration/proxy/realip_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/integration/proxy/realip_spec.lua
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe("Real IP", function()
     assert.truthy(json_str)
 
     local log_message = cjson.decode(json_str)
-    assert.are.same("4.4.4.4", log_message.ip)
+    assert.are.same("4.4.4.4", log_message.client_ip)
     assert.are.same(uuid, log_message.request.headers.file_log_uuid)
   end)
 
diff --git a/spec/plugins/logging_spec.lua b/spec/plugins/logging_spec.lua
index e9fe55da1046..5a76e65d8bf3 100644
--- a/spec/plugins/logging_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/plugins/logging_spec.lua
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe("Logging Plugins", function()
 
       -- Making sure it's alright
       local log_message = cjson.decode(res)
-      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.ip)
+      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.client_ip)
     end)
 
     it("should log to UDP", function()
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe("Logging Plugins", function()
 
       -- Making sure it's alright
       local log_message = cjson.decode(res)
-      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.ip)
+      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.client_ip)
     end)
 
     it("should log to HTTP", function()
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe("Logging Plugins", function()
       -- Making sure it's alright
       assert.are.same("POST / HTTP/1.1", res[1])
       local log_message = cjson.decode(res[7])
-      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.ip)
+      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.client_ip)
     end)
 
     it("should log to file", function()
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe("Logging Plugins", function()
       assert.truthy(json_str)
 
       local log_message = cjson.decode(json_str)
-      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.ip)
+      assert.are.same("127.0.0.1", log_message.client_ip)
       assert.are.same(uuid, log_message.request.headers.file_log_uuid)
     end)