diff --git a/agent/http_client_3/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient3/TankHttpClient3.java b/agent/http_client_3/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient3/TankHttpClient3.java
index 0f0ddf8a9..1938c4f6c 100644
--- a/agent/http_client_3/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient3/TankHttpClient3.java
+++ b/agent/http_client_3/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient3/TankHttpClient3.java
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ private void sendRequest(BaseRequest request, @Nonnull HttpMethod method, String
 
         try {
             uri = method.getURI().toString();
-            LOG.debug(request.getLogUtil().getLogMessage("About to " + method.getName() + " request to " + uri + " with requestBody  " + requestBody, LogEventType.Informational));
+            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug(request.getLogUtil().getLogMessage(
+                    "About to " + method.getName() + " request to " + uri + " with requestBody  " + requestBody, LogEventType.Informational));
             List<String> cookies = new ArrayList<String>();
             if (httpclient != null && httpclient.getState() != null && httpclient.getState().getCookies() != null) {
                 cookies = Arrays.stream(httpclient.getState().getCookies()).map(cookie -> "REQUEST COOKIE: " + cookie.toExternalForm() + " (domain=" + cookie.getDomain() + " : path=" + cookie.getPath() + ")").collect(Collectors.toList());
diff --git a/agent/http_client_4/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient4/TankHttpClient4.java b/agent/http_client_4/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient4/TankHttpClient4.java
index 8bfe9c371..788139bf8 100644
--- a/agent/http_client_4/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient4/TankHttpClient4.java
+++ b/agent/http_client_4/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient4/TankHttpClient4.java
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ public void setProxy(String proxyhost, int proxyport) {
     private void sendRequest(BaseRequest request, @Nonnull HttpRequestBase method, String requestBody) {
         long waitTime = 0L;
         String uri = method.getURI().toString();
-        LOG.debug(request.getLogUtil().getLogMessage("About to " + method.getMethod() + " request to " + uri + " with requestBody  " + requestBody, LogEventType.Informational));
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug(request.getLogUtil().getLogMessage(
+                "About to " + method.getMethod() + " request to " + uri + " with requestBody  " + requestBody, LogEventType.Informational));
         List<String> cookies = new ArrayList<String>();
         if (context.getCookieStore().getCookies() != null) {
             cookies = context.getCookieStore().getCookies().stream().map(cookie -> "REQUEST COOKIE: " + cookie.toString()).collect(Collectors.toList());
diff --git a/agent/http_client_5/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient5/TankHttpClient5.java b/agent/http_client_5/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient5/TankHttpClient5.java
index 627056330..67b44b2bd 100644
--- a/agent/http_client_5/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient5/TankHttpClient5.java
+++ b/agent/http_client_5/src/main/java/com/intuit/tank/httpclient5/TankHttpClient5.java
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ public void setProxy(String proxyhost, int proxyport) {
     }
 
     private void sendRequest(BaseRequest request, @Nonnull SimpleHttpRequest method) {
-        LOG.debug(request.getLogUtil().getLogMessage("About to " + method.getMethod() + " request to " + method.getRequestUri() + " with requestBody  " + method.getBody(), LogEventType.Informational));
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug(request.getLogUtil().getLogMessage(
+                "About to " + method.getMethod() + " request to " + method.getRequestUri() + " with requestBody  " + method.getBody(), LogEventType.Informational));
         List<String> cookies = new ArrayList<String>();
         if (context.getCookieStore().getCookies() != null) {
             cookies = context.getCookieStore().getCookies().stream()