diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/http.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/http.rb
index 3f9bac1..897fc21 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/http.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/http.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ def register
 
     # Run named Timer as daemon thread
     @timer = java.util.Timer.new("HTTP Output #{self.params['id']}", true)
+
+    @request_metrics = metric.namespace(:requests)
   end # def register
 
   def multi_receive(events)
@@ -163,9 +165,6 @@ def log_error_response(response, url, event)
   end
 
   def send_events(events)
-    successes = java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger.new(0)
-    failures  = java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger.new(0)
-    retries = java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger.new(0)
     event_count = @is_batch ? 1 : events.size
 
     pending = Queue.new
@@ -175,6 +174,8 @@ def send_events(events)
       events.each {|e| pending << [e, 0]}
     end
 
+    successes, failures = 0, 0
+
     while popped = pending.pop
       break if popped == :done
 
@@ -189,41 +190,30 @@ def send_events(events)
 
         case action
         when :success
-          successes.incrementAndGet
-        when :retry
-          retries.incrementAndGet
+          successes += 1
 
-          next_attempt = attempt+1
+          pending << :done if successes + failures == event_count
+        when :retry
+          next_attempt = attempt + 1
           sleep_for = sleep_for_attempt(next_attempt)
           @logger.info("Retrying http request, will sleep for #{sleep_for} seconds")
           timer_task = RetryTimerTask.new(pending, event, next_attempt)
-          @timer.schedule(timer_task, sleep_for*1000)
+          @timer.schedule(timer_task, sleep_for * 1000)
         when :failure
-          failures.incrementAndGet
+          failures += 1
+
+          pending << :done if successes + failures == event_count
         else
           raise "Unknown action #{action}"
         end
-
-        if action == :success || action == :failure
-          if successes.get+failures.get == event_count
-            pending << :done
-          end
-        end
       rescue => e
         # This should never happen unless there's a flat out bug in the code
-        @logger.error("Error sending HTTP Request",
-          :class => e.class.name,
-          :message => e.message,
-          :backtrace => e.backtrace)
-        failures.incrementAndGet
+        @logger.error("Error sending HTTP Request", :message => e.message, :class => e.class, :backtrace => e.backtrace)
         raise e
       end
     end
   rescue => e
-    @logger.error("Error in http output loop",
-            :class => e.class.name,
-            :message => e.message,
-            :backtrace => e.backtrace)
+    @logger.error("Error in http output loop", :message => e.message, :class => e.class, :backtrace => e.backtrace)
     raise e
   end
 
@@ -251,18 +241,22 @@ def send_event(event, attempt)
       body = gzip(body)
     end
 
-    # Create an async request
+    @logger.debug? && @logger.debug("Sending request", url: url, headers: headers, body_length: body.length, attempt: attempt)
+
     response = client.send(@http_method, url, :body => body, :headers => headers).call
 
     if !response_success?(response)
       if retryable_response?(response)
         log_retryable_response(response)
+        @request_metrics.increment(:retryable_failures)
         return :retry, event, attempt
       else
         log_error_response(response, url, event)
+        @request_metrics.increment(:failures)
         return :failure, event, attempt
       end
     else
+      @request_metrics.increment(:successes)
       return :success, event, attempt
     end
 
@@ -286,8 +280,10 @@ def send_event(event, attempt)
     log_failure("Could not fetch URL", log_params)
 
     if will_retry
+      @request_metrics.increment(:retryable_failures)
       return :retry, event, attempt
     else
+      @request_metrics.increment(:failures)
       return :failure, event, attempt
     end
   end