diff --git a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java
index 98393b89..5be4635d 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import static com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.LogUtils.logPair;
@@ -1081,7 +1082,7 @@ public class BaseAPIActionUtil
                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                // trim response body (just to keep logs smaller, or, in case someone consuming logs doesn't want such long lines) //
                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-               LOG.debug("Received successful response with code [" + qResponse.getStatusCode() + "] and content [" + StringUtils.safeTruncate(qResponse.getContent(), getMaxResponseMessageLengthForLog(), "...") + "].");
+               LOG.log(getAPIResponseLogLevel(), "Received successful response with code [" + qResponse.getStatusCode() + "] and content [" + StringUtils.safeTruncate(qResponse.getContent(), getMaxResponseMessageLengthForLog(), "...") + "].");
                return (qResponse);
             }
          }
@@ -1507,4 +1508,14 @@ public class BaseAPIActionUtil
       // nothing to do at this layer, meant to be overridden by subclasses //
       ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   protected Level getAPIResponseLogLevel() throws QException
+   {
+      return (Level.DEBUG);
+   }
 }