diff --git a/docs/content/faq.md b/docs/content/faq.md
index 1ee7e20..cc3c391 100644
--- a/docs/content/faq.md
+++ b/docs/content/faq.md
@@ -493,3 +493,14 @@ draft: false
   ```bash
   GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/cointop-sh/cointop
   ```
+
+## How can I get more information when something is going wrong?
+
+  Cointop creates a logfile at `/tmp/cointop.log`. Normally nothing is written to this, but if you set the environment variable
+  `DEBUG=1` cointop will write a lot of output describing its operation.  Furthermore, if you also set `DEBUG_HTTP=1` it will 
+  emit lots about every HTTP request that cointop makes to coingecko (backend).  Developers may ask for this information
+  to help diagnose any problems you may experience.
+
+  ```bash
+  DEBUG=1 DEBUG_HTTP=1 cointop
+  ```
diff --git a/pkg/api/vendors/coingecko/v3/v3.go b/pkg/api/vendors/coingecko/v3/v3.go
index 7cc3155..5f3ead7 100644
--- a/pkg/api/vendors/coingecko/v3/v3.go
+++ b/pkg/api/vendors/coingecko/v3/v3.go
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/cointop-sh/cointop/pkg/api/vendors/coingecko/format"
 	"github.com/cointop-sh/cointop/pkg/api/vendors/coingecko/v3/types"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 var baseURL = "https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3"
@@ -31,6 +34,11 @@ func NewClient(httpClient *http.Client) *Client {
 // helper
 // doReq HTTP client
 func doReq(req *http.Request, client *http.Client) ([]byte, error) {
+	debugHttp := os.Getenv("DEBUG_HTTP") != ""
+	if debugHttp {
+		log.Debugf("doReq %s %s", req.Method, req.URL)
+	}
+
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -41,6 +49,10 @@ func doReq(req *http.Request, client *http.Client) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if 200 != resp.StatusCode {
+		if debugHttp {
+			log.Warnf("doReq Got Status '%s' from %s %s", resp.Status, req.Method, req.URL)
+			log.Debugf("doReq Got Body: %s", body)
+		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s", body)
 	}
 	return body, nil