diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/authproxy.py b/qa/rpc-tests/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/authproxy.py
index c2e5406c..bc7d655f 100644
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/authproxy.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/authproxy.py
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import httplib
 import base64
-import json
 import decimal
+import json
+import logging
 try:
     import urllib.parse as urlparse
 except ImportError:
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ USER_AGENT = "AuthServiceProxy/0.1"
 
 HTTP_TIMEOUT = 30
 
+log = logging.getLogger("BitcoinRPC")
 
 class JSONRPCException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, rpc_error):
@@ -57,7 +59,14 @@ class JSONRPCException(Exception):
         self.error = rpc_error
 
 
+def EncodeDecimal(o):
+    if isinstance(o, decimal.Decimal):
+        return round(o, 8)
+    raise TypeError(repr(o) + " is not JSON serializable")
+
 class AuthServiceProxy(object):
+    __id_count = 0
+
     def __init__(self, service_url, service_name=None, timeout=HTTP_TIMEOUT, connection=None):
         self.__service_url = service_url
         self.__service_name = service_name
@@ -66,7 +75,6 @@ class AuthServiceProxy(object):
             port = 80
         else:
             port = self.__url.port
-        self.__id_count = 0
         (user, passwd) = (self.__url.username, self.__url.password)
         try:
             user = user.encode('utf8')
@@ -99,12 +107,14 @@ class AuthServiceProxy(object):
         return AuthServiceProxy(self.__service_url, name, connection=self.__conn)
 
     def __call__(self, *args):
-        self.__id_count += 1
+        AuthServiceProxy.__id_count += 1
 
+        log.debug("-%s-> %s %s"%(AuthServiceProxy.__id_count, self.__service_name,
+                                 json.dumps(args, default=EncodeDecimal)))
         postdata = json.dumps({'version': '1.1',
                                'method': self.__service_name,
                                'params': args,
-                               'id': self.__id_count})
+                               'id': AuthServiceProxy.__id_count}, default=EncodeDecimal)
         self.__conn.request('POST', self.__url.path, postdata,
                             {'Host': self.__url.hostname,
                              'User-Agent': USER_AGENT,
@@ -121,7 +131,8 @@ class AuthServiceProxy(object):
             return response['result']
 
     def _batch(self, rpc_call_list):
-        postdata = json.dumps(list(rpc_call_list))
+        postdata = json.dumps(list(rpc_call_list), default=EncodeDecimal)
+        log.debug("--> "+postdata)
         self.__conn.request('POST', self.__url.path, postdata,
                             {'Host': self.__url.hostname,
                              'User-Agent': USER_AGENT,
@@ -136,5 +147,10 @@ class AuthServiceProxy(object):
             raise JSONRPCException({
                 'code': -342, 'message': 'missing HTTP response from server'})
 
-        return json.loads(http_response.read().decode('utf8'),
-                          parse_float=decimal.Decimal)
+        responsedata = http_response.read().decode('utf8')
+        response = json.loads(responsedata, parse_float=decimal.Decimal)
+        if "error" in response and response["error"] is None:
+            log.debug("<-%s- %s"%(response["id"], json.dumps(response["result"], default=EncodeDecimal)))
+        else:
+            log.debug("<-- "+responsedata)
+        return response