diff --git a/lib/mvcfronk/mfBase/mfBaseApicontroller.php b/lib/mvcfronk/mfBase/mfBaseApicontroller.php
index 9b517ea9f..508ea160e 100644
--- a/lib/mvcfronk/mfBase/mfBaseApicontroller.php
+++ b/lib/mvcfronk/mfBase/mfBaseApicontroller.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ include_once(realpath(dirname(__FILE__))."/mfBaseModel.php");
 
 class mfBaseApicontroller {
 	protected $log;
+  protected $requestLog;
   protected $needlogin = false;
   protected $siteTitle;
 	private $mfAction;
@@ -31,24 +32,15 @@ class mfBaseApicontroller {
 	public function __construct($params = NULL) {
 		// load logging facility
 		$this->log = mfLoghandler::singleton();
+    $this->requestLog = new mfLog_File();
+    $this->requestLog->init(BASEDIR."/var/log/api-request.log");
     
-    $this->log->debug("new API request for ".$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
-    $logstr = "";
-    foreach($_GET as $key => $value) {
-      $logstr .= "; $key='$value'";
-    }
-    $this->log->debug("GET: ".print_r($_GET, true));
-    
-    $logstr = "";
-    foreach($_POST as $key => $value) {
-      $logstr .= "; $key='$value'";
-    }
-    $this->log->debug("POST: ".print_r($_POST, true));
+    $this->logRequest();
     
     $this->loadRequest($params);
-    
-    $this->log->debug("POST JSON: ".$this->request_json);
-    $this->log->debug("HEADERS: ".print_r($this->headers, true));
+    if($this->request_json) {
+      $this->logJsonRequest();
+    }
     
     register_shutdown_function(["mfBaseApicontroller", "return_errors"]);
     
@@ -86,6 +78,26 @@ class mfBaseApicontroller {
     
 	}
   
+  private function logRequest() {
+    $this->requestLog->debug("new API request for ".$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
+    $this->requestLogstr = "";
+    foreach($_GET as $key => $value) {
+      $this->requestLogstr .= "; $key='$value'";
+    }
+    $this->requestLog->debug("GET: ".print_r($_GET, true));
+    
+    $this->requestLogstr = "";
+    foreach($_POST as $key => $value) {
+      $this->requestLogstr .= "; $key='$value'";
+    }
+    $this->requestLog->debug("POST: ".print_r($_POST, true));
+    $this->requestLog->debug("Headers: ".print_r($this->headers, true));
+  }
+  
+  private function logJsonRequest() {
+    $this->requestLog->debug("POST JSON: ".$this->request_json);
+  }
+  
   private function authenticateUser() {
     $key = false;
     //var_dump($this->headers);exit;