diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 364a4d9..d905677 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.9.0"
     implementation "com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-kotlinx-serialization-converter:0.8.0"
 
+    def okhttp_version = "4.9.2"
+    implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:$okhttp_version"
+    implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:$okhttp_version"
+
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json:1.3.0"
 
     implementation "androidx.preference:preference-ktx:1.1.1"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/OkHttpBuilder.kt b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/OkHttpBuilder.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b3e48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/OkHttpBuilder.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package gq.kirmanak.mealie.data
+
+import okhttp3.Interceptor
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import okhttp3.logging.HttpLoggingInterceptor
+import timber.log.Timber
+import javax.inject.Inject
+
+class OkHttpBuilder @Inject constructor() {
+    fun buildOkHttp(): OkHttpClient {
+        return OkHttpClient.Builder()
+            .addNetworkInterceptor(buildLoggingInterceptor())
+            .build()
+    }
+
+    private fun buildLoggingInterceptor() : Interceptor {
+        val interceptor = HttpLoggingInterceptor { message -> Timber.v(message) }
+        interceptor.level = HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.BODY
+        return interceptor
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/RetrofitBuilder.kt b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/RetrofitBuilder.kt
index 41da096..fbcf519 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/RetrofitBuilder.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/RetrofitBuilder.kt
@@ -3,19 +3,20 @@ package gq.kirmanak.mealie.data
 import com.jakewharton.retrofit2.converter.kotlinx.serialization.asConverterFactory
 import kotlinx.serialization.ExperimentalSerializationApi
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
-import okhttp3.MediaType
+import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaType
 import retrofit2.Retrofit
 import timber.log.Timber
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
 @ExperimentalSerializationApi
-class RetrofitBuilder @Inject constructor() {
+class RetrofitBuilder @Inject constructor(private val okHttpBuilder: OkHttpBuilder) {
     fun buildRetrofit(baseUrl: String): Retrofit {
         Timber.v("buildRetrofit() called with: baseUrl = $baseUrl")
         val url = if (baseUrl.startsWith("http")) baseUrl else "https://$baseUrl"
         val contentType = "application/json".toMediaType()
         return Retrofit.Builder()
             .baseUrl(url)
+            .client(okHttpBuilder.buildOkHttp())
             .addConverterFactory(Json.asConverterFactory(contentType))
             .build()
     }