diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index eff7e920..b379c1f8 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ export default class Request {
   }
 
   async text(url, options = {}) {
-    return this.fetch(url, options).then(res => res.text());
+    const res = await this.fetch(url, options);
+    if (isDebugVerbosity()) {
+      debuglog('[Request] Got response from', url, ':\n', res.status, ' ', res.statusText);
+    }
+    return res.text();
   }
 
   async json(url, options = {}) {