diff --git a/src/main/java/ats/orders/OrderRequest.java b/src/main/java/ats/orders/OrderRequest.java
index fac9a53..3bb4943 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ats/orders/OrderRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ats/orders/OrderRequest.java
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.joda.JodaModule;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 /**
  * Base class for order requests to send to the OANDA API.
  */
 public class OrderRequest {
+    final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OrderRequest.class);
+
     /**
      * The type of the Order to Create.
      */
@@ -51,4 +56,17 @@ public class OrderRequest {
         mapper.setSerializationInclusion(Include.NON_NULL);
         return mapper;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a better description of the order.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        try {
+            return toJSON();
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            log.warn("Error converting to JSON", e);
+            return super.toString();
+        }
+    }
 }