diff --git a/server-api/client-tests/web/http.py b/server-api/client-tests/web/http.py
index b61aaf7..2fccf75 100644
--- a/server-api/client-tests/web/http.py
+++ b/server-api/client-tests/web/http.py
@@ -11,16 +11,20 @@ class Response:
     Response is wrapper for reading + extracting information we care about 
     Primarily created by Requests that get `make`'d.
     '''
-    def __init__(self, url: str, body: str, code: int, expected: int, out=sys.stdout, color=True):
+    def __init__(self, method: str, url: str, body: str, code: int, expected: int, out=sys.stdout, color=True,
+                 truncate_long_body=True):
 
+        self.method = method
+        self.url = url
         self.body = body #typically a string before parsing anything
         self.code = code #u16
         self.expected = expected #u16
 
         self.out = out # file handle to write to normally sys.stdout
         self.color = color # bool telling if log should color anything (on by default)
+        self.truncate_long_body = truncate_long_body
 
-    def __color(self, cc, string):
+    def _color(self, cc, string):
         nc = '\033[0m'
         return f'{cc}{string}{nc}'
 
@@ -33,19 +37,38 @@ class Response:
         green = '\033[1;32m'
         return self._color(green, string)
 
+    def __write_msg(self, s):
+        # mega dumb wrapper to reduce visual noise i think
+        if len(s) != 0: print(s, file=self.out)
+
+    def _log_body(self):
+        if self.truncate_long_body:
+            if len(self.body) > 80:
+                msg = self.body
+                while len(msg) > 80:
+                    msg = msg[:len(msg)//2] + msg[len(msg)//2+1:]
+                msg = '.....'.join([msg[:40], msg[44]])
+
+                self.__write_msg(msg)
+            else:
+                self.__write_msg(f'\t{self.body}')
+        else:
+            self.__write_msg(f'\t{self.body}')
+
     def log(self):
         if self.code != self.expected:
-            msg = f'Failed: {self.method.upper()} {self.url} -> got {self.code} expected {self.expected}'
+            msg = f'Failed {self.method.upper()} {self.url}\t{self.code} expected {self.expected}'
             if self.color:
                 msg = self._color_failing(msg)
 
-            print(msg, file=self.out)
+            self.__write_msg(msg)
+            self._log_body(f'{self.body}')
         else:
             msg = f'Passing: {self.method} {self.url}'
             if self.color:
                 msg = self._color_passing(msg)
 
-            print(msg, file=self.out)
+            self.__write_msg(msg)
 
     def json(self):
         '''
@@ -79,17 +102,19 @@ class Request:
         params = json.dumps(self.params)
         if method == 'get':
             resp = requests.get(self.url, data=params)
-            return Response(self.url, resp.text, resp.status_code, hope)
+            return Response('get', self.url, resp.text, resp.status_code, hope)
         elif method == 'post':
             resp = requests.post(self.url, data=params)
-            return Response(self.url, resp.text, resp.status_code, hope)
+            return Response('post', self.url, resp.text, resp.status_code, hope)
         elif method == 'delete':
             resp = requests.delete(self.url, data=params)
-            return Response(self.url, resp.text, resp.status_code, hope)
+            return Response('delete', self.url, resp.text, resp.status_code, hope)
 
         else:
             raise RequestError('Invalid method passed')
 
+        return resp
+
 
     def make(self, hope: int) -> Response:
         '''