diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 27a9cb3..4feb4b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ secp256k1 = {version = "0.21", features = ["rand", "rand-std", "serde", "bitcoin
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = {version = "1.0", features = ["preserve_order"]}
 hex = "0.4"
-rusqlite = { version = "0.26", features = ["limits","bundled"]}
+rusqlite = { version = "0.26", features = ["limits","bundled","modern_sqlite", "trace"]}
 r2d2 = "0.8"
 r2d2_sqlite = "0.19"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 1b8519b..7e9ec07 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -753,10 +753,13 @@ pub async fn db_query(
         let start = Instant::now();
         let mut slow_first_event;
         let mut last_successful_send = Instant::now();
-        if let Ok(conn) = pool.get() {
-            // execute the query. Don't cache, since queries vary so much.
-            let mut stmt = conn.prepare(&q)?;
+        if let Ok(mut conn) = pool.get() {
+            // execute the query.
+            // make the actual SQL query (with parameters inserted) available
+            conn.trace(Some(|x| {trace!("SQL trace: {:?}", x)}));
+            let mut stmt = conn.prepare_cached(&q)?;
             let mut event_rows = stmt.query(rusqlite::params_from_iter(p))?;
+
             let mut first_result = true;
             while let Some(row) = event_rows.next()? {
                 let first_event_elapsed = start.elapsed();