diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/SparqlQueryRunner.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/SparqlQueryRunner.java
index 219a17664..d8afb97ea 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/SparqlQueryRunner.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/SparqlQueryRunner.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class SparqlQueryRunner<T> {
 	 * afterward. If an exception occurs, return the parser's default value.
 	 */
 	public T executeQuery(String queryStr) {
+		log.debug("query is: '" + queryStr + "'");
 		QueryExecution qe = null;
 		try {
 			Query query = QueryFactory.create(queryStr, SYNTAX);