diff --git a/app/Http/Kernel.php b/app/Http/Kernel.php
index 0ebdbfa..88660d3 100644
--- a/app/Http/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Http/Kernel.php
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel {
         'verified' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\EnsureEmailIsVerified::class,
         'abilities' => \Laravel\Sanctum\Http\Middleware\CheckAbilities::class,
         'ability' => \Laravel\Sanctum\Http\Middleware\CheckForAnyAbility::class,
+        'hydra.log' => \App\Http\Middleware\HydraLog::class,
     ];
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/HydraLog.php b/app/Http/Middleware/HydraLog.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c83a9cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/HydraLog.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+
+class HydraLog
+{
+    /**
+     * Handle an incoming request.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
+     * @param  \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Illuminate\Http\Response|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse)  $next
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
+     */
+    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
+    {
+        return $next($request);
+    }
+
+    public function terminate($request, $response)
+	{
+        Log::info("\n\n".str_repeat("=",100)."\n\n");
+		Log::debug('app.route', ['route'=>$request->route()]);
+		Log::debug('app.headers', ['headers'=>$request->headers]);
+		Log::debug('app.requests', ['request' => $request->all()]);
+		Log::debug('app.response', ['response' => $response]);
+        Log::info("\n\n".str_repeat("=",100)."\n\n");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 57eeeff..6a33f09 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\HydraController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\RoleController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\UserRoleController;
+use App\Http\Middleware\HydraLog;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
@@ -18,9 +19,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 |
 */
 
-// Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
-//     return $request->user();
-// });
+//use the middleware 'hydra.log' with any request to get the detailed headers, request parameters and response logged in logs/laravel.log
 
 Route::get('hydra',[HydraController::class,'hydra']);
 Route::get('hydra/version',[HydraController::class,'version']);