diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral.py b/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral.py
index ac4ac5e6f07234f413f9b8e58fbb1244a9a62828..76dbb37cdab31de6bf60eb5703cb8328f75f4dcb 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral.py
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral.py
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ class GracedBWrapper(object):
 							gracedb_ids.append(resp_json["graceid"])
 							break
 					print >>sys.stderr, "gracedb upload of %s failed on attempt %d/%d: %d: %s"  % (filename, attempt, self.retries, resp.status, httplib.responses.get(resp.status, "Unknown"))
+					print >>sys.stderr, resp_json
 					time.sleep(random.lognormal(math.log(self.retry_delay), .5))
 				else:
 					print >>sys.stderr, "gracedb upload of %s failed" % filename